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Global demand for gold dips 5%: industry report
May 17, 2012 (AFP)
Global demand for gold fell 5.0 percent in the first quarter of 2012 but demand in China hit record highs and outstripped that of megabuyer India, the World Gol...
Myanmar and South Korea set for business
May 16, 2012 (UPI)
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived back in Seoul from Myanmar with a pocketful of business agreements as well as a pledge for the release of a North K...
Australian FM China talks dominated by US military ties
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr's first visit to China has been dominated by concerns over Canberra's ties to Washington with Beijing criticising their clo...
Croatia, China laud deepening ties
May 15, 2012 (UPI)
China and Croatia vowed over the weekend to strengthen economic and political ties as the two countries marked 20 years of diplomatic relations. Croatian Presid...
Australia's ANZ to invest another $300 mn in China
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
Banking giant ANZ on Tuesday announced plans to invest another Aus$300 million (US$300 million) to expand its China operations, boosting the number of its outle...
Gold rush sweeps Latin America, Amazon suffers
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
A new gold rush is sweeping through Latin America with devastating consequences, ravaging tropical forests and dumping toxic chemicals as illegal miners fight a...
Uruguay export link at risk from Argentina
May 15, 2012 (UPI)
Uruguay's river transport export links are being put at risk because of Argentine delays that critics say are mired in corruption and business rivalries. Urugua...
Obama to Skip APEC Summit in Vladivostok - Spokesman
May 15, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
U.S. President Barack Obama will not be attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit (APEC-2012) in Russia's Vladivostok, White House Press Secretary ...
Police crack down on illegal foreigners in Beijing
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
Police in Beijing on Tuesday launched a 100-day campaign urging citizens to report on foreigners illegally living or working in the capital, after a British man...
Hong Kong fair showcases booming Asian art market
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
Asia's premier art fair opens Thursday in Hong Kong, bringing artists, collectors and dealers from around the world to a city whose booming market illustrates a...
Death for Chinese man accused of lethal blast
May 14, 2012 (AFP)
A man was sentenced to death on Monday after being convicted of causing a blast in central China that killed two people and wounded several others, state media ...
French Publicis to buy a fourth Chinese ad company
May 14, 2012 (AFP)
French advertising group Publicis is pursuing growth in China and said on Monday that it would buy the domestic agency Lontuo, Publicis' fourth Chinese acquisit...
S. Korea expo draws tens of thousands on first day
May 12, 2012 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of people flocked to South Korea's 2012 international expo Saturday on the first day of the three-month show with the theme of "The Living Oce...
HSBC in talks to sell South American businesses
May 10, 2012 (AFP)
HSBC is in talks to sell assets in several South American countries, the banking giant said Thursday, as part of its plans to streamline global operations to cu...
Spanish firm hit with $43M Argentine fine
May 10, 2012 (UPI)
Spanish telecom operator Telefonica faces a $43 million fine in Argentina amid reports Buenos Aires has the company in sight for a possible takeover after seizi...
China trade surplus widens in April
May 10, 2012 (AFP)
China said Thursday its trade surplus widened in April as import growth slowed, casting doubts over the capacity of the world's second biggest economy to reboun...
Outside View: Fix the trade deficit
May 09, 2012 (UPI)
The U.S. Commerce Department is expected Thursday to report the deficit on international trade in goods and services was $49.5 billion in March, up from $46.0 b...
Fed clears China's first US bank takeover
May 09, 2012 (AFP)
The United States on Wednesday opened its banking market to China's biggest bank ICBC, for the first time clearing a takeover of a US bank by a Chinese state-co...
S. Korea, China to start-free trade talks next week
May 09, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea will start talks next week aimed at securing a free trade agreement with China, its largest commercial partner and the world's second biggest econom...
US to push China 'hard' for procurement access
May 08, 2012 (AFP)
The United States will push China hard to open up restricted access to its vast state-controlled procurement market, the Treasury's top international official s...
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