Chinese police have detained 718 people suspected of involvement in deadly ethnic rioting in northwestern Xinjiang region last month, the official Xinhua agency said on Tuesday.
HSBC Holding Plc, Europe's biggest bank, is in talks to set up an investment banking joint venture in China, a senior bank executive said, adding that acquisition prospects in Asia are too expensive and that the bank will focus on organic growth.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) and Standard Chartered Plc lined up opportunistic buys in Asia, seeking growth in a region expected to lead the world out of recession.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to North Korea on Tuesday to try to win the release of two jailed American journalists, a move some analysts said could mark the isolated state's return to talks over nuclear weapons.
Small-capped Australian iron ore miners say it is business as usual with Chinese steelmakers despite protracted negotiations between China and mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton to settle an annual benchmark price.
The semi-official China News Service quickly withdrew a report on Tuesday that said China had suspended iron ore negotiations with Australian miners, offering no further insight on the status of fraught price talks.
Asian stocks hit an 11-month high on Tuesday before profit taking pulled them back, while the Australian dollar also pared gains after the country's central bank left interest rates unchanged but offered no clues on when tightening would begin.
Asian stocks climbed to an 11-month high on Tuesday on hopes a V-shaped recovery may be forming in the United States, while the Australian dollar hit its highest since late September after solid housing and retail sales data.
Nokia's distributors in China are growing angrier at the Finnish phone giant as 280 distributors from 15 provinces gathered at Beijing in protest, and appeal to the government.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd has agreed to pay about $550 million to buy some Asian units from British lender Royal Bank of Scotland, building up its Asia presence.
With rumors that China Unicom might be soon ink a formal deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to China as early as September, China Mobile, the rival, will also speed its new OPhone to the huge Chinese market.
Gong Fangxiong, chief economist for the Greater China region and head of the China Research Department at JPMorgan Chase Co., has been appointed as deputy chairman of the JP Morgan Chase's China investment bank, according to local media Caijing.
A plan to increase U.S. troops in Colombia is drawing opposition not just from left-wing populist leaders in the region but from the moderate governments of Brazil and Chile as well.
Oil rose more than 3 percent to above $71 a barrel on Monday as positive manufacturing data in the United States and China raised optimism for an economic recovery that could bolster energy demand.
Oil rose more than $2 a barrel to hit a one-month high above $72 on Monday as positive manufacturing data in the United States and China raised optimism for an economic recovery that could bolster energy demand.
Senior officials from Apple Inc will visit China to restart top level negotiations with China Unicom on iPhone's entry into the huge Chinese market, local media outlet Sina.com reported on Tuesday morning local time.
HSBC Holdings could raise 50 billion yuan ($7.3 billion) in a Shanghai listing next year as it vies to be one of the first foreign firms to list in China, according to people familiar with the matter.
China's banking regulator, concerned record lending could lead to a spike in bad loans, may tighten banks' capital rules by excluding subordinated bonds they sell to other banks from their capital base, sources said Monday.
China, bruised by the collapse of a proposal to buy a Rio Tinto stake, could confine itself to project-level deals with miners to feed its hunger for metals and shun company acquisitions to avoid further loss of face.
Oil rose more than $2 a barrel to hit a one-month high near $72 on Monday as positive manufacturing data in the U.S. and China raised optimism for an economic recovery that could bolster energy demand.
The state parent of Brilliance China Automotive Holdings is in talks with Daimler AG to set up a joint venture in China making special purpose vehicles, executives at the parent company, Brilliance Auto, said on Monday.
Everbright Securities Co, China's 10th biggest brokerage by market share, plans to raise as much as 10.96 billion yuan ($1.60 billion) in its Shanghai initial public offering after announcing an IPO price range on Sunday.
