Copper Futures climbed to their highest levels since mid-November on Tuesday, propelled by a rally in other industrial metals early in 2008.
CITIC Securities, China's largest listed brokerage, said on Monday its net profit more than quintupled last year.
Oil prices at $100 a barrel mean little to Chinese consumers insulated from the global rally by cheap fuel prices, but the latest market peak should sound a warning to Beijing over its disjointed energy policy.
It has been called the 800-pound gorilla but it's getting scant attention in the U.S. election
General Motors Corp Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said on Thursday the No. 1 U.S. automaker expects overall 2008 U.S. auto sales to be about the same as the depressed levels of 2007, even as global sales hit a new high.
There are some obvious reasons for concern, but on balance I suspect '08 will be similar to '07 in total, although likely weaker in the first half and stronger in th...
Oil prices broke above $100 a barrel for the first time on Thursday after a U.S. government report showed a steep slide in crude inventories in the world's biggest energy consumer.
China's Lenovo Group Ltd introduced its first consumer computers in the United States on Wednesday, expanding in a region it entered in 2005 with the purchase of IBM's PC business. The unveiling of three new notebook computers with advanced features is part of a broader expansion by Lenovo into the global consumer PC market. The company also plans to sell the new consumer computers in ...
President Mwai Kibaki's government accused rival Raila Odinga's party of unleashing genocide in Kenya on Wednesday as the death toll from tribal violence over a disputed election passed 300.
China's state sports system certainly has its critics but many of those who have benefited from it are convinced it remains the secret of their country's sporting success.
Last summer's slew of toy recalls has not faded from U.S. consumers' minds
The software company co-founded by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates nearly two years ago is seeing the benefits of more stringent intellectual property policies in China, with a decline in piracy rates and improved results at its mainstay Windows division.
A Chinese appeal court upheld an earlier music piracy ruling on Thursday, that found Yahoo China guilty of allowing mass copyright infringement through music downloads from its Website, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said.
US Stocks dropped in late morning trading, in spite of higher than expected earnings results from Oracle Corp. and Nike Inc.
Nations are making deals with top exporters to to get enough oil and develop new projects to boost economic growth.
China raised its benchmark interest rates on Thursday for the sixth time this year, in the latest in a series of tightening steps to contain inflation and prevent the world's fourth-largest economy from overheating. However, it also lowered the rate for sight deposits, in a move to encourage savers to keep their cash locked up for longer periods.
Hong Kong stocks on Wednesday rose again as investors made more gains with oil producer PetroChina Co Ltd ending a five session fall.
Stock rose on Wednesday after Morgan Stanley said it will sell a stake to a China firm, while the Federal Reserve said it would lend $20 billion to banks to improve market liquidity.
US Stocks rose on Tuesday and stock market across the Asia-Pacific region were trading higher after investors found comfort in the European Central Bank’s $500 billion loan injection to revive demand in struggling areas of the credit market.
U.S. consumer electronics leader Best Buy Co reported a better-than-expected 52 percent jump in third-quarter profit on Tuesday on strong sales of laptops and video games, and raised its full-year earnings forecast.
Europe toned down a clash with the United States over 2020 climate goals on the final day of U.N. talks in Bali on Friday, raising hopes of a deal to start negotiations on a new global warming treaty.
The sizzling pace of Chinese capital spending barely slowed in November despite curbs on lending, showing why the authorities intend to tighten monetary policy further in 2008.
The European Union threatened on Thursday to boycott U.S. talks among top greenhouse gas emitting nations, accusing Washington of blocking goals for fighting climate change at U.N. talks in Bali.
