HONG KONG — Apple Inc’s legal row over its iPad trademark in China creates a window of opportunity for rivals such as Lenovo Group Ltd and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd as they try to chip away at the U.S. firm’s dominance of the potentially vast Chinese tablet market. Apple, the world’s most valuable technology company,...
AMMAN/BEIRUT — China’s main newspaper accused Western countries of stirring civil war in Syria and two Iranian warships docked at a Syrian naval base, underscoring rising international tensions over the near year-long crisis. Despite pursuing a sustained military crackdown on the opposition in cities across the country, President Bashar al-Assad forged ahead with plans to...
If you’re a basketball fan, or a New Yorker, you’ve definitely heard about Linsanity. It’s the underdog story of a Chinese American Harvard graduate being undrafted and cut from NBA teams before exploding, in well “Linsanity”. And for the past two week, it has been the talk of the sports world. No one saw...
U.K. stocks climbed to a six-month high as China cut banks’ reserve requirements to spur growth and euro-area finance ministers meet to discuss a Greek bailout. Rio Tinto Group and BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) advanced more than 2 percent as China’s decision boosted the earnings outlook for commodity producers and metal prices advanced. CSR...
The euro rose on Monday after China’s surprise move to ease monetary policy to stimulate growth and on mounting expectations that euro zone policymakers would finally approve Greece’s second bailout, averting a messy default. Analysts said gains would be limited until the 130 billion euro bailout deal was signed off by euro zone finance...
Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) — Asian stocks rose, extending the longest streak of weekly gains on the region’s benchmark since 2005, after China cut banks’ reserve requirements to fuel lending and buoy growth, boosting demand for riskier assets. Franshion Properties China Ltd., a mainland developer, rose 4.2 percent in Hong Kong. China Shipping Container Lines...
