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U.S. crude futures edged higher Thursday after slipping 2.3 percent a day earlier on a larger-than-expected build in U.S. crude inventories. A weaker dollar, record gold prices, copper near 14-month peaks and a 3.4 percent rally in Japan's main equity...

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only...The world's largest miners are pushing for increases of 10% to 25% over this year's contract prices for iron ore and coal, people familiar with the nascent negotiations said, which would raise...

Forbes Asia has named Richard Elman as its 2009 Businessman of the Year. The 69-year old Englishman is founder and chief executive officer of Noble Group. Mr Elman established his firm 22 years ago and has been credited with building...

BP reported on Thursday that a catalytic feed hydrotreater unit at its 475,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Texas City, Texas will be shut down for mechanical work, according to a filing to state regulators. The shutdown starts on Dec...Texas Commission on...

The government lacks the will to legalize casinos and let the industry compensate for declining tax revenue amid deflation, according to the head of pachinko maker Universal Entertainment Corp. "In Japan, politicians are very weak in showing the will to...

The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to ban flash orders on stock exchanges. But the fate of giving market participants a sneak peek at options trades is fuzzy. The options market is much more dependent on flash trading than...

The battle between Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. has shifted into new territory: a race to see who can make online maps that make people feel like they're really there. After lagging behind Google Maps, Microsoft this week unveiled an...

Sin Chew Daily reported that statistics released by the island republic�s Health Ministry recently showed that it received 401 cases of reported mistakes in the last seven years. Its general hospitals made 339 mistakes while the remaining mistakes were made...

The Boeing service bulletin issued last week covers Boeing 777s equipped with Rolls-Royce PLC engines and a certain type of thrust reverser, a device attached to the engine that helps jets slow down after landing. The decision, in effect, means...

Asia has emerged from the latest global financial crisis in a much better position than its Western counterparts, and is set to play a key role in leading the world to recovery, Singapore Exchange's (SGX) chief said on Thursday.     With...