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Baidu posts jump in 4Q earnings as revenue climbs

AP News 5 hours ago

Baidu posts jump in quarterly earnings on stronger revenue, beating expectations Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular Internet search engine, said its quarterly earnings jumped 48 percent, beating expectations on strong revenue growth. The announcement Wednesday comes amid a dispute between ...

China exports show trade recovery on track

AP News 5 hours ago

China's January imports, exports up strongly, suggesting trade recovery on track China's export growth accelerated in January and imports rose, adding to signs a recovery in global and Chinese demand is on track. January exports rose 21 percent from a year earlier, ...

Suspect on trial in Indonesia hotel bombings

AP News 6 hours ago

Islamist militant accused in Indonesian hotel bombings claims plot to assassinate president An alleged Islamist militant being tried on charges of harboring terrorists behind deadly twin hotel bombings in the Indonesian capital claimed Wednesday that he had helped craft a plot to ...

BHP beats forecasts, cautious on China demand

Reuters US Online Report Business News 6 hours ago

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Top global miner BHP Billiton <BHP.AX> signaled caution over a sustained global recovery and held off from a share buyback after reporting its weakest first-half profit in four years. BHP's July-December profit nevertheless beat market forecasts and was 24 ...

Rihanna Arrives Seoul

Getty Images 6 hours ago

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 10: Singer Rihanna arrives at Gimpo International Airport on February 10, 2010, in Seoul, South Korea. Rihanna is in South Korea to promote her recent album "Rated R". (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) Copyright 2010 Getty Images

China high court stresses 'mercy' in death penalty

AP News 7 hours ago

China high court stresses 'justice tempered with mercy,' limited use of death penalty China's highest court has issued new guidelines on the death penalty that instruct lower courts to limit its use to a small number of "extremely serious" cases. The Supreme ...

Nikkei rises 0.5 percent on hopes of Greece aid plan

Reuters US Online Report Business News 7 hours ago

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.5 percent on Wednesday, with blue-chip shares that had been sold off on concerns about fiscal stability in Europe regaining ground with news of potential aid for heavily indebted Greece. Toyota Motor rose, with some ...

Japan Honda Recall

AP News 8 hours ago

FILE-In this Oct. 27, 2009 file photo, a visitor looks at a car in front of Honda Motor Co. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Honda Motor Co. says it is adding 17,000 more cars in Japan and elsewhere to an existing global recall ...

Honda recalls another 438,000 cars for airbag risk

Reuters US Online Report Business News 9 hours ago

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co said it would recall another 438,000 cars globally to replace an airbag deflator that could rupture and send shards toward the driver in an accident. The move follows a separate recall of 646,000 cars less than ...

China to set up renewable energy center: report

Reuters Environmental Online Report 9 hours ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to build a national renewable energy center to enhance the country's clean energy development, the China Daily reported, citing a government official. The center, still at a preliminary planning stage, would be responsible for policymaking, key projects, ...

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