China manufacturing hits 13-month high in November: HSBC
Manufacturing activity in China hit a 13-month high in November, HSBC said Monday, in another sign that the world's second largest economy is emerging from a drawn-out slumber.
03 December 2012
Car import dropped 75-fold in Kazakhstan
119,809 cars were imported to Kazakhstan for personal use in 2011 and only 1,599 such cars were imported in 10 and a half months of 2012.
Australia readies for first plain pack cigarettes
All cigarettes sold in Australia will be in identical, plain packages from Saturday in a world first after the government overcame legal challenges from the tobacco industry.
Cyber Monday sales sizzling: survey
Online retail sales were jumping for "Cyber Monday," the key Web shopping day following the US Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Japan's secret economic weapon: women
In next month's general election, politicians -- nearly all of them men -- will make promises on what they will do to fix Japan's economic morass.
24 November 2012
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Oil prices ease in Asia on Gaza truce, eurozone data
Oil prices fell in Asia Friday in thin trade following the US Thanksgiving holiday, with a truce in Gaza and gloomy eurozone manufacturing data weighing on buying sentiment.
23 November 2012
Kazakhstan and Luxembourg to launch flights
The agreement is in line with the applicable European legislation and opens opportunities for all European airlines to launch flights between Luxembourg and Kazakhstan.
22 November 2012
Baltic farmers demand fair slice of EU aid
As the EU braces for bruising budget talks, the bloc's three small Baltic states have stepped up their campaign to get what they say is their fair share of farm aid.
Japan must decide on trade pact before polls: minister
A government minister on Friday said Japan had to decide on its participation in a huge Pacific-wide free trade deal before national polls, in what could be an early salvo in the election campaign.