Chinese parents wept at a memorial for babies poisoned by tainted milk powder, demanding support for sons and daughters still sick a year after the scandal broke and more research into long-term problems.
Mysterious needle attacks have spread to new cities in China's restive far-western region of Xinjiang, the China Daily said on Friday, although once again the assaults appear to be a mix of real and imagined.
U.S. stocks struggled for traction on Friday after five days of gains, even as positive economic data and a rosier outlook from FedEx supported hopes for economic recovery.
U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday as positive data and a rosier outlook from FedEx supported hopes for economic recovery, but Wall Street struggled for traction after five days of gains.
China will have to retool its engines of economic growth to help the world avoid increasingly dangerous levels of greenhouse gas emissions in coming decades, a leading expert on the economic impact of climate change said.
Wall Street was set for a modestly higher open on Friday as investors were optimistic about economic recovery prospects and FedEx said its first-quarter earnings would exceed expectations.
Wall Street was poised for a flat to higher open on Friday as positive remarks from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner supported optimism for a recovery, but stocks could stall after five days of gains.
It makes sense for China to diversify its huge stockpile of foreign exchange reserves, the U.S. Treasury's economic and financial emissary to China said on Friday.
Japan's economy grew a revised 0.6 percent in the three months to June, less than preliminary figures had shown but confirming that the economy crawled out of recession after a full year of sharp contraction.
The economic outlook improved in most countries in the 30-nation OECD area and clear signs of recovery can be seen in the major seven economies, an OECD survey said on Friday.
U.S. stock index futures indicated a modestly higher open on Friday as positive remarks from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner supported optimism for a recovery, but Wall Street could stall after five days of gains.
Chinese industrial output and other economic data surprised on the upside in August, suggesting its recovery is on a solid course but not so strong that Beijing will need to hit the policy brakes anytime soon.
For Barclays and Nomura, the collapse of Lehman Brothers was the opportunity of the lifetime -- a chance to grab a seat at banking's top table as Wall Street's giants fell.
The state parent of Brilliance China Automotive is near a deal to make special purpose vehicles in China with Daimler AG and Toyota Motor , a company source said on Friday.
A weakening dollar and robust Chinese economic data sharpened investor appetite for risk on Friday, sending world stocks to fresh 11-month highs.
Asian shares rose on Friday, buoyed by strong Chinese economic data which also boosted commodity prices and sent the dollar to its lowest in a year against a basket of currencies.
China's largest online auction site Taobao is banking on rural transaction growth and its online mall selling top brands to double its revenue growth this year and help it break even, its chief executive said on Friday.
BMW, the world's largest premium car maker, said on Friday its August car sales in mainland China surged 63.2 percent from a year earlier.
China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier by subscribers, said on Friday it hoped to soon have lower-cost handsets for its 3G service, as it tries to popularise the service based on a homegrown standard.
Chipmaker National Semiconductor Corp posted stronger-than-expected first quarter results on Thursday because of increased demand from industrial markets.
The Carlyle Group is raising a new Asia buyout fund with target size up to $3 billion as the U.S. private equity giant aims to tap more deals in Asia, two fund industry sources said on Friday.
Asian shares edged up on Friday as strong Chinese economic data supported regional recovery hopes, but Japanese exporters were hurt by a stronger yen as the dollar fell to its lowest in a year against a basket of currencies.
