Boeing, Russia set up joint venture
2006-08-12 10:19:03
Russia and Boeing Co. sealed a joint venture to supply titanium aircraft parts to the U.S. Friday, allaying fears that the Kremlin had planned some tit-for-tat punishment against the aircraft maker as a retaliation to U.S. sanctions last week.
Trade surplus swells to record
2006-08-11 11:56:47
China's latest record trade surplus is fueling concerns over whether its government has the tools to reduce the imbalance.
South Korea's E-Mart iss no Wal-Mart
2006-08-10 14:14:35
This past spring, South Korean discount chain E-Mart spent hundreds of millions of dollars to snap up Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s 16 outlets in the country.
In India, jobs come with AIDS education
2006-08-09 11:22:00
As loud music throbs in the air, Rohit Nag and his friends recline on steps just off the dance floor at the nightclub Elevate in Noida, a middle-class suburb of New Delhi. The 22-year-old Mr. Nag sports a thumb ring and four tattoos. His female companion, who works at the same call center as Mr. Nag, has a silver stud in her nose and another piercing her chin.
For sponsors, 2008 Olympics have already begun
2006-08-08 13:41:05
China's 2008 Olympics are set to open exactly two years from today, but advertisers have gotten a running start.
China loses some allure as a manufacturing hub
2006-08-07 10:02:32
Foreign investment in China's manufacturing sector has started to slowly decline after years of strong gains, suggesting the country is losing some of its luster as a base for inexpensive production.
EU, Bank of England join rate-increase trend
2006-08-04 11:15:49
Both the European Central Bank and the Bank of England raised interest rates, strengthening a global trend and signaling that European monetary authorities are more concerned about rising inflation than about the prospect of Europe's recovery faltering.
Dialing into the youth market
2006-08-03 14:35:36
Austrian executive bridges murky East-West gap
2006-08-02 13:32:43
Last year, Serbia's No. 2 mobile-phone company was owned by a fugitive tycoon associated with accused war criminal Slobodan Milosevic. Its licenses faced cancellation, and the company was on the verge of becoming a worthless shambles mired in legal disputes.
Failed trade talks cloud WTO's future
2006-08-02 08:58:59
Rules may vex foreign operators
2006-07-28 13:28:31
New rules issued by China's telecommunications regulator could create significant complications for foreign Internet companies operating in China as well as for Chinese Internet companies listed overseas, lawyers and analysts said.
Russia to sell Venezuela advanced warplanes
2006-07-27 16:38:45
Riding high after a testy Group of Eight summit at which Moscow asserted its independence from Washington, Russian President Vladimir Putin today is expected to sign a deal valued at more than $1 billion to provide Venezuela with advanced fighter aircraft and Kalashnikov assault rifles despite U.S. objections.