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Market bulls run into the sand

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Japan starts falls on fears over easing and China

Jamaat-e-Islami activists set up road blocks during a strike called by the party in Chittagong, Bangladesh ©AP From WORLD 4:39pm

Bangladesh factory probe finds ‘violations’

Faulty building construction to blame for hundreds of deaths

A worker cleans solar panels on the roof of a building in Taiyuan, Shanxi province December ©Reuters From WORLD 4:42pm

Chinese solar industry seeks tariff deals

China’s manufacturers face punitive charges from EU and the US

A Ford Territory car parked outside Ford Australia's head office in Melbourne ©Getty From COMPANIES 5:34am

Ford exits Australia amid mounting losses

US carmaker blames high costs for closure of plants

A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle assigned to the California Air National Guard's 163rd Reconnaissance Wing flies near the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, ©Reuters From WORLD 9:31pm

Obama rewrites rules for drone strikes

Pentagon to take lead on limited programme

A Chinese security guard walks under a huge company logo of the Lenovo headquater in China's financi.. ©Reuters From COMPANIES 10:56am

Lenovo warns of tough first half

Chinese PC maker expects turnround later in the year

A picture taken on October 23, 2012 in Rennes, western France, shows a finger touching the screen of a handheld device that features a logo of the micro-blogging site Twitte ©AFP From COMPANIES 4:36pm

Twitter lures advertisers with ad tracker

Social media group to monitor viewer activity in real time

a waitress using a whistle to free her way while carrying traditional one-litre "Masskrug" beer mugs ©Reuters From COMPANIES 8:02pm

Dispute brews up over German shale search

Brewers fear pollution of their pure water sources by fracking