The US Senate is unlikely to take up pending China currency legislation following a weekend promise by the Group of 20 economic powers to shun currency devaluations for trade advantage, analysts said on Sunday
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Australia's Australian Exchange (ASX) announced on Monday that they have entered into a merger implementation agreement.
German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle on Saturday took issue with what he called a US policy of increasing liquidity, saying it indirectly manipulated exchange rates.
Japan's exports in September grew at their slowest pace this year, hit by a strong yen and cooling foreign demand amid concern over the health of the global economy, the government said.
More and more Chinese business giants are now establishing local headquarters in Denmark, reported Danish media Saturday.
Japan said on Friday it had agreed with Vietnam to cooperate on nuclear power plant technologies and materials, as Tokyo competes with nuclear exporters such as France and South Korea.
France wants to do business with Libya in areas including nuclear energy, a French minister said on Thursday on a visit aimed at narrowing Italy's lead in building lucrative trade ties with the oil exporter.
The G20 finance ministers and central bank governors' meeting kicked off Friday, seeking to review and finalize issues to be tabled at the upcoming G20 Seoul Summit.
Japan plans to mine in Vietnam for rare earth metals used in high-tech manufacturing, officials said Friday.
East China's Shandong province has seen cabbage exports rising sharply due to a kimchi crisis in the Republic of Korea (ROK) across the Yellow Sea.
Toyota is recalling 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon and other models, mostly in the US and Japan, for brake fluid and fuel pump problems, the latest in a string of quality problems for the world's No 1 automaker.
Demand from China is translating into record-breaking softwood lumber exports for the Canadian province of British Columbia (B.C.) as August was the best sales month to date.