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From AFP : Taiwan has benefited from its giant neighbour’s measures to stimulate its economy by offering subsidies to consumers, the island’s government said in a report. Taiwan exported 4.65 billion US dollars worth of goods to China in April, down 33.8 percent from a year ago, the Board of Foreign Trade said. The figure indicated, however, that... [read full story]
Australian authorities have slapped U.S. private equity firm TPG with a bill for 678 million Australian dollars in taxes and penalties, a move that is sending chills down the spines of foreign investors.
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Environmental activists shut down four cranes at port run by one of Asia's biggest pulp and paper groups on Indonesia's Sumatra island, but overall operations were not hit, the company said on Thursday.
POLICE shot dead a man who killed one pedestrian dead and stabbed 11 others in a rampage in Heilongjiang Province about 7 am today. Harbin City police said they used tear gas against the 38-year-old man after...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor...
