The man widely seen as China's next leader told Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday the world's two most powerful emerging market economies should help each other increase their weight in global affairs.

• March 24, 2010

Afghan President Hamid Karzai begins a visit to China, with trade and investment high on the agenda.

• March 24, 2010

Japan's exports grew 45% in February compared with the same month a year ago, because of strong demand in Asia.

• March 24, 2010

Google has actually done it and made good on its threat to pull out of mainland China. Its mainland Chinese-language portal has started re-routing searches via Hong Kong. Beijing is furious.

• March 23, 2010

Around 300 investors and financiers from around the world will gather in Istanbul in April for the European Business Angels Network, or EBAN, annual congress.

• March 22, 2010

Novinite reported that the Austrian owned power utility EVN has been fined BGL 256 000 by the Bulgarian Competition Protection Commission.

• March 22, 2010

Turkey is aiming to increase trade volume with Iran to $20 billion in 2011, a Turkish minister said Thursday.

• March 22, 2010

Rio Tinto says it has signed a deal with China to develop a massive iron ore project in Guinea.

• March 19, 2010