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Caught in the cross fire? Coca-Cola accused of illegal mapping in China
John Sudworth Mar 13, 2013
The government of the Yunnan province in Western China is going after Coca-Cola. Officials say the company has been illegally mapping the province with GPS devices.
Chinese consumers hit tough times
Julia Coronado Mar 13, 2013
Global markets are mixed this morning after China reported that inflation hit a ten-month high in February and consumer spending came in worse than expected.
Is China's one-child policy on the way out?
Rob Schmitz Mar 11, 2013
China's government has announced plans to remove power from the agency that oversees the country's controversial
one-child policy. Observers say this could spell the beginning of the end for the rule.
Historic highs still a thing of the past for Nasdaq
Dan Gorenstein Mar 7, 2013
The tech-heavy index hasn't been this high in 12 years, but it's tech-bubble days remain the highest heights.
Seizing homes, seizing lives: The anatomy of a Shanghai land grab
Rob Schmitz Mar 5, 2013
The story of Maggie Lane, a Shanghai land grab gone wrong. Forty million Chinese people have lost their homes to local governments, bent on boosting GDP. The incoming government of Xi Jinping may change that.
China aims high for economic growth
John Sudworth Mar 5, 2013
China's National People's Congress convenes today as it concludes its once-in-a-decade transition of power. In his final address to the Congress, outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao set an ambitious economic growth target of 7.5 percent.
China to get its own FDA
Rob Schmitz Mar 5, 2013
Public anger over unsafe food and drugs is widespread in China. The country's new leader, Xi Jinping, is setting up an agency equivalent to America's Food and Drug Administration to tackle the problem.
Markets reel over Italy election, China housing tax
Julia Coronado Mar 4, 2013
From China's new housing tax to the sequester here in the U.S., global markets have a lot of news to digest this morning.
Apple to settle over kids' iTunes charges
Stacey Vanek Smith Mar 1, 2013
Apple agreed to pay $100 million to parents whose kids racked up charges playing supposedly free mobile-device games. It has also since added parental controls to prevent unauthorized iTunes purchases by young gamers.
Groupon: Not even the founder and CEO's job is safe
David Gura Mar 1, 2013
Groupon's board of directors fired company's founder and CEO, Andrew Mason, yesterday. But Mason is not the first founder and CEO to get the axe.
