South Korea's trade commission decided to impose preliminary antidumping duties on Chinese plywood for Chinese products bring damages to local manufacturers by selling at lower prices.
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it will keep the short-term interest rate near zero and continue its controversial assets purchase program to bolster economic growth and job creation until the economic outlook improves substantially.
U.S. stocks closed mixed in a volatile trading day on Tuesday, with the Dow eking out tiny gains amid uncertainties in Cyprus after its parliament rejected a proposed tax on bank deposits.
U.S. stocks extended losses in choppy trading on Monday following Friday's slip, as shock from Cyprus gave investors an excuse to sell off after recent strong equity rally.
New home prices rose more steeply in more Chinese cities in February, putting the government in an increasingly complex situation of regulating the bubble-ridden market, official data showed Monday.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan inaugurated on Sunday the largest solar plant of the world in Abu Dhabi.
Local economic governance across Vietnam in 2012 sharply declined, leading to calls for local authorities to speed up reform, according to analysis provided by the 2012 provincial competitive index (PCI).
With no mention of Chinese banks setting their own interest rates, China's central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, said the country should remain on high alert, for inflation.
Singapore's Health Ministry is looking at the possibility of banning point-of-sale display of tobacco products in stores, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Tuesday.
"Made in China" goods have long-dominated the global market, but rising costs are weakening China's price edge and strengthening the country's resolve to come up with "new edges," analysts say.
The U.S. economy still has a long way to go to make up for millions of recession-fueled job losses despite strong employment growth in February, economists said Friday.
U.S. stocks reversed the losses in morning session to close higher on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average setting fresh intraday and closing highs ever for five sessions in a line and the Standard & Poor's 500-stock Index just 0.57 percent below its historical high.
A strong market rally lift the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index to a new all-time high on Tuesday, as investors' confidence and risk appetite kept growing amid improving global economy.
U.S. stocks closed mixed Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average setting another all-time intraday high and closing high for a second day, boosted by an improving U.S. hiring market.
U.S. stocks surged on Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a new all-time closing high and intra-day high, as investors became more confident in the stock market.
China's central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said said the forecast M2 growth in 2013 has been projected to emphasize that the year's broad money supply should not grow too rapidly, compared with previous figures.
China plans to raise its defense budget by 10.7 percent to 720.2 billion yuan (114.3 billion U.S. dollars) in 2013, according to a budget report to be reviewed by the national legislature.
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