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Brent crude rose more than $2 a barrel to a high of $114.50 on Monday as concern persisted about security of supply from the Middle East and North Africa even after top exporter Saudi Arabia boosted supply to meet the shortfall caused by a cut in exports from Libya.

Brent crude rose more than $2 a barrel on Monday as concern persisted about security of supply from the Middle East and North Africa even after top exporter Saudi Arabia boosted supply to meet the shortfall caused by a cut in exports from Libya.

Daily-deals website Groupon goes live in China on Monday, bringing its popular brand of Internet retail to the world's most populous nation.

Daily-deals website Groupon goes live in China on Monday, bringing its popular brand of Internet retail to the world's most populous nation.

Swiss commodities trader Glencore has opened up talks with sovereign wealth funds in China and Qatar to bring in a cornerstone investor ahead of its planned listing on the London Stock Exchange, The Sunday Times reported.

China has ordered local authorities to implement existing property tightening measures or face punishment, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, reflecting Beijing's resolve to tame sky-high property prices.

Chinese designers will drive catwalk trends more than deep-pocketed Asian buyers as China's creativity becomes fashions' next big thing, top fashion executives and designers told Reuters at Milan fashion week.

An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East.

Investors in Canada's forestry sector have feasted of late on Chinese demand for lumber and pulp, and a few of them are likely licking their chops at the idea China will also want to buy the mills.

The full text of resolution 1970 (2011) adopted by the UN Security Council on Feb. 26, 2011 imposing sanctions on Libya.

The UN Security Council passed a resolution to impose sanctions against the Gaddafi-led Libyan government and initiate a probe against the bloody crackdown of anti-government protesters.

South Korea's distribution of leaflets by air in the North informing the public about the anti-government protests in the Middle East backfired on Sunday with Pyongyang warning direct firing across the border.

Fighting inflation is a priority for China and the government must ward off threats to social stability stemming from rapid price increases and pressure to raise the value of the yuan, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday.

Fighting inflation is a priority for the government in China where rapid price rises and pressure to sharply raise the value of the yuan are a threat to social stability, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday.

Rapid price rises in China have affected social stability, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday, telling citizens that taming inflation is a government priority that he is sure can be met.

Rapid price rises in China have affected social stability, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday, adding that controlling inflation is a top government priority.

Following are details of countries evacuating nationals and employees from Libya or closing operations because of the political turmoil.

China Construction Bank (CCB) is keen to acquire a stake in Malaysian lender EON Capital Bhd , The Edge weekly newspaper reported on Saturday.

The French fashion house synonymous with Audrey Hepburn and Breakfast At Tiffany's is eyeing Asia as its next big growth market, spurred by the rapidly rising incomes of the region's nouveau riche.

Specialised laser maker IPG Photonics said growth in China resulted in better-than-expected quarterly results and forecast first-quarter results above expectations.

Trading in the shares of SAIC Motor Corp, China's top car maker, will remain suspended for another five working days from Monday, the company said in a filing with the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Friday.