Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular search engine, reported slower profit growth in its latest quarter Friday as costs rose sharply and competition for its new mobile service intensified.

Technology - Business

Apr 26, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A conservation victory restricting global trade in more shark species will take a fresh bite at Hong Kong's market in fins, which has already been hit hard by persistent attacks from anti-fin campaigners.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 17, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1

Dozens of weary Indonesian fishermen sail into a busy port on the resort island of Bali celebrating their lucrative and controversial haul that is destined to end up at Chinese banquets.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 01, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, on his second visit to China in a year, said he expects the country to surpass the United States as the technology giant's largest market, state media reported.

Technology - Business

Jan 11, 2013 1.4 / 5 (11) 0

Hong Kong customs officers said Monday they had seized a huge haul of endangered seahorses and crocodile meat being smuggled into the city in a container of exotic foods worth more than $1 million.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

China's economic boom has seen its coral reefs shrink by at least 80 percent over the past 30 years, a joint Australian study found, with researchers describing "grim" levels of damage and loss.

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 27, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 9

NASA researchers are constructing a statistical typhoon model that can quickly generate millions of synthetic typhoons from birth through termination. Their work could provide new details about the climate ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Dec 18, 2012 not rated yet 0

Pacific stocks of the oceanic whitetip shark, a favourite of fin soup enthusiasts, sank by as much as 17 percent a year between 1995 and 2010 despite catch and finning limits, a study said Wednesday.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 01, 2012 4.3 / 5 (3) 1

Hong Kong customs officers seized almost four tonnes of ivory worth about $3.4 million, hidden in shipments from Kenya and Tanzania, officials said Saturday.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 20, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 2

Apple on Saturday opened its biggest Asian store yet in Beijing, with hordes of shoppers descending on the three-floor complex that highlights the growing importance of China to the US tech giant.

Technology - Business

Oct 20, 2012 1.5 / 5 (8) 0

Costa Rica has banned the import of shark fins, closing a legal loophole and targeting a link in a global production chain stretching to Asian markets, where shark fin soup is seen as a delicacy.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 11, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Sony said Thursday that hackers stole details belonging to hundreds of its mobile unit clients, the latest in a string of cyberattacks to hit the embattled Japanese electronics giant.

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Sep 06, 2012 not rated yet 0

Two NASA satellites have captured data on the activity of Typhoon Haikui as it nears the China coast. NASA's Terra satellite provided a visible look at the storm, while NASA's Aqua satellite investigated it ...

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Aug 06, 2012 not rated yet 0

Hong Kong choked under the worst smog ever recorded in the city Thursday, with residents warned to stay indoors, away from the blanket of toxic haze, officials said.

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 02, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 2

Indonesian police have intercepted 85 endangered pangolins, most of them alive despite being stuffed into sacks by suspected smugglers, an official said Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 31, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0