Factory output rose at its fastest pace in almost a year in March, but the slower-than-expected increase suggests economic rebound remains fragile  More »

Tankan survey shows companies expect further improvements in business conditions following Shinzo Abe’s aggressive push for monetary stimulus  More »

About 12,000 barrels of oil and water have been collected so far near Mayflower, Arkansas, after “a few thousand barrels were observed in the area,” the Mayflower Incident Unified Command Joint Information Center, which includes Exxon, Faulkner County and the city of Mayflower, said in a statement Sunday.  More »

One worker died and three others were injured Sunday morning when a heavy piece of equipment fell on them at an Arkansas nuclear plant, officials said.  More »

North Korea has spent several weeks condemning US-South Korea joint military exercises and UN sanctions that followed its nuclear test last month  More »

Lukoil’s vice-president is warning Russia’s leaders that tax changes are vital to maintain the oil flow that is fuelling an industrial renaissance  More »

The deaths of two men in Shanghai from a strain of bird flu have raised the spectre of a new epidemic 10 years after the Sars virus caused panic  More »

Goldman Sachs’ interest rate divergence indicator shows companies in southern Europe are paying significantly higher interest rates than northern rivals  More »

At least three people have attempted to flee country in recent weeks with more than €200,000 in cash on their person, according to official sources  More »

Warning that refusal to grant patent protection for medicine would have repercussions for multinational drug companies’ activities in the country  More »

Sell-off highlights damage that Europe’s sovereign debt crisis has done to the single currency’s standing in the international financial system  More »

Bidders were said to include investors looking for underpriced assets as well as private buyers unconcerned by the potential for negative publicity  More »