Tax-free may flee Hong Kong
2006-07-27 09:01:38
How do you sell a general sales tax to a commercial mecca that has never had one? Cautiously.
US plots deal over yuan valuation
2006-07-27 08:48:45
The Bush administration is trying to play to China's global ambitions as a tactic to persuade Beijing to allow its currency to rise more against the U.S. dollar.
Talks for global trade deal collapse
2006-07-27 08:52:16
Efforts to strike a global free-trade deal aimed at boosting economic growth and reducing poverty in the developing world broke down, falling victim to flawed negotiating strategies and overblown promises made when the talks were launched in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the U.S.
Toyota won't derail GM's tie-up talks
2006-07-21 11:42:58
Toyota Motor Corp. stated flatly that it has no plans to involve itself in alliance negotiations among GM, Nissan and Renault. The Japanese auto maker also offered an elaborate apology for a worrisome series of recalls that has tarnished its reputation for quality.
Indonesia tsunami reveals warning gaps
2006-07-20 10:50:10
Minutes after an earthquake off the Indonesian coast Monday, about 400 government officials across the nation were sent a text message on their cellphones warning them of the underwater quake, which was similar to the one in late 2004 that spawned a tsunami that killed about 200,000 people from Sumatra to Somalia.
China's GDP surges by 11.3%
2006-07-19 09:13:50
A second-quarter acceleration of China's already-booming economy underscores the mounting danger of runaway growth fueled by huge trade surpluses, and it creates a number of thorny policy dilemmas for China's leaders.
G-8 leaders push for trade deal
2006-07-18 12:31:20
The Bush administration said it would work with Brazil and other major economic partners to salvage a global trade pact endangered by domestic and international opposition.
Chinese rules could tie up foreign retailers
2006-07-17 10:51:43
China is drafting new rules to regulate large-scale shopping outlets, which could impede the expansion plans of foreign retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Carrefour SA.
Deal veteran comes to the fore with PCCW play
2006-07-15 10:53:20
The new owner of Hong Kong's biggest phone company, PCCW Ltd., is a novice in the telecom industry -- but he's a veteran at maneuvering the halls of power in Asia.
China's entrepreneurs offer a new path
2006-07-14 13:45:01
The expanse where Broad Ltd. makes its giant cooling systems on the outskirts of Changsha, capital of China's inland Hunan province, isn't everybody's idea of what a factory looks like, especially in China.
India is resilient in wake of blasts
2006-07-13 11:41:48
Nearly three years ago, Panchraj Singh was selling ferry tickets to tourists seeking to escape Mumbai's August heat. A second later he had lost a friend and his hearing, when a series of car bombs rocked this cosmopolitan city, killing 60 people.
Russian pundit sours on West
2006-07-12 15:03:16
As a speechwriter for Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s, Alexei Pushkov hailed the end of the Cold War and preached friendship with Moscow's erstwhile capitalist foes. Now he espouses a starkly different message.