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Housing Minister Chen Zhenggao told reporters that despite soaring prices in big cities, China does not risk a Japan-style property bubble.

The country’s central bank has drafted rules that are meant to serve as a check on capital outflows, a report said.

The Japanese central bank, which took the unexpected decision of adopting negative interest rates in January, held the reserves deposit rate at -0.1 percent Tuesday.

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This week, fresh forecasts released after the meeting will almost certainly signal a retreat to perhaps two or three rate hikes this year, economists predict.

Liu Shiyu, the new chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, has signaled the state would continue to prop up the Chinese market.

Shares rise in Europe and Asia, adding to gains chalked up after last week’s stimulus package from the European Central Bank, as investors turn their attention to policy decisions from Washington, Tokyo and London.

The growth was spurred by major deals — such as the one signed by China Vanke and Shenzhen Metro Group — and reassurances from a state regulator about the continued presence of a state rescue fund.

Marzuki Darusman said North Korea is devoting huge resources to developing nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction while its citizens lack sufficient food.

Investors are awaiting several policy meetings by major central banks around the world this week — looking for insight into the overall state of the economy.

A strike by thousands of miners in northeast China has underscored the challenges the government faces in carrying out pledges to restructure loss-making industries.

China’s biggest property developer could spend up to $9.3 billion in a stock-and-cash deal to thwart a hostile takeover bid.

Following the completion of the deal, Citic would become China Overseas Land & Investment's second-largest shareholder.

As the Bank of Japan's two-day policy meeting begins Monday, Asian shares started the week higher, buoyed by gains on Wall Street and glimmers of strength in weekend data from China.

U.K. Finance Minister George Osborne said he would propose more cuts to government spending at the annual budget announcement Wednesday.

Lee’s victory, which comes after three consecutive losses in the five-game series against Google’s AlphaGo, proves that the program is far from invincible.

China’s new securities regulator Liu Shiyu struck a cautious tone in his first public comments and defended Beijing’s intervention aimed at propping up stocks.

Chief prosecutor Cao Jianming and Chief Justice Zhou Qiang said Sunday that combating “infiltration, subversion and sabotage” would be the administration’s key priority.

China’s increasingly assertive claims in the South China Sea, along with its rapidly modernizing navy, have rattled nerves around the region.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on global powers to punish Iran for violating United Nations sanctions.

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