A senior Chinese trade official warned that any further appreciation of the Chinese currency risked driving exporters to the wall, underscoring the domestic political pressures on Beijing amid growing international calls for China to let the yuan rise.
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Protesters in Thailand announced a full weekend of antigovernment activities starting with a massive procession through Bangkok and "blood painting," their latest shock tactic.
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China Mobile, the world's biggest mobile operator by subscribers, is looking at acquisition and investment targets in Asia and Africa as profit growth slows at home, its chairman said.
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Rio Tinto took a step toward repairing ties with its largest shareholder, Chinalco, in a $1.35 billion deal for the two mining giants to jointly develop the massive Simandou iron ore project in Guinea.
Most Asian markets ended higher Friday after Wall Street's modest gains Thursday, with exporters underpinning the Nikkei's gains on the yen's retreat, while property developers outperformed in China.
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The retail tranche of Dai-ichi Mutual's IPO was oversubscribed as Japanese households jumped at the chance to buy a piece of one of the country's best-known insurers.
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All Nippon Airways forecast an even deeper net loss for its fiscal year ending March 31, prompting the carrier to outline an additional cost-cutting plan that includes job losses.
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China's Geely said talks to acquire Ford Motor's Volvo unit have hit a snag because of unspecified delays at Ford, but added it still expects the deal to be completed.
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Samsung Electronics chief executive Choi Gee-sung said the company expects 2010 sales to grow at a double-digit percentage rate.
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A U.S.-backed proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected by a United Nations wildlife meeting.
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A potential spike in bad debts as a result of a government-backed lending surge is likely to be the biggest challenge for China's banks in the next few years, but lenders should be able to keep the problem at a "manageable level," Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said.
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Pakistan has named Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, a former World Bank executive, to head the country's finance ministry, ending weeks of uncertainty caused by the sudden exit of the previous incumbent.
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A U.S.-backed proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected by a United Nations wildlife meeting.
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In Dili, the capital of East Timor, the effect of money from the country's oil and gas resources can be seen in the construction sites that dot the city, but so far, the resource wealth hasn't benefited most ordinary citizens
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As the city's 34th international film festival kicks off, the local movie industry is re-evaluating its role in Chinese-language cinema.
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The shape of things to come in skyscrapers, according to Malaysian architect Kenneth Yeang, a pioneer in sustainable building.
Get a Patek Philippe Calatrava 6000G watch, in white gold, for $32,958 in Tokyo, or $22,611 in Frankfurt.
The Kadoorie family celebrated a homecoming of sorts with the official opening of the Peninsula Shanghai this week.
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