Dollar flat ahead of US figures | THE Australian dollar was relatively flat in quiet Asian trading yesterday as traders waited for a report on US employment, due overnight. | Australian bonds moved lower on both ends of the curve as a report ... In Venice, Feting Architecture (or Is It Art?) | VENICE — Kazuyo Sejima won the Golden Lion at the 2004 Venice Architecture Biennale for her design for the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan, and she is back this year to curate... Yuan's value becomes a political hot potato | THE US Commerce Department ruled on Tuesday the value placed on the yuan by Beijing was a direct subsidy to Chinese exporters. | The department tried to avoid exacerbating what has become one of the main prob... Murdoch University sacks 'sex predator' academic | MURDOCH University yesterday sacked an academic it hired last year. | At the time of hiring, the university had been oblivious to the fact that he was under investigation as a sexual predator of stu... Our role in Asia's superpower shuffle | As China rises, we may need to convince the US to relinquish primacy in Asi | CHINA'S growing power is the phenomenon of our age. It does not threaten Australia, but it will change our world, because it under... Lone dissident decries an era of mediocrity | LAST Sunday afternoon on a hill high above mainland China's original boom city Shenzhen, adjoining Hong Kong, Wen Jiabao bowed and laid flowers at the foot of a statue of former paramount leader Deng Xia... It's harder now: why Treasury misses the mark | The independent MPs have described Treasury as the gold standard for budget estimation, but it can get its numbers wrong. | The 3.3 per cent growth in 2009-10 contrasts with Treasury's budget-time forecast of... SouFun float marks Telstra hiatus in China | TELSTRA is charging ahead with the float of its biggest China business. | It has priced its 51 per cent held online property group SouFun Holdings, all of which will be sold, at between $US810 million ($889m)... Explosion at Shiite Protest Kills at Least 40 in Pakistan | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A blast ripped through a Shiite protest march in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 40 people, police and rescue officials said. At least 80 othe... Another Lengthy Gridlock in China | Yet another gargantuan traffic jam has gripped the freeway that links Inner Mongolia’s coal fields to metropolitan Beijing, possibly exceeding a blockage on the same road that drew global attention last... Allegiances and the Call of the Local | CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — Some identities compel people more than others. College reunions inspire more enthusiasm than graduate-school ones. Humans spend substantially more time reconvening with those... Attack in Tajikistan Highlights Fears of Militancy | MOSCOW — A car rigged with explosives rammed into a police station in northern Tajikistan on Friday, wounding at least 25 people in an apparent suicide attack, Tajik police officials said. | Russian new... European Shares Higher Ahead of U.S. Jobs Report | European and Asian equity markets rose Friday ahead of the monthly jobs report in the United States that could help determine whether the Federal Reserve opts to introduce fresh measures to get the world&rsqu... An Old Scourge Needs a Modern Solution | Every 12 hours last year young men boarded motorized skiffs and hijacked vessels on the waterway used by 24,000 ships around the Horn of Africa. Pirate gangs have accrued $150 million in ransom to date, about... The Black Sea Need Not Be a Black Spot | The Black Sea is a cradle of civilization, trade and cultures, but today it is also a region of unresolved conflicts, porous borders and rivalries. | Terrorism and insurgency are spreading across the North Ca... America Must Remain in Iraq | Thomas Friedman’s comments on the Shiite-Sunni imbroglio are admirable. (“You ain’t seen this before,” Views, Sept. 2). Whether these two branches of Islam will be able to coexist peac... You don't need a God to create a universe: Stephen Hawking | Famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has created quite a stir of late in his most recent book, The Grand Design, in which he argues that the Big Bang, which created the universe as we know it (at least... New Concordia Center for Environmental Stewardship to be dedicated on September 9 | Concordia University Wisconsin will dedicate its new Center for Environmental Stewardship (CCES) on Thursday, September 9 at 4 p.m. as part of an open house. | The CCES was constructed next to a majestic bluf... US, South Korean nuclear envoys meet | WASHINGTON-South Korea's envoy to stalled North Korean nuclear talks is meeting with senior U.S. officials as China and the North reportedly are pushing for the disarmament negotiations to resume. | The State... GLOBAL ECONOMY-Service sector spotlight shines on Germany, China * China and Germany see upturn in service sector growth * Spain's service sector contracts, British growth lower * U.S. service sector expansion seen slowing (Updates with U.S. ISM non-manufacturing data) By Jo... China's COOEC seeks Norway deepwater partners (Corrects job title of Jeffrey Gu in second paragraph to general manager of two of COOEC's business units, not at COOEC itself) * Big ambitions in deepwater, does not rule out acquisitions * Seeks to tap Norweg... US, South Korean nuclear envoys meet | WASHINGTON (AP) — South Korea's envoy to stalled North Korean nuclear talks is meeting with senior U.S. officials as China and the North reportedly are pushing for the disarmament negotiations to resume. | ... Mexico's foreign minister dampens hopes of Cancun climate deal | Patricia Espinosa says success of talks should not be measured by whether countries agree on a new legally binding text Patricia Espinosa speaks to journalists after climate talks in Geneva. Photograph: Salva... Blog: Eric Millikin: Honored as a hero after dying from a fall off the toilet ... | China has produced all kinds of heroes in the six decades since the revolution, but the latest public servant to qualify for hero status, who died after falling off the toilet, is causing a major controversy.... US, South Korean nuclear envoys meet | WASHINGTON — South Korea's envoy to stalled North Korean nuclear talks is meeting with senior U.S. officials as China and the North reportedly are pushing for the disarmament negotiations to resume. | T...
SouFun float marks Telstra hiatus in China The Australian| TELSTRA is charging ahead with the float of its biggest China business. | It has priced its 51 per cent held...
Another Lengthy Gridlock in China The New York Times| Yet another gargantuan traffic jam has gripped the freeway that links Inner Mongolia’s coal fields to ...
Allegiances and the Call of the Local The New York Times| CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — Some identities compel people more than others. College reunions inspire mo...
Is global economy out of the woods? The Times Of IndiaCERNOBBIO (Italy): Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the US looking ...
