Nerves remained raw in China's far western city of Urumqi, in turmoil over a wave of reported syringe attacks, and a small band of protesters again called on the region's top official to step down.
Kai-fu Lee, Google Inc's former China chief who quit the search giant this week, said on Sunday he will launch his own business next week to fund Chinese technology start-ups.
Vietnam has freed a blogger who was recently detained over a plan to distribute anti-China T-shirts, he said on Sunday, as Communist Party chief Nong Duc Manh prepared to leave on a visit to Australia and New Zealand.
LG Electronics Inc, the world's second-biggest TV brand, expects LCD TV sales to jump nearly 50 percent next year as demand from emerging countries continues to grow robustly, a top executive said.
China sacked the top official of the strife-torn city of Urumqi as well as the regional police chief on Saturday, as the town crept back to calm after days of sometimes deadly protests that inflamed ethnic enmity.
G20 finance leaders pledged on Saturday to keep economic life-support packages in place until a recovery is firmly secured, but reached no deal on putting limits on bankers' pay.
Vietnamese police have arrested two bloggers and a journalist for their involvement in a plan to print T-shirts opposing China's investment in a bauxite mining project and its claims over disputed islands, sources said.
Tens of thousands of Han Chinese demonstrated on Thursday in central city of Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang province, calling for the resignation of the region's leader, Wang Lequan, who has held the post for 14 years.
Two generations of Murdochs have caused a wave of excitement in the battered newspaper industry in recent weeks with a series of comments and actions suggesting that charging readers for news on the Web is the way forward.
China's far-west Xinjiang region has been struck by a new bout of unrest in the regional capital, Urumqi, reigniting ethnic tensions two months after deadly riots.
German solar firms Conergy and Solarworld have voiced strong concern about the pricing practices of Chinese panel makers -- who undercut their German peers' products by around 20 percent. Chinese modules sell in Europe at about 1.70 euros per watt, according to a UBS report.
China's largest pharmaceutical products distributor, Sinopharm Group Co Ltd, is set to raise up to HK$8.73 billion ($1.13 billion) in an initial public offering of shares in Hong Kong, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters on Friday.
China's largest online game firm Shanda Interactive plans to raise as much as $800 million in a U.S. IPO for its games unit, to help it monetise its core business as it seeks to become a diversified media company.
State-run chemicals company ChemChina, the little-known acquisition pioneer that won the affection of private equity firm Blackstone, is looking for yet more strategic investment as it scouts for more overseas assets, its chief executive said on Friday.
Nouriel Roubini, a leading economist who predicted the scale of global financial troubles, said a U-shaped recovery is possible, with leading economies undeperforming perhaps for 3 years.
Top officials from the United States, European Union and Brazil on Friday awaited a pivotal World Trade Organization ruling on subsidies to Airbus that stands to impact the global aircraft sector.
Nouriel Roubini, a leading economist who predicted the scale of global financial troubles, said a U-shaped recovery is possible, with leading economies undeperforming perhaps for 3 years.
Global carmakers are lining up to make India, home of Tata Motors' (TAMO.BO) Nano, the world's cheapest car, a base for their export operations as they try to cut costs and move to compact, fuel-efficient vehicles.
Google, fighting to gain ground on China's Baidu's dominant search lead in the country, confirmed the departure of its China president on Friday and said its regional sales head would take over Lee Kai-Fu's business and operational responsibilities.
Asian stock markets mostly edged higher on Friday, underpinned by encouraging U.S. retail sales but cautious ahead of a U.S. payrolls report, while the Aussie dollar was supported by a spike in gold prices.
At first glance, one might think this Buddhist shrine belongs in a science-fiction movie. Or somewhere in Las Vegas.
Carmakers Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) and Porsche (PSHG_p.DE) plan short working hours at plants in Germany later this year, abandoning hopes that a year-long sales swoon could reverse quickly.
