Stocks rose on Wednesday as manufacturing data from key global economies pointed to improving economic conditions.
Chinese Web users flooded to a trendy art zone cafe on Wednesday to celebrate a last-minute halt to a rollout of government-sponsored filtering software, and make a stand for freedom of expression in the Communist-run state.
Iran, stung by European Union criticism of its handling of post-election unrest, on Wednesday accused the 27-nation bloc of meddling and demanded an apology before any more talks on Tehran's disputed nuclear program.
Chinese regulators have given Sichuan Expressway Co final approval to float shares in Shanghai in the mainland's first major IPO since last September, which will raise at least 1.4 billion yuan ($205 million).
Chinese web users flooded to a trendy art zone cafe on Wednesday to celebrate a last-minute halt to a rollout of government-sponsored filtering software, and make a stand for freedom of expression in the Communist-run state.
Oil climbed back above $70 a barrel on Wednesday as an industry inventory report showing a larger-than-expected fall in U.S. crude stocks buoyed hopes of a demand recovery and encouraged buying.
Asian stock markets put in a mixed performance on Wednesday, with Seoul gaining but Tokyo and Sydney weak as data showed the process of swinging the global economy around to a recovery would be a slow grind.
Chinese web users flooded to a trendy art zone cafe Wednesday to celebrate a last-minute halt to a rollout of government-sponsored filtering software, and make a stand for freedom of expression in the Communist-run state.
Asian stock markets struggled to gain ground on Wednesday as economic data showed the process of turnaround to recovery was likely to be a slow grind, and the dollar capitalized on that more cautious sentiment.
China's ambitions to strengthen control of the Internet with filtering software became a show of the limits of its power on Wednesday, as activists and industry groups welcomed AN abrupt delay of the contentious plan.
China's ambitions to strengthen control of the Internet with filtering software became a show of the limits of its power on Wednesday, as Internet activists and businesses welcomed the abrupt delay of the controversial plan.
China's Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp , rival Geely, and at least one Western industrial group remain interested in Ford Motor Co's Volvo car unit, a person close to the situation said on Tuesday.
Seven aftershocks hit Sichuan and its surrounding areas in a day, with thousands of houses and dozens of small bridges destroyed, China News Agency reported on Tuesday.
China has delayed indefinitely a much-criticized plan to force manufacturers to bundle Internet filtering software with personal computers sold in the country, in an abrupt retreat hours before the policy was due to start.
Iraq launched its first major energy auction since the 2003-led invasion on Tuesday, awarding its largest field to a BP-led group but doling out far fewer contracts than expected due to tough payment terms.
China will delay the mandatory installation of the controversial Green Dam-Youth Escort filtering software on new computers, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Tuesday.
Price negotiations go beyond the Tuesday deadline as the world's biggest iron ore miners and Chinese steel makers are still in talks for the annual supply deal.
Zimbabwe has secured $950 million in credit from China to help rebuild its economy, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday, the biggest offer from a single country since the unity government was formed.
The total output of China's forestry industry rose 13% in 2008 to 1.33 trillion yuan ($194.7 billion), a senior forestry official said in a conference ended on Sunday.
The discount for copper scrap has widened in recent weeks as the copper futures price remains at elevated levels and business in recycled metal slows to a crawl amid the seasonal summer slowdown.
China's state-owned Chinalco is taking up its full entitlement to Rio Tinto's $15.2 billion share issue, media reports said on Tuesday, with trade in the rights suggesting Chinalco is far from severing its ties with the Anglo-Australian miner.
China will delay a controversial plan to force manufacturers to bundle Internet filtering software with new personal computers sold in the country, in an abrupt retreat announced hours before the policy was due to start.
