Inspectors are expected to spend two days in the country, but with tensions running high between Iran and Israel, Western diplomats have played down any hopes of a major breakthrough at the meeting.
Pakistan's Reko Diq, an untapped copper and gold mine of fabulous potential, was meant to be the biggest foreign investment in the country's mining sector, but it's beginning to look more like fool's gold to the companies involved.
Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks on the disputed nuclear program of Iran, a day after the Islamic country responded defiantly to tightened EU sanctions by halting oil sales to British and French companies.
Sudan has secured a five-year delay on its debts to China, the finance minister said on Saturday, part of efforts to make up for the loss of revenues from the oil-producing south.
Gold prices rose more than half a percent on Monday as growing optimism that European leaders will sign off on a rescue deal for Greece lifted the euro, and after China's central bank further loosened monetary policy.
Chinese authorities keep a tight grip on the country's commodity exchanges as part of efforts to deter speculators from driving up food and resource prices.
Apple Inc's legal row over its iPad trademark in China creates a window of opportunity for rivals such as Lenovo Group Ltd and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd as they try to chip away at the U.S. firm's dominance of the potentially vast Chinese tablet market.
China's ruling Communist Party leadership will implement prudent monetary policy and proactive fiscal policy in 2012, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday, reiterating the basic policy tone Beijing set at the end of last year.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said that it has affirmed Japan's sovereign debt rating at AA- along with maintaining its negative outlook as the country faces dismal fiscal position.
Apple Inc's legal row over its iPad trademark in China creates a window of opportunity for rivals such as Lenovo Group Ltd and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd as they try to chip away at the U.S. firm's dominance of the potentially vast Chinese tablet market.
European stock markets opened with gains Thursday as expectations mounted that the Greece bailout deal would be reached at the EU finance ministers' meeting Monday.
Iran has ceased oil exports to the UK and France in reply to European Union's decision to ban purchases of Iranian crude that were planned to begin in July.
In Myanmar's new war on drugs, meet the weapon of mass destruction: the weed-whacker. It has dramatically accelerated a campaign to eradicate opium poppies.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has announced that it will increase its investment in the holding company of Yihaodian, Chinese eCommerce company, in an effort to strengthen its online presence.
Asian stock markets made gains on Monday as policy easing by China and expectations of a final sign-off of the second bailout package for Greece buoyed investor sentiment.
China’s central bank has announced a cut in reserve requirements for the first time this year to reinforce economic growth.
Pakistan's military is working on the development and manufacture of a homegrown version of iPad, according to reports.
Japan logged a record trade deficit with China in January as exports dropped by a fifth, underscoring concerns about how sharply China is slowing and its ability to buffer a frail global economy against European turmoil.
Japan and China are committed to help resolve the European debt crisis through the International Monetary Fund once euro region members take additional steps themselves according to Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Monday it has reached an agreement to raise its stake in a Chinese e-commerce firm, Yihaodian, to around 51 percent as the world's largest retailer aims to boost its presence in China's fast growing consumer market.
Asian markets rose across the board Monday as policy easing by China and expectations that Greece will secure a second bailout buoyed investor appetite for riskier assets, sending U.S. crude up nearly 2 percent and copper nearly 3 percent higher.
Japan logged a record trade deficit in January, government data showed on Monday, the clearest evidence to date of pain from a firm yen, a global slowdown and rising fuel imports needed to offset declining use of nuclear power.
