By Reuters
China will fast track approvals for infrastructure investment to combat a slowdown in the economy, a state-backed newspaper reported on Tuesday, underlining a call by Premier Wen Jiabao for policies to maintain growth. (May 22)
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CHINA, COPPER, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, INVESTMENT
By IBTimes AU
Weeks before a parliamentary election, Mongolia has approved a draft law that bans or limits the potential ownership of any foreign state-owned companies of its massive natural resources. (May 18)
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CHINA, GOLD, COPPER, INVESTMENT
By Reuters
BHP Billiton <BHP.AX> <BLT.L> said it expects commodity markets to cool further and that investors have lost confidence in the longer-term health of the global economy, in the most cautious comments yet from the world's biggest miner. (May 16)
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CHINA, AUSTRALIA, COPPER, INVESTMENT
By Reuters
Asian shares fell on Thursday, as a weak Chinese trade data stoked fears of a growth slowdown, further undermining risk appetites already reduced by worries about the health of Spanish banks and deepening political chaos in Greece. (May 10)
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CHINA, UNEMPLOYMENT, BARCLAYS, GDP, JAPAN, INVESTMENT
By Reuters UK
Asian shares fell on Thursday, as a weak Chinese trade data stoked fears of a growth slowdown, further undermining risk appetites already reduced by worries about the health of Spanish banks and deepening political chaos in Greece. (May 10)
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CHINA, UNEMPLOYMENT, BARCLAYS, GDP, JAPAN, INVESTMENT
By IBTimes AU
Rio Tinto officials have admitted that challenges in the near-term could hamper the mining firm's full-growth capability, chief of which is the increasing cost of producing the company's prime commodities - iron ore and coal. (May 10)
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CHINA, AUSTRALIA, EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
By IBTimes AU
Senior ministers in the Gillard administration had warned on Monday that the carbon tax is killing the government. Their warning includes suggestions to change the sales pitch for the tax and to redesign the pricing. (May 07)
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AUSTRALIA, CLIMATE CHANGE, JULIA GILLARD
By Reuters UK
Blue-chip shares fell by nearly 1 percent on Friday as lingering fears over the global economy knocked back heavyweight mining stocks. (May 04)
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ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, FTSE, ELECTIONS
By Comsec
The Australian share market closed higher yesterday, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) up 33 points to 4,462 points. Overnight global markets closed lower after concerns mounted about how Spain could turn around its economy and create job growth. (May 01)
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CHINA, MANUFACTURING, TWITTER, FACEBOOK, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA
By LiveTradingNews
Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.1 percent to 20,978.72. Benchmarks in New Zealand and the Philippines also gained, while Singapore and Indonesia fell and Taiwan swung between gains and losses. Markets in mainland China and Japan were closed for public holidays. (Apr 30)
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CHINA, GOLD, SAMSUNG, CRUDE OIL, JAPAN, MANAGEMENT
