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Asia stocks up slightly on strong US earnings
Asian stock markets posted slight gains Monday after strong U.S. earnings pushed Wall Street indexes to multi-year highs, though Japan's Nikkei dipped ...
Russian fishing ship capsizes, 20 sailors missing
A Russian fishing vessel has capsized in the Sea of Japan, and emergency officials say 20 Russian and Indonesian crew members are missing. The far ...
Davos summit ends with warnings on global economy
The crisis mood is gone, but that doesn't mean you can slip back into your old ways — that's the message from top international finance officials ...
Volvo truck to pair with China's Dongfeng
Swedish truck maker AB Volvo says it will acquire a 45 percent stake in a new heavy-truck unit of China's Dongfeng Motor Group Co. for a total amount ...
What's the threat? North Korean rhetoric, reality
According to its official statements, North Korea is ready to go to the brink. But how serious are Pyongyang's threats? This week, new U.N.
Markets higher on good news from Europe, Japan
Positive economic news from the European Central Bank and Germany, combined with promises of more monetary easing in Japan, helped stock indexes in ...
Chinese envoy: Japan dispute can be 'controlled'
A top Chinese diplomat expressed hope Friday that Beijing's dispute with Japan over islands claimed by both countries can be "controlled" soon, and ...
Oil edges above $96 despite growing stockpiles
The price of oil edged above $96 per barrel Friday despite ample stockpiles of crude amid signs of growth in the world's two largest economies.
Japan gives letter to China's Xi in island dispute
A senior envoy handed China's leader a cordial letter from Japan's prime minister Friday in the highest-level contact between the sides since tensions ...
10 more China officials sacked in sex tape scandal
A scandal involving Chinese city officials having sex with women hired by developers who secretly videotaped the trysts to extort construction deals ...
Oil prices get boost from China manufacturing
The price of oil recovered slightly on Thursday, after a large fall the previous day, thanks to a survey showing China's manufacturing sector is on ...
Toyota, BMW working on new battery technology
Toyota Motor Corp. and BMW Group are working together on next-generation batteries for green vehicles called "lithium-air" as their collaboration, ...
NKorea warns that nuke test may be imminent
North Korea's top military body warned Thursday that the regime is poised to conduct a nuclear test in response to U.N. punishment, and made clear ...
Asia stocks gain as China manufacturing improves
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Thursday, supported by Congress averting a U.S. government default and a pickup in China's manufacturing in ...
Official: China recovering from 'soft landing'
China's economy is now recovering from a "soft landing," but the big challenge in 2013 will be to prevent overheating while still promoting growth, ...
Launch, sanctions, nukes: NKorea may repeat cycle
North Korea's nuclear agitations follow a well-worn route. It starts with a long-range rocket launch. The United Nations punishes the act with ...
China elder Jiang Zemin takes a public step back
Influential Chinese ex-President Jiang Zemin has been moved down the top leadership's pecking order — at least in public — as the ruling Communist ...
After UN acts, NKorea vows 'nuclear deterrence'
North Korea swiftly lashed out against the U.N. Security Council's condemnation of its December launch of a long-range rocket, saying Wednesday that ...
Asia stocks mixed ahead of US debt ceiling vote
Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday ahead of a U.S. vote on raising the nation's borrowing limit. Analysts said that stock markets had room for ...
Philippines taking S. China Sea fight to tribunal
The Philippines took a desperate legal step against China's claims to virtually the entire South China Sea, formally notifying the Asian superpower ...
Asia stocks fall before BOJ meeting ends
Asian stock markets fell Tuesday as traders waited for Japan's central bank to announce stimulus measures after wrapping up a two-day policy meeting.
Boeing 787 investigation turns to battery maker
Japanese and U.S. investigators began a probe into the maker of the lithium ion batteries used in Boeing's grounded 787 jets. Tsutomu Nishijima, a ...
Asia stocks tentative as Bank of Japan meets
Asian stock markets were mixed Monday amid uncertainty about the outcome of a central bank meeting in Japan and nervousness over whether U.S.
Growth slows, markets feeling good ahead of Davos
The world's financial and political elite will head this week to the Alps for 2013's gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with ...