Beijing is battling to stamp out illegal sales of 2008 Olympic merchandise on dozens of unauthorized Web sites seeking to cash in on the Chinese public's Games fervor, local media reported on Monday.
Shares in Toyota Motor Corp have been battered this year, lagging both global auto peers and a weak Japanese stock market, but analysts are near unanimous that the world's most profitable carmaker is due for a bounce.
French telecom and media group Vivendi said on Sunday it will merge its video games unit with Activision Inc in a $9.85 billion deal that combines the hit Guitar Hero and World of Warcraft franchises under one roof.
Nasdaq opened an office in Beijing on Monday, a move that will let it step up efforts to attract more Chinese firms to list on the exchange.
Washington said alleged that China turned down the request from U.S. Navy ship to visit Hong Kong on the last minute, blocking the Navy by the Kitty Hawk as well as accompanying U.S. ships away from Hong Kong territory during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Dell, the world’s second-largest personal-computer maker, decreased $3.80 to $24.33, being viewed as the biggest drag on the S&P 500.
China turned down another request for a U.S Navy ship to visit Hong Kong amid
China's main stock index fell 2.6 percent on Friday, led by index heavyweights such as PetroChina, ending November with a loss of 18 percent -- its biggest monthly drop since July 1994.
Hewlett-Packard Co. in the third quarter continued to expand its lead over rivals in the global PC market, while Taiwan based Acer saw the largest increase, displacing Dell as the world's No. 2 notebook maker.
Hyundai Mobis Co said on Thursday China would account for half of its international unit's sales within five years, rising from the current 10 percent.
China has published a blacklist of substandard toy jugs and children's shoes sold at Wal-Mart stores and drawing pens from French retailer Carrefour in a quality sweep on children's goods sold at Beijing supermarkets.
A cyber cold war waged over the world's computers threatens to become one of the biggest threats to security in the next decade.
China Life Insurance, the country's top life insurer, plans to boost its equity investments, especially in the financial, power and ports sectors, and expand its asset management business.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged on Wednesday to punish rioters who shot at police but sought to ease tensions with an independent probe into the deaths of two youths that triggered the unrest.
European planemaker Airbus wore two masks in China on Monday -- the joy of landing what could be its biggest ever aircraft order by volume, contrasted with growing despair over the plunging value of the dollar.
Google Inc's inroads into China relies on it linking up with local partners, navigating draconian regulations and understanding Chinese tastes to make it in one of the world's fastest-growing and lucrative Internet markets.
Five Hollywood studios have sued a Chinese online service and internet cafe they accuse of offering pirated downloads of Pirates of the Caribbean and other hit films, state media reported on Thursday.
Chinese Intenet users see the Web as a key to socializing and sharing opinions
Japan's big automakers such as Toyota and Honda are expanding in the Middle East and other smaller markets.
A near 20-percent correction has wiped 5 trillion yuan ($700 billion) off China's booming stock market in less than six weeks, and some global investment banks now hear the sound of a bubble bursting.
The South Korean won's recent weakening against the U.S. dollar is seen as a natural phenomenon in line with globally-increased risk aversion, Vice Finance Minister Lim Young-rok said on Friday.
China wants next month's international talks on global warming to focus on future greenhouse gas cuts by rich countries and moving more clean technology to poor countries, an official said on Thursday.
