Past the glass case containing sketches for his novel “Oliver Twist,” beyond the handwritten letter to his publisher about Little Nell, and away from the first published installments of “Hard Times” sits Charles Dickens’ pet bird.
China said Monday it has banned its airlines from complying with an EU scheme to impose charges on carbon emissions opposed by more than two dozen countries including India, Russia and the United States.
The EU ambassador to China said Monday the Asian powerhouse could become Europe’s biggest export market this year, overtaking the United States, as Beijing boosts domestic demand.
Oil prices could soar to as high as $160 a barrel if tension over an Iranian oil embargo persists or in the event of conflict, a top Kuwaiti oil executive said in remarks published on Monday.
Indonesia said Monday its economy grew at the fastest rate for 15 years in 2011, spurred by strong household consumption and private investment in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.
Japan’s Suzuki Motor said Monday its net profit fell 4.7 percent for the nine months to December and it also downgraded annual sales forecast due to the impact of a strong yen and a slump in India.
A new not-for-profit media group was launched in Australia Monday entirely funded by a philanthropist who has pumped Aus$15 million into a start-up that promises “fearless, independent” journalism.
Qantas chief Alan Joyce on Monday warned the airline would be forced to slash services and expressed “grave fears” for its future if proposed laws strengthening its ties to Australia went ahead.
Asia’s richest woman, Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart, threatened to axe her children’s ransom insurance as a bitter legal dispute raged over a family trust, according to reports.
US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has discovered a manufacturing error causing delamination in a fuselage section of some 787 Dreamliners, The Seattle Times reported.