Eastern Asia

China to start checks of milk products produced before Sept.14

MOSCOW, October 15 (RIA Novosti) - Chinese authorities are to carry out blanket checks of all milk products produced before September 14, the Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday. All powder and liquid dairy products, produced...

Rio warning on Chinese growth adds to mining gloom

Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese has warned about a slowdown in China's once booming economy and said that his mining company is reviewing disposals and investments in new projects across the world.

Eastern saviour

With nearly $2 trillion (£570bn) worth of foreign currency reserves, China is being touted by some as the potential saviour of the Western banking system. China's booming exports have enabled it to mass huge foreign reserves In...

North Korea's 'Mata Hari' sex spy jailed for five years

A North Korean woman spy, described as Asia's Mata Hari, has been jailed for five years for using sex to plot assassinations and obtain secrets. By Richard Spencer in Beijing Won's case has shocked South Korea's security...

Markets plunge on recession fears

Stock markets plunged on Wednesday on mounting evidence that the global financial crisis is evolving into a worldwide economic slump. By Alistair Osborne and Edmund Conway Worse-than-expected US retail sales, rocketing...

Acer gains on netbooks, HP keeps global PC lead

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Taiwan's Acer Inc surged past global champion Hewlett-Packard Co in European personal computer sales in the third quarter, in the clearest sign of the move towards cheap, small mini-notebook computers,...

Sharp has first TVs with built-in Blu-ray Disc recorders

will start selling next month in Japan the first LCD (liquid crystal display) televisions with built-in Blu-ray Disc recorders, it said Wednesday. The DX-series models will be available in 26- to 52-inch screen sizes and...

Revenues from mobile data services to underpin continued growth in BRIC Economies, claims research

Increasing adoption of messaging and content services, aided by increased availability of 2G and 3G-based mobile networks, is expected to push operator-billed data revenues in the mobile markets of Brazil, Russia, India and...

China Aoxing Pharma turns to profit in FY08 on higher revenues - quick facts

10/15/2008 10:55 AM ET (RTTNews) - China Aoxing Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. (CAXG.OB: News ) posted fiscal year 2008 net income of $3.64 million or $0.08 per share, compared to a loss of $14.21 million or $0.35 per share in...

FTSE 100 slides sharply on US retail woes

Shares in London fell sharply, dragged down by weak US retail sales which left investors doubting whether this week's extraordinary £2,000bn global bank bailout would be enough to stop a recession. By Richard Spencer in Beijing...

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