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Health ministers from Japan, China and South Korea agreed Monday to step up efforts to ensure food safety following concerns over pesticide-tainted Chinese-made dumplings.
LineBuster, a handheld device, tells roaming United agents at airports if customers have been automatically rebooked on another flight.
Eco-friendly managers and staff are the key to making a retailer go green, according to a study listing 15 of the world's top eco-friendly retailers in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.
The defense chiefs of North Korea and China reaffirmed pledges to strengthen their nations' 60-year-old alliance, North Korean state media reported Monday, amid renewed attempts to draw the country back to disarmament talks.
The laughably low interest rates the United States has been paying on its colossal debt won’t last forever. The government faces a payment shock down the road.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Warehouses holding enough aluminum to build 69,000 Boeing 747 jumbo jets are why Peter Sorrentino says the most abundant metallic element in the earth’s crust is too expensive.
Chinese and North Korean defence chiefs have pledged to strengthen their military alliance -- dating back to the Korean War -- during talks in Pyongyang, state media said Monday.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The rand rallied the most among emerging-market currencies worldwide as gold surged to a record and analysts bet a report tomorrow will show Africa’s biggest economy is recovering from its first recession in 17 years.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell the most in two weeks against the euro on speculation the Federal Reserve will keep its stimulus measures in place and ensure interest rates remain at virtually zero.
A U.S. Federal Reserve official’s call to extend the central bank’s asset-purchase plan beyond its planned expiration data put pressure on the U.S. dollar Monday, with traders quick to book small profits scored on the greenback last week.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- European and Asian shares advanced and U.S. stock-index futures rose amid speculation the economic recovery is strengthening and as higher commodity prices boosted the earnings outlook for raw-material producers.
Spain will propose reforms this week designed to wean its battered economy from dependence on the construction sector and usher in a more sustainable growth model, the prime minister said Monday.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The rand rallied to best emerging- market currency as gold surged to a record and analysts bet a report tomorrow will show Africa’s biggest economy is recovering from its first recession in 17 years.
The European Union on Monday urged the U.S. and China to deliver greenhouse gas emissions targets at next month's climate conference in Copenhagen, saying their delays were hindering global efforts to curb climate change.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Hino Motors Ltd. , Japan’s biggest maker of heavy-duty trucks, is building its largest overseas factory in Indonesia to meet rising demand in Southeast Asia, the Nikkei newspaper reported.
Asian stocks ended mixed Monday as investors hunkered down ahead of a stream of figures that could confirm the U.S. economy is recovering at a slower pace. European shares were trading with solid gains.
