Wheat, gold make stunning runs in nervous markets The Times Of India Tweet | NEW YORK: Wheat charged higher on Friday to post its biggest weekly gain in 16 years and gold continued its recovery from four-month lows as commodity markets saw selective buying amid lingering worries about the euro zone. | Prices of crude oil and copper -- two of the biggest industrial co...
China poses no threat to India: Pallam Raju The Hindu China posed no threat to India despite border dispute but the country was equipping itself well and having a strong deterrence posture so that no adversary took it for granted, the Minister of State for Defence, Dr M.M. Pallam Raju, said today. | “I think it is not a threat. We have a very hea...
Google gets China OK for Motorola deal Sydney Morning Herald | Google says authorities in China have approved its acquisition of Motorola Mobility. This brings the Internet search giant closer to completing its biggest deal ever. | Google Inc. is buying the mobile phone maker for $12.5 billion. The deal was an...
Alibaba raises funds to buy back half of Yahoo's stake for $7b Gulf News | San Francisco: Yahoo! Inc. may sell half of its 40 per cent stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. back to the Chinese internet company for $7 billion (Dh25.7 billion) and consider a dividend payment, AllThingsD website reported, citing people it didn...
'Runaway millionaire' wants day in court NZ Herald | So-called runaway millionaire Leo Gao has broken his silence to tell of his conflicting emotions over watching his former lover and alleged accomplice face justice this week. | Hui "Leo" Gao, 31, is banned by a court order from having any contact w...
Asian stocks wipe out this year's gains Gulf News | Singapore: Asian stocks fell, with a regional index posting its worst week in almost eight months, as Europe's debt crisis worsened, US economic data missed estimates and Chinese home prices and investment declined. | Samsung Electronics Co sank 11...
Sunstar essay: Filipino blonde Sun Star | A NEWSY item two months ago came out to engage the curious. This was about the international Filipino singer Charice Pempengco. She came for a concert and she looked unlike the Charice we could recognize. She’s now a blondie! | A newspaper reacte...
High times for GCC economies thanks to oil Gulf News | Plenty of evidence supports the suggestion that Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies are experiencing happy times. The proof entails appreciation of assets in international markets as well as growth of the gross national product (GDP) of the si...
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China sentences fugitive smuggler Lai to life term Denver Post | BEIJING—The man once considered China's most-wanted fugitive was sentenced to life in prison for smuggling and bribery in a lurid corruption case that reached into the high...
China shadow looming, Taiwan's Ma set for 2nd term The Guardian | TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou is set to begin his second presidential term caught between China's desire to exert greater influence over his democratic island and...
Cathay Pacific launches cargo services from RGIA The Hindu The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad is growing fast as an air cargo hub in the South Central region of the country with a third international airline startin...
MA’S RE-INAUGURATION: ANALYSIS: Poor communication, flip-flops trip up Ma: analysts Taipei Times | President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has been a political star since entering politics. However, as he is slated to be inaugurated today, public support for him hit a record-low of 23 percent in the latest poll, released on Friday by the Chinese-lang...
MA’S RE-INAUGURATION: Despite calls for reshuffle, Cabinet largely unchanged Taipei Times | The Cabinet line-up remained virtually unchanged ahead of President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) inauguration for his second term today. | The Presidential Office yesterday announced its new Cabinet team, which is led by Premier Sean Chen | Chen wa...
Puppet master strings a living from art Taipei Times | Despite being 72 years old, puppeteer Tsai Tsai-shun (蔡財順) is still performing and said that he hoped to continue until he could no longer walk. | Tsai has more than 50 years of experience in Taiwanese glove puppetry, commonly known as budaix...
MA’S RE-INAUGURATION: Ma’s inauguration feast to be simple local dishes Taipei Times | The state banquet to be held today to celebrate President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) re-inauguration will feature simple yet delicious Taiwanese agricultural products and seafood, according to the banquet’s organizer. | Lee Chien-jung (李建...
