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China resubmits deal to acquire Canada’s Nexen to US regulator

In an unusual move, Chinese state-owned CNOOC and Canada’s Nexen Inc. (NYSE,TSX:NXY) have resubmitted notice of their potential deal to US regulators, which will reset the clock on Washington’s approval for the $15 billion energy deal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2012 | 3:32 pm

China’s widening wealth gap: woman posts pics of dress made from banknotes

Sugar daddy

Michael Allan McCrae | November 28, 2012 | 2:10 am

Japanese to invest in gold en masse:Bryan

Central bank efforts to weaken yen will spur gold demand

Marc Howe | November 27, 2012 | 4:20 am

Australia must tackle lack of competitiveness — Rio Tinto

The giant miner says Australia might miss the “Asian century” boat unless its tackles serious shortcomings, such as competitiveness, productivity, infrastructure investments and foreign capital attraction.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 26, 2012 | 2:27 pm

Indonesia’s tin mining brings more problems than wealth: report

Tin mining is a profitable but damaging trade that has scarred the Indonesian island of Bangka, a granite outcrop just east of Sumatra, reports English newspaper The Guardian.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 25, 2012 | 3:17 pm

VIDEO: Energy storage will be a trillion dollar industry: American Vanadium

China plans to build storage for 5% of its energy by 2021

Michael Allan McCrae | November 24, 2012 | 4:52 pm

The red queen syndrome

All through human evolution we have been harnessing increasingly effective forms of energy. From human power to horse power, to wood, coal, natural gas and uranium what we’ve been doing is searching for the highest energy density to make energy production more efficient.

Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd | November 24, 2012 | 1:34 pm