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  • Obama Says Myanmar’s Democratic Progress Fuels Economy

    President Barack Obama told Myanmar President Thein Sein that building democracy and ending human rights abuses will bring greater prosperity to the Southeast Asian nation.

  • Qatar Creates $1 Billion Foreign Water and Power Investment Arm

    Qatar created a $1 billion investment arm to add foreign power and water assets to stakes it already has in businesses from Barclays Plc to Harrods department store.

  • To Help Worker Safety, Bring Back Managed Trade

    If all it took were official cajoling, public shaming, technical assistance or corporate promises, factory jobs in Bangladesh and other developing countries wouldn’t be so deadly.

  • Melting Ice Cap Draws China, Japan to Seek Arctic Riches

    Japan, China and South Korea are seeking to expand their influence in the Arctic as melting ice caused by global warming offers potentially lucrative access to resources and shipping shortcuts in the region.

  • U.S.-EU Trade Talks Risk Damaging Turkey Ties

    U.S. President Barack Obama travels to Europe next month to start formal negotiations on a trading bloc that would dwarf any the world has seen. He should look for ways to integrate Turkey into this new order.

  • Sumitomo Mitsui to Buy $1.5B Stake in Indonesia’s BTPN

    Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. agreed to buy 40 percent of Indonesia’s PT Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional for about $1.5 billion, the Japanese lender’s biggest purchase of a foreign financial firm.

  • Ringgit Jumps Most Since 2010, Stocks Reach Record Post Election

    Malaysia’s ringgit rallied the most since 2010 and stocks rose to a record after Prime Minister Najib Razak won a clear majority in the election, giving him a mandate to continue his economic reforms.

  • Pentagon Accuses China of Cyberspying on U.S. Government

    The Chinese military has targeted U.S. government computers with intrusions that seek sensitive data, according to a report in which the Pentagon for the first time directly accuses China of a cyber espionage campaign.

  • Asian Leaders’ Tough Talk Hides Failure of Leadership

    Visiting China in 1928, when a rising Japan had begun to prey on its neighbor, the Japanese poet Akiko Yosano took a surprisingly broad-minded view of anti-Japanese passion among the Chinese: “It’s surely frightful from the imperialists’ point of view,” she wrote in her travelogue, “but for the Chinese people it must be celebrated in the name of humanity.”

  • Will Virgin Galactic Prove as Lasting as Pan Am Clipper?

    Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space venture successfully conducted its first rocket-powered flight this week and may carry out a trial voyage into space by the end of the year. More than 500 “space tourists” have already signed up for the first commercial flight.

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