China Firm Aims to Turn Court Win into Ban on iPads

Shenzhen Proview is now seeking to leverage a December court ruling on its ownership of the “iPad” name into a nationwide injunction against the export ...

China Stocks Jump After Bank Reserve Ratios Cut

The central bank's 50 basis-point cut in reserve ratios released about 400 billion yuan ($63.53 bil.) in capital into the economy and sent China's stocks ...

Apple Falls to 5th in China Smarphone Market

Apple's rise to the top of the global smartphone market in late 2012 hasn't kept it from slipping to 5th place in China as it ...

Jeremy Lin's Endorsement Deal with Nike Extended

Nike, the biggest name in athletic shoes, has locked up Jeremy Lin, most likely the decade's biggest sports sensation, to a long-term endorsement deal.

Jeremy Lin Enriches Knicks with Sponsorship, Web Sales

The excitement over Jeremy Lin's new stardom — aka Linsanity — has attracted the first of an expected cavalcade of Asian sponsorships for the New ...

China's Great Wall Motor Opens Auto Plant in Europe

China's leading maker of SUVs and pick-up trucks opened its first European plant on February 21.

Elpida Bankruptcy Gives Korea DRAM Dominance

Elpida Memory's $5.6 billion bankruptcy filing Monday effectively cedes complete dominance of the PC memory chip industry sector to S. Korean firms Samsung and Hynix ...

Japan Auto Production Jumped 18.6% in January

Japan's January auto output surged to 837,197, a 18.6% jump over the same month of 2011.

China Mobile Aims to Provide Global 4G Access for 2 Bil.

China Mobile will build over 500,000 TD-LTE 4G base stations to provide internet access for two billion people around the world by 2014.

Japanese Firms Tout Food Safety in Hong Kong

Japan's leading food brands are seeking a comeback in their top foreign food export market by staging an exhibition in Hong Kong's convention center this ...

China's Consumer Confidence Rises on Low Inflation

China's consumer confidence in the first quarter rose to its highest level since 2005 due to easing inflation and cooling property prices, according to a ...

McDonald's to Double China Workforce This Year

McDonald's Corp plans to hire 70,000 more workers in China this year, nearly doubling its workforce as it accelerates new store openings, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

China Accounts for 28% of Global Luxury Consumption

China is set to overtake Japan as the world's biggest luxury-consuming nation after spending $12.6 billion on luxury goods in 2011, according to a study ...

India Becomes Focus of Global Solar Power Market

As the global solar power market reels from a glut of solar panels due to China's production surge and Europe's shrinking demand, India is emerging ...

Toyota Exports Mostly US-Made Cars to S. Korea

Toyota plans to take advantage of S. Korea's free-trade agreements (FTA) with the US and the European Union by bringing most of the cars it ...

China's Wanda to Buy AMC Theater Chain for $2.6 Bil.

Dalian Wanda Group agreed to buy AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (AMC) for $2.6 billion including debt, according to statement by the group. The deal will ...

Alibaba to Buy Back Shares from Yahoo for $7.1 Bil.

Alibaba has repurchased about 20% of its shares from Yahoo for $6.3 bil. in cash and up to $800 mil. in new Alibaba non-voting preferred ...

China's Machine Tool Output Jumped 32.1% in 2011

China's machine tool industry grossed total output value of 660.65 billion yuan ($104.45 bil.) in 2011, a 32.1% jump over 2010, according to that nation's ...

Samsung Pays Top Execs Most in S. Korea

Samsung Electronics pays its executive board members more than any of the other 1,000 listed Korean companies with an average annual compensation of 10.9 billion ...

Jerome Austria Brings America to German Carmaker

Spicy Ramen Regains Ground Lost to White in S. Korea

The popularity surge of bland white ramens that had gobbled up S. Korean market share once held by perennial spicy red favorites appears to have ...

China's Direct Overseas Investments Surged 72.8%

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into China slipped year-on-year in April by 0.74% to $8.4 billion, making it the sixth straight month of declining FDI.

China Said to Be Planning $315 Bil. Stimulus Package

China is preparing to pump 2 trillion yuan (US$315 billion) into another economic stimulus packages, according to a Credit Suisse report.

China to Overtake US in Online Retail Sales in 2013

China will replace the US as the world's leading online retail market in 2013, according to an official forecast Tuesday by the Ministry of Commerce.

China Slips Below S. Korea in Competitiveness Rankings

China slipped below S. Korea in world competitiveness rankings but both nations remain above Japan which had been the world's most competitive nation 23 years ...

China Firms Show Voracious Appetite for Bargains in West

China's outbound direct investments (ODI) surged 72.8% to $23.16 billion during the first four months of this year over the same period last year, according ...

Suntory, Asahi Maneuver for Alliance with Tsingtao

Suntory Holdings Ltd., Japan's top beverage maker, is in tieup talks with China's Tsingtao Brewery as a way to expand sales in China, said inside ...

Panasonic to Rescue Scandal- Hit Olympus with $630 Mil.

Panasonic Corp. has agreed to provide up to ¥50 billion ($630 mil.) to rescue scandal-ridden Olympus Corp. and become its biggest shareholder, according to inside ...

A Third of China's City Folks Own Smartphones

Among those living in China's cities, a third own a smartphone, with two thirds of them being used to surf the Web daily, according to ...

China's Outbound Direct Investment May Hit $2 Tril. by 2020

China's outbound foreign direct investment (ODI) could reach a total of $2-trillion by 2020, according to a report by US-based research firm Rhodium Group.