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  Bank of China Revealed as Opponent of Apple

  Updated 5 minutes ago

  Apple Inc.’s legal fight for the iPad name in China doesn’t just pit the world’s most-valuable company against a failed Hong Kong display maker. Some of the nation’s biggest banks also are opposing the technology giant.

• New Asia Hedge Funds Raise Most Since ’07

  Updated 5 minutes ago

  Asian hedge funds started by both new and existing managers raised $4.43 billion last year, the highest amount since the industry peaked in 2007, according to a survey by trade journal AsiaHedge.

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  HSBC to Close Japan Consumer Banks

  Updated 15 minutes ago

  HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe’s largest bank, will withdraw from consumer banking in Japan, closing down six branches four years after starting the business.

• Tony Blair’s Wife Cherie Sues News Corp.

  Updated 11 minutes ago

  Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair’s wife Cherie sued News Corp. and a former private investigator for its now-defunct News of the World tabloid for hacking into her phone.

• Oil Falls From Highest Close in 9 Months as U.S. Crude Stockpiles Increase

  Updated 31 minutes ago

  Oil dropped from a nine-month high in New York as investors speculated that fuel demand may falter after a report showed crude stockpiles increased in the U.S., the world’s biggest consumer of the commodity.

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  Tin Exports From Indonesia May Drop 10% This Quarter as Rains Hamper Mines

  Updated 31 minutes ago

  Refined-tin shipments from Indonesia, the world’s largest exporter, may decline in the first quarter to the lowest level in two years as monsoon rains disrupt mining, according to a Bloomberg News survey.

• ‘Friends of Syria’ Seek to End Assad Campaign

  Updated 1 hour, 43 minutes ago

  The “Friends of Syria” gather tomorrow in Tunisia to seek ways to oust President Bashar al- Assad, who has dug in with increasing violence against civilian opponents after two failed UN Security Council measures.

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  Cable & Wireless Tempts Vodafone With Lowest Valuation: Real M&A

  Updated 44 minutes ago

  With Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc languishing as the world’s cheapest telecommunications carrier, Vodafone Group Plc and private equity firms may not be able to resist making offers for the British fiber-network operator.

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  Noel Gallagher Rocks, Keynes’s Picasso, Digital Diva Sings: London Weekend

  Updated 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

  The Mexican guitarists Rodrigo y Gabriela are adding a little Havana spice to their music, performing with the band C.U.B.A.

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  New Mona Lisa Stirs Buzz Over Romantic Triangle: Martin Gayford

  Updated 2 hours, 40 minutes ago

  Though he has been dead for almost 500 years, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) continues to surprise.

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