NEW DELHI (AFP) - - Chetan Maini, the engineer who pioneered India's first electric car, had his eureka moment two decades ago when he drove a vehicle fuelled by solar power across the blazing Australian outback. More »
NEW DELHI (AFP) - - Chetan Maini, the engineer who pioneered India's first electric car, had his eureka moment two decades ago when he drove a vehicle fuelled by solar power across the blazing Australian outback. More »
BEIJING (AFP) - - China's Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. (BAIC) told state media Wednesday it will "reassess" its options after a plan to buy Swedish carmaker Saab collapsed, but gave no hint of its plans.
LONDON (AFP) - - Gold prices soared to a record above 1,180 dollars here on Wednesday on the back of weak greenback, which makes the precious metal cheaper for buyers using stronger currencies, traders said.
SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia is expecting an Asia-led boom in resources investment over the next five years, bringing "powerful and broad-ranging" economic benefits, according to its central bank.
SEOUL (AFP) - - South Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said.
BEIJING (AFP) - - Chinese banks may need to raise billions of dollars in the next few years as massive lending erodes their capital and leaves them vulnerable to bad debts, a pair of research reports has warned.
TOKYO (AFP) - - Japan posted a trade surplus for a ninth straight month in October as the world's number two economy slowly emerges from its deep slump thanks to recovery in the rest of Asia, according to the latest data.
SINGAPORE (AFP) - - The post-crisis world economy faces new risks from investment bubbles that risk plunging millions back into poverty, according to World Bank chief Robert Zoellick.
HONG KONG (AFP) - - Cathay Pacific said Wednesday it has endured a spate of mysterious toilet blockages on its Airbus fleet, with one packed plane forced to make an unscheduled landing because it had no working lavatory.
TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan and the United States are expected to resume their dialogue on a key trade and investment pact in the new year, a US envoy was quoted as saying Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The United States has firmed up plans to impose up to 15 percent tariffs on imported Chinese steel pipes targeted for wideranging sanctions for alleged unfair subsidies.
NEW DELHI (AFP) - - Indian federal investigators on Tuesday filed new charges against the founder of scandal-hit outsourcing giant Satyam in the nation's biggest case of corporate fraud, an official said.
LONDON (AFP) - - Britain's financial watchdog said on Tuesday it had fined Japanese bank Nomura 1.75 million pounds for "widespread" failures of systems and controls used in the trading of "high-risk" products.
HELSINKI (AFP) - - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday it would cut around 220 jobs in Japan as part of its plans to streamline its vast research and development operations.
TOKYO (AFP) - - Japanese high-tech giant Hitachi Ltd. plans to build railway cars in Britain in a multi-billion-dollar deal that would also create hundreds of new jobs, a company spokesman said Tuesday.
BEIJING (AFP) - - China said Google has probably breached copyright laws by scanning Chinese books for its online library and supported writers to "defend their rights", state media reported Tuesday.
SINGAPORE (AFP) - - State-linked Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings on Tuesday said it plans to raise 600 million Singapore dollars (433 million US) from new bond offerings.
BEIJING (AFP) - - China, a massive consumer of fossil fuels and coal in particular, is trying to modernise its mines by containing emissions of methane and turning the toxic gas into a source of much-needed energy.
BELGRADE (AFP) - - A Serbian factory struck a deal on Monday to assemble trucks for a Chinese manufacturer in southern Serbian, Tanjug news agency reported.
MUMBAI (AFP) - - Shares in Indian giant Reliance Industries rose nearly four percent Monday after it announced a cash bid to buy a controlling stake in bankrupt petrochemicals firm LyondellBasell Industries.
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