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Australia's dollar has received its fair share of whacking lately and perhaps it's time to give the currency a bit of a break, currency strategists say.
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A strong quake centered off northeastern Japan shook buildings as far away as Tokyo on Friday and triggered a one-meter tsunami in an area devastated by last year's Fukushima disaster, but there were no reports of deaths or serious damage.
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China's largest maker of auto parts won a politically sensitive auction for A123 Systems, a bankrupt maker of batteries for electric cars that was funded partly with U.S. government money, the investment banker for A123 said on Saturday.
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You've probably never heard of this Chinese smartphone company, but it's making phones that are in high demand. Could it be the next Apple?
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While not quite the “Annus Horribilis” to which England’s Queen Elizabeth once referred, it has certainly been a week to forget for Apple.
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With a recent earnings miss and a sharp drop in its share price, technology giant Apple needs to look to emerging countries for growth and shift its focus away from saturated developed market, analysts told CNBC.
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After a challenging year marked by slowing growth, speeding inflation, a major power blackout and the threat of a credit ratings downgrade to "junk," India can look forward to an "easier 2013," say economists at Deutsche Bank.
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New data shows that Beijing and Shanghai have more multi-millionaires than Los Angeles.
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Chinese state-owned insurer the PICC Group surged 7 percent on debut on Friday, the biggest initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong for two years, and analysts said the stock has further to climb.
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Japan's dominant mobile carrier NTT Docomo said it lost 40,800 subscribers on a net basis in November, as users switched to Softbank and KDDI to grab an Apple iPhone 5 supplied in Japan.
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India's BSE Ltd, the former Bombay Stock Exchange which has lost market share to rivals, has chosen 14 banks for a share offering planned for the first half of 2013.
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The Asian Development Bank lowered its 2012 and 2013 growth estimates for developing Asia on Friday as frail global demand drags on the region.
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Shares of Italian fashion house Prada surged as much as 7.9 percent to an all-time high on Friday after the Milan-based company posted forecast-beating quarterly results.
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China's leaders are likely to stick with the 2012 growth target of 7.5 percent when they chart a course for 2013, allowing higher levels of fixed-asset investment to offset weak export demand.
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KFC and Pizza Hut parent Yum Brands said it is rethinking where it opens new restaurants in China and accelerating openings of its high-margin pizza chain in that country.
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Apple and Samsung squared off in court again, as the iPhone maker prepares to convince a U.S. judge to ban sales of a number of Samsung devices.
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The South Korean won should remain relatively strong given the underlying economic fundamentals of the Korean economy and better global economic headwinds,Thio Chin Loo, Senior Currency Strategist at BNP Paribas told CNBC Thursday.
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We may not go over the "fiscal cliff," but we may not get much. Maybe we will still get a Grand Bargain, but no one seems to be banking on it.
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Facebook is in negotiations with Microsoft about acquiring advertising technology that could allow the social network displays ads on other websites, according to reports.
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A small, simple device can unlock hotel doors at some of the most popular chains.
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The Australian dollar has had a swift, hard fall and now Goldman Sachs is predicting it could fall to as low as $0.80.
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More fund managers are growing increasingly bearish on the outlook for China, believing "a hard landing" for the economy and a "commodity collapse" are currently the biggest tail risks facing markets, a monthly survey by Bank of America/Merrill Lynch show
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Japan surpassed expectations in the first quarter, expanding at its fastest pace in a year, but an important pillar of growth was missing.
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Nitin Padmanabhan, Analyst, IT & Telecom, India at Espirito Santo Securities tells us how to play Wipro and Tech Mahindra, as well as the Indian tech market
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Roger Nightingale, Economist at RDN Associates says the global economy is in a deceleration phase but markets are being supported by the liquidity. Richard Martin, Managing Director of IMA Asia joins in the conversation.
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Bill Smead, CEO and CIO of Smead Capital Management gives his perspective on the upcoming JPMorgan vote to keep Jamie Dimon as both CEO and Chairman.