Last year we were warned that diners are being tricked into paying higher prices for farmed salmon passed off as wild and, according to new research, seafood fraud is steadily increasing across the world.
The desire to delve into a whopping great bowl of pasta or devour a huge bag of crisps comes to many of us - and now scientists believe they have discovered a "sixth taste" which could be fuelling our carb cravings.
An Australian winemaker once told me he'd been to an "international" nebbiolo conference in Valtellina - a small wine region in northern Italy - at which the locals were "upset that people from the other side of the world had been invited". I can understand the indignation: if you had a treasury of varieties as rich and varied as Italy's, you'd want to keep it all to yourself.
China Construction Bank Corp took another step forward in its globalization drive by completing the acquisition of a majority stake of PT Bank Windu Kentjana International Tbk.
A Chinese company's planned $2 billion, 344-hectare paper mill in the US state of Virginia took a significant step forward when a major engineering and development contract was signed on Wednesday.
China COSCO Shipping Corp, owner of Asia's biggest container-shipping company, said it could consider buying some container-terminal assets of the troubled Hanjin Shipping Co after agreeing to spend $738 million on a new port in Abu Dhabi.
Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd said on Thursday it will invest in a 46.2 billion yuan ($6.92 billion) public-private partnership project to build a high-speed rail link, becoming the first private firm to take part in a high-speed rail project.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, made a decision to cut daily oil output by 700,000 barrels.
Hong Kong stocks rose for a third day as energy companies surged after OPEC agreed to a preliminary deal that will cut output for the first time in eight years. At the same time, property developers retreated.
Chinese listed companies are chasing insurance licenses, hoping to gain low-cost capital amid the economic slowdown.
China's top economic regulator - the National Development and Reform Commission - gave the greenlight to bring back onstream some frozen coal production capacity in order to head off coal prices rising excessively, it announced on Wednesday.
With the National Day holiday (Oct 1-7) just around the corner, tourist industry chiefs on Wednesday voiced concerns that Hong Kong would continue to suffer from shrinking mainland visitors, after a brief rebound in July, to resume the past 12 months of dwindling numbers.
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