President Barack Obama's top economic adviser said on Friday that China's massive holdings of U.S. government bonds are a source of mutual benefit to both countries.
Next week is slated to be the biggest for initial public offerings in the United States in nearly two years -- and some say the resurgence could be sustainable.
Taiwan's second-largest city is reconsidering plans to show a film about Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer over concerns it would upset China just weeks after the Dalai Lama's visit to the island, officials said on Friday.
China's securities regulator has approved another six firms' applications for listing on the country's second board in Shenzhen, a badly needed source of funding for start-ups in the world'sm third largest economy, the offical Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
Airline employees who report to work ill are more likely than sick passengers to spread infections such as the H1N1 swine flu virus aboard airplanes, with low-paid workers posing the greatest danger, a U.S. government expert said on Thursday.
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd, which reported its best half-year earnings since 2005, said it saw signs of recovery in Macau's gaming sector and would welcome Las Vegas operators listing their Macau assets in Hong Kong.
Goldman Sachs said it agreed to sell part of its stake in Japan's Sanyo Electric Co Ltd into a planned tender offer by Panasonic Corp, locking in 59 billion yen ($648 million) in profit.
The stars have aligned for gold prices, leaving them just a short hop from record highs, but as bullion bugs celebrate, the rally appears to have flaws.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il told a visiting Chinese envoy he will work to end his country's nuclear arms program through multilateral talks in an apparent breakthrough, but similar vows in the past have not been met with action.
Former Morgan Stanley managing director Du Jun was sentenced to a maximum seven years in jail on Friday after a district court found him guilty of insider trading in the city's highest-profile case of its kind.
BNP Paribas, France's largest bank, is close to selling its stake in ABN AMRO TEDA Fund Management Co in China, in a step toward complying with Chinese mutual fund regulations.
Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein said on Thursday that he sees potential for more IPOs from Carlyle's portfolio companies and said leverage for new deals is returning.
World leaders are likely to agree to curb bank bonuses at next week's G20 summit and want evidence recession is over before they stop spending to prop up their economies, European heads of government said on Thursday.
Germany's Siemens aims to build on its leading position in offshore wind turbines to become the world's third-biggest supplier to the wind industry overall by 2012, a senior executive said.
Solar power makers will get a boost in California, already their largest U.S. market, as it sharpens its focus on small-scale projects as part of efforts to get a third of its power from renewable energy.
One needs to look no further then the river that runs through Shangba to understand the extent of the heavy metals pollution that experts say has turned the hamlets in this region of southern China into cancer villages.
After decades of Made-in-China garments, China's fashion industry is keen to move on from being just a mass manufacturer of clothes -- it wants to own western brands and to sell them to China's 1.3 billion consumers.
Turkish Sultan Kosen has been officially recognized as the world's tallest man by Guinness World Records, after measuring in at 8ft 1in.
A team of British scientists is preparing to create a digital model of Mount Rushmore using laser scanning so that the iconic U.S. monument can be recreated were it to be damaged.
World leaders will commit to keep spending to prop up their economies at a G20 summit next week, Russia said on Thursday, while France appeared to tone down its rhetoric on the issue of bank bonus caps.
World leaders will commit to keep spending to prop up their economies at a G20 summit next week, Russia said on Thursday, while France appeared to tone down its rhetoric on the issue of bank bonus caps.
The Chinese government is flooding Beijing with armed police and up to one million security volunteers to head off any unrest over October's sensitive anniversary of 60 years of Communist Party rule.
