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China's ZTE swings to net loss in third quarter
Oct 25, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese telecom firm ZTE said Thursday it swung to a net loss in the third quarter due to weaker demand amid the global economic slowdown. ZTE reported a net lo...
China's Huawei blasts US 'protectionism'
Oct 24, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei on Wednesday accused the US of "protectionism" after Congress labelled it a spy threat, and offered to lay bare its source code an...
China firm in hostile bid for Australia-listed miner
Oct 23, 2012 (AFP)
A Chinese private equity firm on Tuesday announced a hostile takeover bid for Australia-listed Discovery Metals, valuing the copper miner at Aus$830 million (US...
China fires back at US presidential candidates
Oct 23, 2012 (AFP)
Beijing urged the US presidential candidates on Tuesday to refrain from inflaming tensions with China after President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney vo...
Taiwan to review infrastructure opening to China
Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)
Taiwan legislators on Monday demanded a thorough evaluation of sensitive sectors in which China has invested or are open to Chinese investment. The move comes a...
Japan trade tumbles amid global slowdown, China spat
Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)
Japan posted its worst September trade figures in more than 30 years, official data showed Monday, as the global slowdown and a territorial spat with China weig...
French minister lambasts WTO over eurozone trade deficit with China
Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)
French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg made an outspoken attack Monday on the World Trade Organization and the growth of Chinese exports to the eurozone. Mo...
Huawei row shines light on East-West culture clash
Oct 21, 2012 (AFP)
US security fears over two China telecom firms have spotlighted Western suspicions Chinese companies are state-influenced, a culture clash analysts say could lo...
eBay pays 1.2m pounds in British taxes on sales of 800m pounds
Oct 21, 2012 (AFP)
Online auction giant eBay paid only 1.2 million pounds ($1.92 million, 1.47 million euros) in tax to the British government despite generating 800 million pound...
Fund in Argentine ship row offers to repatriate some sailors
Oct 19, 2012 (AFP)
A fund whose court claims have led to the seizure of an Argentine warship in Ghana has offered to repatriate its stranded sailors who are "of other nationalitie...
Safety still concern at Zambia's Chinese-owned mines
Oct 19, 2012 (AFP)
Work conditions at Zambia's Chinese-owned copper mines have improved, but the Asian giant's labour record is still clouding its sizeable investments into the co...
Microsoft profit tops forecasts but revenue weak
Oct 18, 2012 (AFP)
US computing giant Microsoft on Thursday blamed a slowdown in personal computer sales for a fall in earnings and revenues for its fiscal first quarter. Microsof...
Venezuela escalates Mercosur Paraguay row
Oct 18, 2012 (UPI)
Venezuela escalated its diplomatic row with Paraguay, expelling the remaining embassy staff of the landlocked country in a further blow to prospects for healing...
Japan's Hokkaido welcomes Chinese, despite row
Oct 18, 2012 (AFP)
The governor of Japan's tourist haven island of Hokkaido said Thursday the doors were open for Chinese tourists and investors, despite frictions that have seen ...
WTO sides with US on Chinese steel import duties, again
Oct 18, 2012 (AFP)
China did indeed break global trade rules when it imposed anti-dumping duties on US electrical steel imports, the World Trade Organisation ruled Thursday, confi...
Mobile commerce lifts eBay profits
Oct 17, 2012 (AFP)
US online giant eBay said Wednesday third quarter profits edged up two percent from a year ago to $597 million, driven by gains in mobile shopping and payments....
France backs Croatia's 2013 EU date
Oct 17, 2012 (UPI)
France said this week it still backs Croatia's bid for a 2013 accession to the European Union despite misgivings from leaders of the German Parliament. A spokes...
BHP chief says China steel surge has peaked
Oct 17, 2012 (AFP)
BHP Billiton chief Marius Kloppers said on Wednesday that China's steel surge had peaked and iron ore and steel growth was likely to decline, as the miner deliv...
Argentine delegation in Ghana for talks on warship seizure
Oct 16, 2012 (AFP)
A delegation from Argentina on Tuesday met with Ghanaian officials in an attempt to negotiate the release of a warship being detained outside Accra over a bond ...
U.S.-EU trade dispute ongoing
Oct 16, 2012 (UPI)
The spat between the European Union and the United States over alleged government subsidies to Boeing is far from resolved. The United States last month said it...
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