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China scraps taxes on small firms to boost economy
Jul 25, 2013 (AFP)
China will lessen the tax burden on small businesses, the government has announced, as part of a package of measures aimed at boosting the slowing economy. Smal...
China seeks economic boost as data disappoints
Jul 25, 2013 (AFP)
China has unveiled moves to boost growth, including reducing taxes on small firms, as a slowdown in the world's number two economy shows no sign of abating. Chi...
China bans new government buildings to curb waste
Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)
China has introduced a five-year ban on the construction of new government offices, state media reported on Tuesday, following public anger at reports of extrav...
US hopes for Japan reform, better ties with neighbors
Jul 22, 2013 (AFP)
The United States was upbeat Monday about possible economic reforms in Japan after an election win by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party but cautioned against st...
China to lift lending rate controls: central bank
Jul 19, 2013 (AFP)
China's central bank will lift controls on lending interest rates and allow financial institutions to set them, it said on Friday, in a step toward liberalising...
Outside View: Easy money, the opiate of the U.S. economy
Jul 18, 2013 (UPI)
Much like a drug addict, the U.S. economy is hooked on the Federal Reserve's easy money policies. Since the financial crisis, the Fed has pumped trillions of do...
FDI into China climbs in first half: government
Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China rose 4.9 percent year-on-year during the first half of 2013, official data showed Wednesday, despite slowing growth i...
China on course to beat govt growth target: IMF
Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday said China's economy is on course to grow 7.75 percent in 2013 -- higher than the government's 7.5 percent target a...
ADB trims Asia growth forecasts on China slowdown
Jul 16, 2013 (AFP)
China's slowing economic growth is weakening momentum throughout the rest of Asia, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday as it revised down its forecasts for ...
Chinese slowdown casts shadow over world economy
Jul 16, 2013 (AFP)
China's slowdown cast a shadow over Europe and Asia on Tuesday, sparking questions over Beijing's ability to avoid a hard landing that would wreak havoc on the ...
Southern Europe fears eurozone downturn
Jul 15, 2013 (UPI)
Eurozone troubles are not yet over and a new downturn could target southern European economies struggling to fire up growth and productivity, the latest cumulat...
Outside View: The road to a socialist paradise
Jul 15, 2013 (UPI)
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has convinced financial markets easy money policies will continue as long as needed. That may be forever and those policies place U.S....
China growth slows to 7.5% in April-June: govt
Jul 15, 2013 (AFP)
China's gross domestic product expanded 7.5 percent in the April-June quarter, official data showed Monday, a second consecutive slowdown in growth as worries m...
Walker's World: Germany falters
Jul 15, 2013 (UPI)
Something highly significant is starting to happen in the European economy: The German export machine is slowing, the country's imports are rising and the massi...
China 2Q economic growth slowed to 7.5%: AFP survey
Jul 12, 2013 (AFP)
China's economic growth fell dropped to 7.5 percent in the second quarter of this year, analysts predicted in an AFP survey ahead of fresh data Monday, projecti...
China annual inflation picks up to 2.7%: govt
Jul 09, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese inflation accelerated to 2.7 percent in June, official data showed Tuesday, but analysts cautioned demand remained weak and growth in the world's second...
Outside View: U.S. jobs growth picks up but policy reforms needed
Jul 08, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Labor Department announced last week that the U.S. economy added 195,000 jobs in June. The pace appears to be picking up but it is still not the 360,00...
Salesmen march against H.K. property cooling measures
Jul 07, 2013 (AFP)
Thousands of real estate agents took to Hong Kong's streets Sunday in protest at government efforts to curb soaring property prices, saying new transaction taxe...
Outside View: How to make taxes fairer and abolish the IRS
Jul 05, 2013 (UPI)
Congressional frustration with efforts to get to the bottom of Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups plainly shows the tax agency is dangero...
China government to probe 60 firms over drug prices
Jul 04, 2013 (AFP)
China's top economic planner is to investigate 60 pharmaceutical companies for excessive charges, including several joint ventures with foreign firms, state med...
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