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Beijing - China on Tuesday officially started construction of what could become the world's longest sea bridge, linking the southern province of Guangdong with Macau and Hong Kong. Vice Premier Li Keqiang launched the project at a ceremony in Guangdo...
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co., which will decide the future of its Saab unit by the end of this month, is in talks with one bidder, Spyker Cars NV , Chief Executive Officer Ed Whitacre said.
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ISTANBUL (AP) -- The United States will face Iran, and Greece will take on Turkey in a pair of group games at the world basketball championship. The Americans and Iranians were drawn into Group B on Tuesday along with Croatia, Brazil, Tunisia and Slovenia.
ATLANTA----Wendy’s/Arby’s International, part of Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc. , announced the opening this week of the first of 35 Wendy’s® restaurants scheduled to be built by the Kopitiam Group throughout Singapore over the next 10 years.
‘Scrap the pursuit from the Olympics; why not? It’s old fashioned; it’s not exciting; look at track meets on TV, there’s no one there!
(AP:COPENHAGEN) In a showdown between the world's two largest polluters, China accused the United States and other rich nations of backsliding on their commitments to fight global warming and the top American envoy declared the U.S. would not change its offer on emissions cuts.
Most sustainability experts believe that the cooperation of China and the United States is essential to addressing future climate change, economic development, and energy security.
COPENHAGEN - China and the United States were at an impasse on Monday at the U.N. climate change conference here over how compliance with any treaty could be monitored and verified.
Industry groups from the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan and South Korea are protesting rules they say lock them out of selling to government departments.
The startup said MSN China's microblogging site wrongfully used its design and code base.
Lithium-ion battery maker Boston-Power Inc. has received the equivalent of $12 million in funding and joined a coalition of Swedish automotive and technology organizations to commercialize high performance electric cars based on Saab Automobile AB designs.
Australian and Chinese officials urged two bamboo-munching giant pandas on Sunday to consider reproducing during their 10-year residency Down Under. Every so often in the Washington Metro subway system, a foot gets caught in an escalator. Usually, the culprit is a shoe lace or a flip-flop. A 34-year-old Florida woman plans to be a graduate and bride on the same day in Iowa. Tricia Giordano said ...
Hogan & Hartson Chairman J. Warren Gorrell Jr. Legal Times/Stacey Cramp Partners at Hogan & Hartson and Lovells signed off on their megamerger in separate votes that ended at midnight on Monday.
China's holdings of US Treasury bonds held steady in November, according to data Tuesday showing a drop in net purchases of US securities along with a net outflow of capital.
COPENHAGEN (AP) – A showdown between the world's two largest polluters loomed over the U.N. climate talks Tuesday as China accused the United States and other rich nations of backsliding on their commitments to fight global warming. Trying to ease the tension, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said rich and poor countries must "stop pointing fingers" and should increase their pledges to cut ...
Research Edge chief explains why he watched the S&P peak from the rafters.
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar climbed to the strongest level against the euro in more than two months after reports showed accelerating inflation and a gain in U.S. output as the Federal Reserve started its two-day meeting.
Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. paid 1.4 billion crowns ($197 million) to buy the intellectual property rights and equipment to make Saab's 9-5 and to purchase some technology rights to the 9-3, Swedish business daily Dagens Industri reported.
If some of architecture and design's biggest names seemed conspicuously absent from this month's Art Basel Miami Beach--that annual, must-attend conclave for the glitzy-arty set--it was because they were halfway around the world in the adjacent Chinese cities of Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Why, you ask? Technically speaking, the occasion was Hong Kong's Business of Design Week and the dual openings ...
Negotiations at the U.N. climate summit in Denmark stalled Monday as the U.S. - More -
