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10h06 Hong Kong shares jumped to their highest since early February on Monday, led by Chinese cyclical counters, as investors chased a resurgent mainland China market which stretched a winning streak into a fourth session.  Full story
21h35 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc took a big step on Monday in its plan to expand into energy, when Plains Exploration & Production Co shareholders approved the miner's $6 billion takeover deal, sweetened by two special dividends.  Full story
20h10 Caterpillar Inc said on Monday that retail demand for its construction and mining equipment continued to be sluggish in April, though the sales picture appeared to be improving in almost every market outside North America.  Full story
20h02 Pactera Technology International Ltd said on Monday that Blackstone Group LP, together with the company's management, made a $680.3 million non-binding proposal to take China's largest technology outsourcing firm private.  Full story
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09h20 China shares posted their fourth-straight gain on Monday, helped by financials and consumer discretionary counters after data showed new home prices rose in April. . .  Full story
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08h49 The Nikkei share average surged to a fresh 5-1/2 year high on Monday, buoyed by further weakness in the yen and optimism over. . .  Full story
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03h28 Hong Kong shares were set to start at their highest in more than a week on Monday, with index gains helped by a. . .  Full story
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03h11 Hong Kong shares could start the week higher on Monday, with China property counters in focus after data over the weekend showed housing. . .  Full story
19h06 Copper rose to its highest in almost a week on Monday, helped by a weaker U.S. dollar and shrinking inventories of the metal in Asia, but concerns about sluggish Chinese growth capped gains.. . .  Full story
18h51 Russia's Finance Ministry has decided not to push forward a proposal to increase a tax on crude oil production, Deputy Minister Sergei Shatalov said, after oil companies protested that higher taxes would lead to. . .  Full story
18h34 JA Solar Holdings Co Ltd's focus on margins over volumes paid off as the Chinese solar products maker halved its operating loss in the first quarter by selling more panels in high-margin Japan.. . .  Full story
18h00 Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp expects its domestic crude steel output to rise 2 percent in the April-June quarter, as Japan's reflationary policy drives the yen lower and makes the country's goods more competitive.. . .  Full story
17h50 Rosneft, the state-owned Russian crude producer which earlier this year bought TNK-BP, announced several senior management appointments on Monday after former TNK-BP executives decided to leave positions they had been offered.. . .  Full story
17h09 Engineering group Atlas Copco expects resilient service revenues and efficiency drives by cost-conscious miners to sustain growth in its mining and rock drilling business.. . .  Full story
16h57 Goldman Sachs Group Inc launched the sale of about $1.1 billion worth of Hong Kong-traded shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China on Monday, offering its entire remaining stake in the world's. . .  Full story
14h59 India's new inflation-linked bonds will be sold to foreign investors as part of an up to $25 billion investment limit for government debt allotted for demand from overseas, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials. . .  Full story
14h54 A Japanese government panel warns there is "absolutely no guarantee" that domestic investors will keep financing the country's massive public debt, citing the risk of a spike in bond yields that could crimp long-term. . .  Full story
14h34 Kazakh state holding KazAgro has raised $1 billion in a debut Eurobond issue as part of its $2 billion borrowing programme, the company said on Monday.. . .  Full story
13h29 The ratio of non-performing loans held by Vietnam's troubled banks eased slightly in the first quarter as they have become better at controlling bad debt, though the overall level of NPLs remained high, the. . .  Full story
13h21 Three Qatari state-backed entities, including the Gulf Arab nation's acquisitive sovereign wealth fund, are setting up a $1 billion fund to invest in overseas energy infrastructure assets.. . .  Full story
13h02 Japan's Universal Entertainment Corp booked a charge on Monday against a $25 million payment at the centre of a FBI investigation into possible bribery in the Philippines, saying there was no reason for the payment. . .  Full story
12h44 Indonesia named its respected investment chief as finance minister on Monday as Southeast Asia's biggest economy grapples with slowing economic growth and how to bring down the massive cost of fuel subsidies.. . .  Full story
12h40 Southeast Asian stock markets gained on Monday as optimism about global growth lifted sentiment in overseas markets while Indonesia's main index rose to a new all-time closing high, after the appointment of a new finance. . .  Full story
11h42 China's money rates rose on Monday, with the key seven-day money rate jumping to a more than three-week high due to demand for funds as companies meet tax payments, dealers said.. . .  Full story
11h21 Thailand's economy contracted more than expected in the first quarter of 2013 from the previous three months and economists polled by Reuters said they now expected interest rates to be cut, as the government. . .  Full story
11h13 Turkey will increase its $1 billion credit line to Egypt by $250 million, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said on Monday.. . .  Full story
11h12 China, the world's largest mobile phone market by subscribers, posted a 0.9 percent monthly increase in the number of mobile subscribers to 1.16 billion in April, data from the country's three telecommunications operators showed.. . .  Full story
10h59 Rising optimism about global growth pushed world shares to a near five-year high on Monday, while comments from Japan's economy minister that consumers could suffer if the yen falls further lifted. . .  Full story
10h53 Indonesia's government is assuming there will be a 45 percent rise in the price of subsidised petrol, a move widely seen as essential to relieve mounting pressure on the state finances.. . .  Full story
10h47 Hong Kong shares jumped to their highest since early February on Monday, led by Chinese cyclical counters, as investors chased a resurgent mainland China market on their return from a Friday holiday, which posted a. . .  Full story
10h44 Taiwan's export orders in April fell 1.1 percent from a year earlier, shrinking for a third month in a row, but orders from the United States and China rebounded, pointing to recovering demand for. . .  Full story
10h43 Hong Kong economic indicators GDP 2012 2011. . .  Full story
10h40 China's yuan closed slightly higher on Monday after the central bank surprised the market and fixed the official midpoint almost unchanged despite a rally in the dollar. Spot yuan ended at. . .  Full story
10h39 Hong Kong unemployment data:. . .  Full story
10h32 China's Bank of Communications has appointed Niu Ximing as its new chairman of the board, the bank said in a regulatory filing on Monday.. . .  Full story
10h19 Taiwan's first-quarter balance of payments data, released by the central bank on Monday. Figures are in billions of U.S. dollars.. . .  Full story
09h38 Japan risks missing, yet again, an opportunity to use foreign investment to help fuel sustained economic growth that has eluded it for the last two decades.. . .  Full story
09h14 Corporate event planner ITE Group Plc reported a 15 percent fall in first-half profit, hurt by rising overhead costs and the absence of two key biennial events in Russia.. . .  Full story
09h09 If you ever needed an example of the corporate herd mentality, then look no further than the stampede of cost-cutting among commodity producers started by BHP Billiton.. . .  Full story
08h41 Severstal, Russia's second-biggest steel producer, said on Monday profit would be flat in the second quarter of 2013 as it reported a 90 percent year-on-year fall in first-quarter net earnings.. . .  Full story
08h13 The Japanese government upgraded its assessment of the economy on Monday, as emerging signs of an upturn in exports and factory output added to growing evidence that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive polices are beginning. . .  Full story
08h00 The coveted investment grade rating has arrived in Turkey and foreign capital may follow - possibly a lot of it. But here's the multi-million lira question: What kind of cash will it be?. . .  Full story


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