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New Data Suggest Stabilizing Chinese Economy

New Data Suggest Stabilizing Chinese Economy


New Data Suggest Stabilizing Chinese Economy

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 11:55 PM PDT

The strong growth in industrial production helped dispel some concerns about cooling growth in the world's second-largest economy.
    


U.S. Pulls Staff From Pakistan Consulate as Violence Continues

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 11:34 PM PDT

Americans are advised against traveling to Pakistan as mass killings continue to plague the nation.
    


Taiwan Drops Sanctions Against Philippines Over Fisherman’s Killing

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 10:38 PM PDT

Taipei accepted an apology from Manila for the fatal shooting in May of a Taiwan fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard.
    


Asian Stocks Rise on China Recovery Hopes

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 08:18 PM PDT

Signs that a slowdown in China may be bottoming out helped to lift Asian stock markets Friday.
    


Russia’s Stimulus Plan: Open the Gulag Gates

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 07:29 PM PDT

With tens of thousands of business owners in the gulag system, and with a depressed economy, President Vladimir Putin has an unusual plan to turn things around.
    


Patent Case Has Potential to Give Apple the Upper Hand

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 06:40 PM PDT

If the International Trade Commission decides on Friday that Samsung violated Apple patents, it could give Apple significant power in other patent feuds.
    


To American Watchdog on Afghan Reconstruction, Bluntness Is a Weapon

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 06:21 PM PDT

As the special inspector general for Afghan reconstruction, John F. Sopko says that "embarrassing people" is part of his job cataloging waste, mismanagement and fraud.
    


DealBook: S.E.C. Is Said to Press JPMorgan for an Admission of Wrongdoing

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 06:17 PM PDT

The bank is close to a deal with regulators over whether it gave lowball estimates for trading losses despite evidence within the bank that the bet was spiraling out of control.
    


Amid Grief, Ex-Premier Resurfaces in Polish Race

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 06:05 PM PDT

Former Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, known for his blunt comments, is a contender again in Polish politics because of a sagging economy and popular fatigue with the current leader.
    

DealBook: After Going All In During Mining Boom, BHP Cuts Its Ambitions

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 05:47 PM PDT

BHP Billiton, the world's largest company in a sector that is deeply out of favor with investors, is aggressively curtailing its spending in hopes of winning them over.
    

As Foreign Fighters Flood Syria, Fears of a New Extremist Haven

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 05:01 PM PDT

Extremists are carving out pockets of territory for Islamist militants, posing what intelligence officials say may become the greatest security threat in the world today.
    

Chinese Invest in Queens Real Estate

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 03:35 PM PDT

Buyers from mainland China account for as many as half the purchasers at certain buildings in Flushing.
    

Bomb Attacks Kill Dozens of Mourners in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 12:58 PM PDT

Bombers struck a funeral in western Pakistan and a graveyard across the border in Afghanistan, leaving at least 44 people dead on one of the holiest days on the Muslim calendar.
    


Elisabeth Maxwell, Expert on Holocaust, Dies at 92

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 12:30 PM PDT

After Dr. Maxwell's life was turned upside down by the death of her husband, Robert Maxwell, in 1991, she focused on being a Holocaust scholar, writer and lecturer.
    

As Cost of U.K. Rail Project Grows, So Does Resistance

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 12:07 PM PDT

Opposition to the high-speed railroad has spread to parts of northern England, the region that the project is supposed to help.
    

Two Kazakh Students Charged With Obstruction in Boston Bomb Probe

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 12:00 PM PDT

A U.S. grand jury on Thursday indicted two students from Kazakhstan on obstruction of justice charges, alleging they helped hide evidence related to the April Boston marathon bombing that killed three and injured 264.
    

West Germany Engaged in Sports Doping in 1970s, Study Says

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 10:14 AM PDT

A new study revealed that West Germany began a government-financed plan in the 1970s to boost athletic achievement through the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs.
    


DealBook: New Embarrassment for British Regulator

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 09:42 AM PDT

The Serious Fraud Office admitted on Thursday that it had lost thousands of documents linked to an investigation into the British aerospace giant BAE Systems.
    


A Fugitive With a Cause

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 09:11 AM PDT

Hervé Falciani, who claims his CD-ROMs have 130,000 account holders of Swiss bank accounts, has roiled politicians in Greece and Spain.
    

International Flights Gradually Resume at Nairobi Airport

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 07:09 AM PDT

One day after a fire destroyed the airport's main arrival hall, full operations were expected to be restored by the end of Thursday, but confusion still reigned at the check-in counters.
    


Special Report: Fastnet Sailing: For London Sailboat Racing Club, No Waves in Sight

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 06:51 AM PDT

Despite its exclusive London address, the heart of the matter for the Royal Ocean Racing Club is regattas like the Fastnet, which it stages every two years.
    

Rebel Groups Claim Assad Was Targeted in Mortar Attack

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 05:24 AM PDT

The Syrian government on Thursday denied claims from two rebel groups that they had attacked President Bashar al-Assad's motorcade as he headed to a mosque in Damascus, the Syrian capital.
    


Special Report: Fastnet Sailing: Chasing Fastnet History on the High Seas

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 04:56 AM PDT

The mini-maxi yacht Ran, owned by the Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, is aiming to equal the 100-year-old cutter Jolie Brise's record of three Fastnet victories.
    

Global Soccer: Premier League Transfers: Maybe Not Just About Money

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 04:29 AM PDT

Three top players in the Premier League — Luis Suárez, Wayne Rooney and Gareth Bale — want to move on to new teams, and maybe it really is because they want bigger challenges.
    


Trade Data From China Suggests More Stability

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 04:14 AM PDT

Stronger data on imports and exports followed more than two years of slowing growth, but an imminent rebound of the economy still looks improbable.
    


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