 Sri Lanka doing massive deals with ChinaSri Lanka will soon build a second international airport on the south of the island, with much of the money coming from... | |
 BA strike to go ahead after talks failureThere has been no agreement reached between British Airways and the Unite... |
 Defects unable to stop Toyota sales in USThe US sales of Toyota vehicles declined nearly 9 percent in... |
 Chrysler takes Volkswagen exec to run FiatThe Chrysler Group in the US has named a new executive to head the reintroduction of the Fiat brand to the local... |
 Wall Street listless after wholesale inventories diveU.S. stocks inched up Wednesday after an unexpected fall in wholesale... |
 Carlos Slim becomes the new Bill GatesMexican telecom giant Carlos Slim has topped Forbes magazine's billionaire's... |
 UK bank has better time in 2009The Northern Rock bank in the UK has announced good progress throughout 2009 as it prepares to be... |
 Orange County residents can now go direct to the islandsThe John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California has been given permission to once again run flights to and from the Hawaiian... |
 Russia goes to Argentina for caviar fixA Russian company has gone to Argentina to increase its supply of... |
 Emaar Properties to go ahead with Lombok proposalGulf company, Emaar Properties, has announced it will restart discussions with the Indonesian government on a project that was postponed during the economic... |
 Asia free-trade agreements attract AmericansThe United States, in an effort to improve its influence in the Asia-Pacific region, has arranged talks to discuss a proposed Trans-Pacific partnership... |
 Another Toyota runs away from driverA reported runaway Toyota Prius in California has had US safety investigators involved in determining the cause of a terrifying... |
 Nasdaq crash was ten years ago It is ten years since the dotcom bubble... |
 Los Angeles County mooted for new Chinese carsThe Los Angeles Business Journal has reported that Chinese car maker BYD may build an assembly plant in Los Angeles... |
 Irish airline millions of euros downIrish airline, Aer Lingus, has reported a loss for... |
| Eurotunnel makes profit even with poor economy Eurotunnel has announced a profit of 1.4 million euros for last year, despite the weather, a fire in the tunnel and poor economic... |
 Referendum to pay Britain and Holland will not go aheadIcelanders have voted overwhelmingly against a referendum to allow taxpayers money to be used to repay international... |
 Greek austerity plans given Clinton approvalUS Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has met Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in... |
 Brazilian sardine industry under protectionThe Brazilian government has ordered the implementation of a sardine conservation awareness... |
 February sales up in Chinese passenger carsChinese passenger car sales have climbed 55 percent from February 2009, with strong demand for smaller cars and four wheel drive... |
| Asian Stocks Tick Higher After Us Stays In A Lull NEW YORK Asian markets inched higher early Thursday amid mixed economic news and after U.S. stocks closed with small gains following a report that companies cut their inventories. ... |
| Target Coupons Going Mobile The scissors-and-paper routine of clipping coupons may not be going the way of the typewriter anytime soon, but more companies are turning to mobile phone coupons in a big way. Minneapolis-based... |
| Regulators Smack Money Managers Regulators filed complaints against several Twin Cities money managers Wednesday accusing them of breaking futures industry rules in their dealings with Minneapolis businessman Trevor Cook, who the... |
| Watchdog Says Treasury Lacks Exit Plan From Gmac Bailout, Taxpayers Could Lose $6.3 Billion WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department sank billions into auto finance giant GMAC Inc. without an exit strategy or proof the company was viable — a decision that could cost taxpayers $6.3... |
| China Inflation Rises In February, Adding To Pressure On Beijing To Keep Recovery On Track BEIJING - China's inflation spiked higher in February, adding to pressure on Beijing to prevent overheating and keep the recovery in the world's third-largest economy on track.Consumer prices rose... |
| Global Economic Outlook: Recovery In Different Gears Standard & Poor's the credit ratings agency, says in its latest Global Economic Outlook that the global economy seems to have turned a corner, and so-called green shoots are sprouting around the... |
| Upcoming U.s. Economic Data Keeps Usd Steady TOKYO -- The dollar was steady in Asia Wednesday as traders looked ahead to upcoming U.S. economic data, while keeping a close watch on Europe's public debt... |
| Microsoft, Yahoo Team Up On Search Service TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Cabinet-level Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo to roll out better search engines, it said,... |
| Court Reaffirms I4i's Patent Win Against Microsoft Microsoft willfully infringed on patents awarded to i4i. The verdict, which the appeals court first affirmed in December, required Microsoft to pay more than $240 million in damages and forced it to... |
| Jr East Sells Bonds At Narrowest Spread Since 2006 March 11 (Bloomberg) -- East Japan Railway Co., the nation’s largest rail operator, raised 15 billion yen ($166 million) from 10-year bonds priced at the narrowest yield spread over benchmarks... |
| Asia’s Billionaires Set World-beating Pace, Forbes Says March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Asian billionaires including India’s Mukesh Ambani and Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing increased their wealth as the region’s rich expanded their fortunes at the... |
| Nomura’s Wang, Feldkamp Leave As Former Lehman Managers Depart Jane Wang, vice chairman of China investment banking, resigned and plans to join a competitor, two of the people said, requesting anonymity because her departure hasn’t been announced. Geoffrey... |
| Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal Among World's Top Ten Billionaires: Forbes WASHINGTON: Indians Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal figured among world's top ten billionaires as Mexican tycoon Carlo Slim Helu beat Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the ... |
| Apple Beware: Dell Is Taking On Itunes The Dell Streak is believed to have a five-inch screen, putting it somewhere between a smartphone and an e-book reader in size. The formidable triumvirate of Amazon, Dell, and Google is apparently... |
| Motorola, Microsoft In Deal To Put Bing On Phones (Reuters) - Motorola Inc has reached a deal with Microsoft Corp that will put Bing search and mapping services on its phones that use Google's Android operating... |
| China Official: No Sign Of Overheating In Industrial Sector BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- The rise in industrial output in the first two months of this year isn't a sign of overheating in the industrial sector, National Bureau of Statistics spokesman Sheng Laiyun... |
| Japan Hirano: Revised Gdp Shows Economic Conditions Still Severe TOKYO (Nikkei/Dow Jones)--The Japanese government's top spokesman said Thursday that a downward revision in the country's fourth-quarter growth rate shows that domestic economic conditions remain... |
| China Official: See 2010 Inflation Moderate, Controllable BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- Inflation this year will be moderate and controllable, with consumer price index growth to slow in March as seasonal factors fade, National Bureau of Statistics spokesman Sheng... |
| Senate Banking Committee Negotiators Favor Placing New Consumer Financial Protection Agency At Fed In a move that’s raising red flags among some consumer advocates, top negotiators for the Senate Banking Committee signaled Wednesday they favor establishing a new consumer financial protection... |
| China Bank Lending Up $102.5 Billion In February HONG KONG -- Lending by Chinese banks rose 700.1 billion yuan ($102.5 billion) in February, while money supply as measured by M2 was up 25.5% during the month from a year earlier, according to... |
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| Taiwan Minister Says No Chinese Money Behind Nan Shan Buyer TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- The Hong Kong consortium that won the bid for Taiwan's Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. has submitted documents showing the deal isn't backed by money from mainland China, Taiwan... |
| Hong Kong Shares Advance As Cathay, Citic Rise HONG KONG -- Hong Kong shares advanced early Thursday as investors digested a slew of economic data, including a higher-than-expected consumer price index for February. The Hang Seng Index rose 0.2%... |
| Data Snap: China February Cpi Up 2.7% On Year; Market Expected Up 2.4% BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- China's consumer price index in February rose 2.7% from a year earlier, quickening from January's 1.5% rise, government data showed Thursday. The rise rise was higher than the... |
| Tsx Edges Up To First Gain This Week Toronto Stock Exchange broke a two-day skid Wednesday as some international developments helped lure investors back into the market. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 42.3 points, or 0.4%,... |
| Quebecor Wows With Wireless Plans Marrying content to networks has become the vogue with cable and Internet companies to differentiate themselves from peers. The consensus among industry watchers, failing to see any strong upside in... |
| Scotiabank Arm Close To Siam City Deal: Reports The Bank of Nova Scotia's subsidiary in Thailand is poised to sign a deal to buy a stake in Siam City Bank, the country's seventh largest bank, in the next three weeks, according to media reports. ... |
| Debt Still Looms Over Jailed Investment Advisor Thow Former Victoria investment advisor Ian Thow has been sentenced to nine years in prison for 20 counts of fraud totalling $8-million. When he gets out, Thow will still have a bankruptcy hanging over... |
