Japanese economy shrinks 0.9% in third quarter
It was the steepest decline since the earthquake-hit first quarter of 2011, as exporters suffered big falls in shipments to key markets such as China and Europe. Reported by FT.com 27 minutes ago.
View ArticleShifting Landscape Threatens China's Banks
China's banks are likely to face pressure to adjust their business models as the country looks to rebalance its economy toward more consumption and away from bank-fueled investment, which has enriched...
View ArticleChina Market Poised To Snap Losing Streak
The China stock market has finished lower now in five straight sessions, declining almost 50 points or 2.4 percent in that span. The Shanghai Composite Index finished just below the 2,070-point...
View ArticleGoogle Outage Shows Risks in China
Disruptions to Google's search and email services in China over the weekend underscore the uncertainty surrounding Beijing's effort to control the flow of information into the country. Reported by Wall...
View ArticleOnline marketplace eBay courts China shoppers
November 13, 2012 6:25 AM SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Leading Internet marketplace eBay on Monday took aim at China with the launch of a website aimed at enticing fashion-conscious shoppers there with "the...
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MZI Resources boosts coffers by US$11m with zircon-rutile sale to China
MZI Resources (ASX: MZI) has strengthened its cash position after selling its third shipment of high-value zircon-rutile Heavy Mineral Concentrate for US$11.2 million. The sale was made to China’s...
View ArticleNetJets® Inc. Unveils New Private Jet Travel Card
Card designed for China-based travelers to use in the continental U.S., EU and Switzerland NetJets® Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company and the worldwide leader in private aviation, unveiled today ......
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China's Giant Pandas Are Running Out Of Bamboo
A new report suggests that panda bears may be running out of their staple food, bamboo. Pandas are already threatened by habitat loss and a slow breeding rate and now climate change may be diminishing...
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Techonomy 2012: Techonomy 2012 Asks: Can Geo-Engineering Help Lower the...
*By Sarah Evelyn Harvey* Just weeks after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the east coast, climate change was on the forefront of everyone's minds at Techonomy 2012 in Tucson, Ariz. In a session about...
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Five Of The Biggest Energy Issues For Obama's Second Term
It didn't take long. If you had any illusions about fossil fuels growth being a proverbial walk in the park during our president's second term, you saw them obliterated on Friday. That is, unless the...
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TV review: Dispatches: Chinese Murder Mystery; Full English
The case of Neil Heywood, Gu Kailai and Bo Xilai would be farcical if it weren't a real-life tragedy, as this documentary brilliantly showed In a piece the other day, I replaced the characters in a...
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Summertime Entertainment Releases New Stills Of DOROTHY OF OZ
3D Film Nears Completion After Four Years of Steady Production Summertime Entertainment recently released several new images from its upcoming film “Dorothy of Oz,” starring “Glee’s” Lea Michele who...
View ArticleCould the UK be the next Japan? There's no reason why not
Both countries are suffering double dip recessions and are struggling with falling gross domestic product For all their differences, Japan and Britain are quite alike. Both have experienced severe...
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Business Highlights
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View ArticleInvestors Like How BRICs Stack Up
Led by rising demand for Chinese stocks and bonds, BRIC markets—China, Brazil, Russia and India—have outperformed their emerging-market peers. Reported by Wall Street Journal 30 minutes ago.
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With a friendly face, China tightens security
China’s authoritarianism has many faces, but rarely does it appear in the friendly, grandmotherly guise it has taken over the past week, as thousands of older women have shown up on the streets of the...
View ArticleMarket Open: Hang Seng seen flat as fiscal cliff offsets positive China data
Reported by S.China Morning Post 8 minutes ago.
View ArticleJapan pulling back from China
After anti-Japan protesters in China smashed cars and torched dealerships, Koito Manufacturing Co. suspended a plan to triple output in the country. Reported by TheSpec.com 21 minutes ago.
View ArticleWitness to East China Sea stand-off
Japan and China square off over remote islands Reported by BBC News 21 minutes ago.
View ArticlePakistani media stoking anti-China feelings?
An influential state-run daily on Monday highlighted anti-China protests in Pakistan, regarded as an “all-weather ally” of Beijing and blamed Pakistani media for stoking anti-China feelings. Reported...
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