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California-based SVB Financial , the parent of Silicon Valley Bank, is eyeing banking licenses in China and India, Asia's No.1 and No.3 economies, as part of its international expansion, its chief executive told Reuters.

Internet big Google is a political tool , a top Chinese official told a Beijing paper Monday, claiming the U.S. internet magnet's comments about hacking attacks linked to China is bad for their business.

Google has become a political tool vilifying the Chinese government, an official Beijing newspaper said on Monday, warning that the U.S. Internet giant's statements about hacking attacks traced to China could hurt its business.

Global airlines will spell out the cost of a whirlwind of disasters, political unrest and high oil prices on Monday while mounting an all-out offensive against European plans to make them pay extra for carbon emissions.

The world economy appears headed for several months of sub-par growth, and there is no clear source of strength to lead it back to health.

Wealthy Asian buyers are used to jostling for seats at fashion house Prada's catwalk shows, but investors may baulk at the price of its upcoming $2 billion initial public share offering in Hong Kong.

China's Defense Minister sought to reassure Asia Pacific neighbors on Sunday that his country's growing economic and military power was not a threat, as long-running maritime disputes in the region flare up again, a Reuters report said.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is most likely to head International Monetary Fund (IMF), with backing of the United States and Japan, the Nikkei financial daily reported on Sunday, citing unidentified global financial industry sources in Washington, reported Reuters.

China's defense minister sought to reassure Asia Pacific neighbors on Sunday that his country's growing economic and military power was not a threat, as long-running maritime disputes in the region flare up again.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde will likely become the next head of the International Monetary Fund , with backing of the United States and Japan, the Nikkei financial daily reported on Sunday, citing unidentified global financial industry sources in Washington.

Google, the internet search giant, has decided to stop supporting its online apps in older browsers starting on August 1, 2011.

Google, the internet search giant, has decided to stop supporting its online apps in older browsers starting on August 1, 2011.

China's Li Na beat last year's champion Francesca Schiavone in the French Open final to become the first Asian player to win a grand slam singles title.

The United States is seriously concerned about cyber-attacks and is prepared to use force against those it considers acts of war, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said at a security meeting in Asia on Saturday.

Swami Ramdev, India’s most famous and powerful yoga guru began a fast to the death in support of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, on Saturday, in New Delhi.

The president of Toyota Motors <7203.T> said on Saturday he expects the automaker to resume full production globally in November and its Japanese output is expected this month to recover to 90 percent of levels seen before a March earthquake.

China is committed to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea, as Beijing following a week tension with Manila and Hanoi over the issue is trying to put a friendlier face, Reuters reported.

Still unidentified individuals or groups have been perpetrating scams to gain access to e-mail accounts held by government officials on the three major U.S.-based e-mail platforms.

A Chinese student, 17, living in Huaishan City, China has sold his right kidney to buy Apple's latest iPad 2.

Groupon CEO Andrew Mason once thought of the hundreds of companies copying his business plan as plagiarists.

A damning short-seller's report accusing Sino-Forest Corp of theft and fraud put the skids under the Canadian-listed company on Friday, even as it denied there was a problem.