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Breaking News Tue, 9 Mar 2010
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1
Economy   Investment   Market   Photos   US  
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
| Shares traded within a tight range Tuesday, a year after major market indexes hit 12-year lows. | With little in the way of economic reports or earnings to help drive shares higher, investors are ta... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
The New York Times
Anti-Myanmar government protesters hold posters of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest to demand her release in front of the U.N. office in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 22, 2009.
China   Foreign Policy   Myanmar   Photos   US  
'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
| By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss the future of Southeast Asia. A... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit)
Asia Times
A currency trader smiles in front of a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 19, 2009. South Korea back on track
| By Robert M Cutler | MONTREAL - The South Korean economy, which last year scraped through the global slowdown without sinking into recession, returned to the recovery path last month after faltering... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon) Asia Times
Business   Economy   Exports   Photos   S Korea  
Cars transit on the streets Thursday Feb. 5, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Two years ago, China zoomed past Japan to become the world's No. 2 vehicle market. Now it looks poised to pass the United States to be the biggest. While car sales in China have slowed lately, they haven't plummeted like those in the U.S., where January sales tumbled 37 percent from a year ago to 656,976 vehicles, a 26-year China passenger car sales up 55 pct in February
| SHANGHAI-China's passenger car sales climbed 55 percent from a year earlier in Feburary, despite a long national holiday, on strong demand for smaller cars and sport utility vehicles, an industry gr... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko) The Boston Globe
Automobile   Business   China   Photos   Shanghai  
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A delivery man walks past the Google sign outside the Google's China headquarters in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. U.S. cannot take Google row to WTO -Chinese strategist
By Lucy Hornby and Melanie Lee) BEIJING, March 9 (Reuters) - The United States would not have any standing to bring a case against Chinese Internet restrictions to the Wo... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan) The Guardian
Chinese   Google   Photos   Restrictions   Strategist  
In this April 29, 2009, job seekers line up at a job fair organized by National Career Fairs in Columbus, Ohio. The pace of layoffs slowed in April when employers cut 539,000 jobs, the fewest in six mo Employers hold off on hiring; fewer cut jobs - Manpower
March 9, 2010: 3:52 AM ET | NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Most employers are still cautious when it comes to hiring, planning neither to add nor cut jobs from their payrolls... (photo: AP / Kiichiro Sato) CNN
Business   Economy   Jobs   Photos  
In this April 22, 2009 photo, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. office building is shown in New York. China deals to rise, new energy in focus -JPMorgan
HONG KONG, March 9 (Reuters) - JPMorgan expects to see more deals and new business in China this year, particularly as new energy and natural resources companies aim to g... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan) The Guardian
Business   China   Energy   Hong Kong   Photos  
A teller counts Chinese yuan notes at a money exchange in Hong Kong Thursday, July 21, 2005. China said it will no longer peg its currency, the yuan, to the U.S. dollar but instead let it float in a tight band against a basket of foreign currencies. The yuan has been strengthened, effective immediately, to a rate of 8.11 to the U.S. dollar - compared to the 8.28 it has been set at for more than a decade - and the new trading regime will begin Friday, the government said in an announcement on state televi China calls US Treasuries important, may buy gold
BEIJING: China, the world's biggest holder of foreign exchange reserves, renewed its commitment to the US Treasury market on Tuesday but said it would be wary of adding t... (photo: AP / Vincent Yu) The Times Of India
China   Gold   Photos   Trade   USA  
 KLps1 - China - Chinese Yuan - Currency - Money - Reminbi. (ps1)  China reaffirms to keep yuan basically stable
| BEIJING - China will keep the exchange rate of the renminbi, or the country's currency yuan, basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level, Yi Gang, vice governor... (photo: WN/Patricia) China Daily
Bank   China   Currency   Photos   Trade  
Container ship Hanjin Ottawa manouevres away from the terminal at Harbor Island as the Ban bridge Island ferry enters the Port of Seattle. The Port of Seattle is a port district that runs Seattle's seaport and airport. Hanjin says Subic shipyard's cost competitiveness stands out in crisis
By Genivi Factao | Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction–Philippines Inc. (HHIC-Philippines) said Subic shipyard found its market niche in cost competitiveness in th... (photo: Creative Commons / Yummifruitbat) Malaya
Construction   Hanjin   Industry   Photos   Subic  
A part of the facility of the phases 4 and 5 of South Pars gas field during the official opening by Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, unseen, in Assalouyeh, southwestern Iran in the Persian gulf, Saturday April 16, 2005. South Pars gas field is planned to be developed in around 30 phases over at least 25 yea China hangs fire on Iran-Pakistan pipeline
| By Stephen Blank | For over a decade, Iran, Pakistan and India (IPI) have taken pains at negotiating a major pipeline deal whereby Iran would send natural gas from its ... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian) Asia Times
Gas   Iran   Pakistan   Photos   World  
McDonalds McDonald's February Same-Store Sales up 4.8 Percent
March 8, 2010 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp reported a 4.8 percent rise in February sales at established restaurants as strong overseas results offset softness i... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) ABC News
Mcdonald   Percent   Photos   Sales   Weather  
Indonesian parliament members listen to the annual budget speech by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 3, 2009. Indonesia most corrupt of key Asian nations
SINGAPORE - Indonesia, one of the star emerging markets over the past year, was rated the most corrupt of 16 major Asia-Pacific investment destinations in a business surv... (photo: AP / Achmad Ibrahim) Khaleej Times
Asian   Corruption   Indonesia   Investments   Photos  
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou holds a press conference on his government's reactions to the massive damages caused by Typhoon Morakot, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. CORRECTED: LEAD: Taiwan health minister resignation puts pressure on Ma gov't+
Ma gov't+ (AP) - TAIPEI, March 8 (Kyodo)—Taiwan's health minister submitted his surprise resignation Monday over a rise in national health insurance premiums, placin... (photo: AP / Wally Santana) Breitbart
Government   Health   Photos   Premiums   Ying-jeou  
Business & Economy Stock
Beijing says committed to US debt, but wary on gold
Rita Fan hits back over `Beijing messenger' tag
'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
Anti-Myanmar government protesters hold posters of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest to demand her release in front of the U.N. office in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 22, 2009.
'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
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Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock
European stock markets fall as earnings from EADS disappoint
EADS loss weighs on European stocks
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
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Real Estate Industry
China to tighten monitoring on non-banking financing
China and India Join Climate Accord
18% of women accept propertyless sons-in-law
US-Born Panda Freed From Quarantine in China
Su Wei, chief negotiator of China on climate change, makes a point during his press conference at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009.
China and India Join Climate Accord
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China and India Join Climate Accord
Shell and PetroChina eye £2bn bid for Arrow
Toxic liquids dumped near Yangtze
Global climate battle plays out in World Bank
Su Wei, chief negotiator of China on climate change, makes a point during his press conference at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009.
China and India Join Climate Accord
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Trade Energy
China faces new pressure to let currency rise
Mainland, Taiwan should enhance military exchanges
HK,China stocks up on policy news; Li&Fung at 2-yr high
Overseas institutions to trade China's stock index futur
The Oriental Pearl Tower (Chinese: ; pinyin: Dngfng Mngzht, Official Name: ) is a TV tower in Shanghai, China. The Oriental Pearl Tower is located at the tip of Lujiazui in the Pudong district, by the side of Huangpu River, opposite The Bund of Shanghai.
China expects 8 percent economic growth this year
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China and India Join Climate Accord
China deals to rise, new energy in focus -JPMorgan
Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed
China New Energy to Present at Rodman & Renshaw Annual China
Su Wei, chief negotiator of China on climate change, makes a point during his press conference at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009.
China and India Join Climate Accord
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Banking Technology
China to tighten monitoring on non-banking financing
Bank of China to issue less new loans in 2010
Global climate battle plays out in World Bank
Government soft on China, says BJP
In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, a worker throws his cigarette while smoke on a truck parked in front of a cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Datong, Shanxi province, China.
Global climate battle plays out in World Bank
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China and India Join Climate Accord
Thailand Approves Credit Card Hacker's Extradition to US
Samsung, LG Display Push LCD Investment
China to punish hackers, says no Google complaint
Su Wei, chief negotiator of China on climate change, makes a point during his press conference at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009.
China and India Join Climate Accord
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