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India's prized $108 billion IT services sector is on a "knife edge" in the face of a looming vote on the U.S. immigration reform bill that threatens the very business model the industry thrives on, says Nomura.
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Toyota Motor is set to delay the launch of a new production line at its plant in Tianjin, northern China, because a decline in its Chinese sales is likely to continue for the foreseeable future, Japan's Asahi newspaper reported on Sunday.
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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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Rallies have to end sometime for sure, but history suggests the current one doesn't have to end anytime soon.
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Hong Kong's Hang Seng stock index may be one of Asia's laggards, but Morgan Stanley reckons the market is poised to more than double to 50,000 by the end of 2015.
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The yen's recent weakness is not hindering the luxury carmaker Lexus International's plans to invest overseas.
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