LONDON (AP) - A U.S. embassy official says Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak has met the U.S. special Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell in London. Spokesman Matt Goshko confirmed the two men met at the U.S ambassador's residence on Monday. He gave no further details about the talks. Mitchell and Barak met in New York recently in an effort to resolve differences between the U.S. and Israel on Jewish settlements on the...
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TAIPEI, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Taiwan's GDP in the third quarter might have contracted by a better-than-expected 2 percent from the year before, a local newspaper reported on Thursday, helped by strengthening exports and returning...
SHANGHAI, Nov 26 (Reuters) - China's central bank will drain 30 billion yuan ($4.4 billion) from the money market on Thursday through 91-day bond repurchase agreements, traders said. This is in addition to the People's Bank of...
China has told its enterprises to be prepared for competitions while the establishment of the Free Trade Area between the country and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is only a month ahead. "Chinese...
WELLAND, Ont. - Lakeside Steel Inc. (TSXV:LS) said Wednesday that the Canada Border Services Agency has applied a preliminary duty of up to 182 per cent on oil and gas well casing and tubing from China. The duty followed a...