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London Metal Exchange hopeful of 2012 takeover completion

Oct 15, 2012 (AFP)

The London Metal Exchange is hopeful of completing its takeover by the Hong Kong stock exchange by the end of 2012, LME chief executive Martin Abbott told the s...

Workers unite to form Canada's largest union

Oct 15, 2012 (AFP)

Two unions representing Canada's auto, energy, forestry, media and telecommunications workers merged Monday to form the nation's largest public sector union. Me...

Mexico takes textile dispute with China to the WTO

Oct 15, 2012 (AFP)

Mexico has called for discussions at the World Trade Organisation on Chinese support for its textile companies, a statement said on Monday. Mexico said it sough...

China IMF boycott 'a sign of things to come': analysts

Oct 14, 2012 (AFP)

China's top level boycott of global financial meetings in Japan this week is a sign of things to come, analysts say, as an economically emboldened Beijing shows...

China exports jump but weakness seen ahead

Oct 13, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese exports rose 9.9 percent in September year-on-year to a record monthly high, the government said Saturday, but analysts warned the performance was unsus...

Miners' strikes weaken S. African economy

Oct 12, 2012 (UPI)

Escalating wildcat strikes in South Africa's mining industry, a pillar of the continent's largest economy, are scaring off foreign investment that's heading for...

Argentine mission to seek release of seized ship

Oct 12, 2012 (AFP)

A high-level Argentine mission to persuade Ghana to release an Argentine warship seized 11 days ago in a dispute with creditors was expected to depart soon, off...

Argentina, Brazil trade row eases for now

Oct 12, 2012 (UPI)

Argentina's trade row with Brazil has been averted for now but its deep impact on Brazilian exporters meant losses running into several million dollars. Argenti...

Ghana court rejects request to release Argentina warship

Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)

A judge in Ghana on Thursday rejected a bid by Argentina to have one of its warships released from a port near Accra, where it is being held under a court order...

Guatemala arrests nine in wake of deadly protest

Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)

Guatemalan authorities have arrested a colonel and eight soldiers over the alleged extrajudicial killings of eight Indian demonstrators at a protest last week, ...

Ghana 'violating intl norms' over ship: Argentina

Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)

Argentina's defense ministry on Thursday accused Ghana of violating "international norms" by refusing to release one of its warships and said it was sending two...

A tactile glove provides subtle guidance to objects in the vicinity

Oct 11, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers at HIIT and Max Planck Institute for Informatics show how computer vision -based hand tracking and vibration feedback on the user's hand can be used...

Zambian man arrested for Chinese mine manager murder

Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)

Police in Zambia said Thursday they arrested a shaft operator at Collum Coal mine in connection with the death of mine manager Wu Shengzai in August. Wu, 50, wa...

German foreign minister due in China for talks

Oct 10, 2012 (AFP)

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will travel to China on Wednesday with a delegation of major business figures to mark 40 years of diplomatic relations...

China tipped to be 2nd biggest luxury market by 2017

Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)

China is set to become the world's second biggest market for luxury goods after the United States in five years, overtaking France, Britain, Italy and Japan, an...

Huawei's global ambitions come under a cloud

Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese telecom firm Huawei's ambitions to become a global brand rivalling Apple and Samsung have been hit by a US report claiming that the company, founded by ...

Japan current account surplus up 4.2% in August

Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)

Japan's current account surplus expanded 4.2 percent in August from a year earlier, official data showed Tuesday, the first monthly rise since last year's quake...

Paraguay hopeful of return to Mercosur

Oct 08, 2012 (UPI)

Paraguayan President Federico Franco said the landlocked country's restoration to Mercosur was only a matter of time because the neighboring countries that engi...

Australian PM Gillard urges Japan FTA

Oct 08, 2012 (AFP)

Australia and Japan should "seal the deal" on a free trade agreement (FTA), Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Monday, adding no trade pact would be more natural...

China auction house holds first sale in Hong Kong

Oct 07, 2012 (AFP)

China's oldest auction house held its first sale in Hong Kong Sunday, underscoring an intensified competition between Chinese auctioneers and their foreign riva...