WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Theft of trade secrets, chiefly by China, costs the U.S. economy $300 billion a year and must be fought with sanctions as tough as those used against terrorism and drug trafficking, an advisory panel said on Wednesday.Full story
BEIJING (Reuters) - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a solution short of hand-carrying cash into the impoverished country. Full story
(Reuters) - Spiking interest rates in Japan threaten to undermine, and possibly end, the recovery being engendered by Abenomics. Full story
Chinese investment in the U.S. is extremely controversial, with CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera; and Gordon Chang, author of "The Coming Collapse of China," says the U.S. needs to be careful because the Chinese want to control Hollywood.
Chinese investors cite lack of corruption and rule of law as key to investing in U.S.
A company owned by the Chinese government is building schools in South Carolina and fixing bridges in NY State. Still, China Construction of America, wants to be seen as an American company, reports CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.
Jim Murren, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, weighs in on the firm's expansion plans in the U.S. and Macau, China.
CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports that former GM chair Bob Lutz is teaming up with a Chinese firm to bid for Fisker Automotive, among other auto news.
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gestures during the International Conference on the Future of Asia, in Tokyo May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attends the International Conference on the Future of Asia, in Tokyo May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong makes a speech at the International Conference on the Future of Asia, in Tokyo May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)
Mary Todd speaks to a journalist as she waits with her family to board their flight back to the U.S. at Changi Airport in Singapore early May 23, 2013. The parents of the American engineer found dead in Singapore last year said on Wednesday they will not take part in the rest of a coroner's inquiry
