Sarah Palin, accused during her 2008 U.S. vice presidential campaign of having a limited knowledge of foreign affairs, travelled to Hong Kong to push on Wednesday for stronger ties and trade with China.
India's prime minister called on Group of 20 nations on Wednesday to send a strong warning against protectionism this week as world leaders seek to shore up a tentative global recovery and prevent future economic crises.
The dollar slid to a one-year low against a basket of currencies as market players seized on surprisingly strong New Zealand economic growth data as a reason to push the kiwi dollar higher and dump the U.S. currency.
Leaders from some of the largest Western powers rallied support Tuesday behind a U.S. plan to build a more balanced global economy and warned against returning to business as usual once recovery takes hold.
The first batch of people to receive vaccinations against the new swine flu -- a group of students in China -- has reported no serious side effects, Chinese officials said on Tuesday.
Privately-held Finnish mobile software firm Flander said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy China's Symbio expanding its offering and creating one of the largest outsourced product development firms in the world.
Global Climate Push; Steady Policy Outlook for Fed; BofA Turns Over Docs
World leaders tried to inject momentum into climate change talks on Tuesday but new proposals by China and a rallying cry from U.S. President Barack Obama did little to break a United Nations deadlock.
Forget microchips.Silicon Valley sees a profitable future in the humble brick thanks to a low-energy production process that illustrates the greening of the U.S. technology capital.
China Investment Corp, a $200 billion sovereign wealth fund, has bought a 14.5 percent stake in trading firm Noble Group for $850 million, giving China greater exposure to global commodities and trading expertise.
Support grew on Tuesday for a U.S. plan to build a more balanced global economy and leaders warned against returning to business as usual once recovery takes hold.
Royal Philips Electronics NV aims to generate half its sales from emerging markets including India and China, up from the current one-third, an official at its Indian unit said on Tuesday.
Documents and personal letters from world leaders provide a glimpse of the back drop to key historical events and a new exhibit highlights several from the defining event of the 20th century -- World War Two.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Tuesday there was substantial support among the Group of 20 nations for creating a new framework to tackle global economic imbalances.
President Barack Obama challenged the world on Tuesday to act swiftly to fight global warming but offered no new proposals that could jumpstart stalled talks on a U.N. climate pact.
Oil rose above $71 a barrel on Tuesday, supported by a weaker dollar and after the oil minister of top exporter Saudi Arabia said he was seeing real evidence of world economic recovery in the form of demand for Saudi crude.
Following is a list of major meetings in the run-up to a climate talks in Copenhagen in December meant to agree a new pact to fight global warming.
China appealed at the last minute on Tuesday against a World Trade Organization ruling upholding parts of a U.S. complaint about Chinese restrictions on imports of films, books and other audio-visual material.
The chief executive of Canadian auto supplier Magna International (MGa.TO) said on Tuesday he did not know of any tie-up plans with China's Geely Group.
Canadian auto supplier Magna International (MGa.TO) said it plans to hold talks to appease Volkswagen (VOWG.DE), which has threatened to pull business from Magna if it goes through with an investment in Opel.
China and the United States, the world's top greenhouse gas emitters, will try to ignite efforts on Tuesday to secure a U.N. global warming pact as worries grow of a dangerously close deadlock in talks.
General Electric Co plans to test a new management model in India that the largest U.S. conglomerate believes will help it flourish through a long period of sluggish post-recession growth in developed markets.
