Bank of Finland Labels Bitcoin As Commodity After Failing Money Test
Finns can legally use the virtual currency to transact.
Toyota May Kill Thailand Investment Plans if Political Crisis Lingers
Toyota plans to invest up to 20bn baht ($609m) in Thailand.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Expands Financial Crimes Unit
Criminal Enforcement and Financial Crimes Bureau to target bad actors in financial industry.
Tepco Probes Cause of New Radioactive Water Leak at Crippled Fukushima Nuclear Site
Highly radioactive water detected inside the No. 3 reactor building.
AB InBev Seeks to Buy Back South Korea's Oriental Brewery for $4.5bn
Prior agreement lets KKR sell OB back to AB InBev for around 11 times EBITDA.
Gold Prices To Rise on Improving Technicals and Asia Demand
Chinese shoppers likely to buy more gold ahead of Chinese New Year at month's end.
Venezuela Tasks Army General With Controlling Spiralling Inflation
Brigadier General Rodolfo Marco Torres to head Venezuela's finance ministry.
JPMorgan Sees Weaker Asian Currencies on China and Japan Woes
China's rising borrowing costs and weaker Japanese yen threaten regional growth.
Chinese Diaper Maker AAB Eyes Hong Kong Flotation as One-Child Policy is Relaxed
AAB hopes to raise $300m on Hong Kong Stock Exchange by June 2014.
F1 Boss Bernie Ecclestone Steps Down Ahead of German Bribery Trial
Ecclestone's Munich trial expected to start in April 2014.
Singapore's Super Group is Attractive Instant-Coffee Acquisition Target in Asia
Japan's Kirin, Suntory and Asahi likely suitors for Singapore-listed Super Group.
Silicon Valley VC Thinks Single Bitcoin Could be Worth $100,000
Chris Dixon of Andressen Horowitz says bitcoin can be leading means of making payments on internet.
UK House Price Rise Expectations Strike 14-year High in December: RICS
Number of homes sold per chartered surveyor in December at highest since March 2008.
China Asks IMF to Grant Greater Powers to Emerging Market Economies
IMF power structure dates back to organisation's founding in 1944.
Hong Kong Hedge Funds Azentus Capital and Myriad Have Their Best Year
European, American, Japanese and Chinese bets boost returns.
China's December Lending and Money Supply Growth Miss Forecasts
Chinese banks dole out 482.5bn yuan ($79.9bn) worth of new yuan loans in December.
60,000 Workers to Sue Silicon Valley Firms Over Anti-Poaching 'Conspiracy'
Google, Apple, Adobe, Intel accused of suppressing pay by agreeing not to poach staff.
Fonterra Recalls Fresh Cream in New Zealand Over E.Coli Contamination
Second food-safety scare at Fonterra Cooperative in six months.
Mexican Authorities Suspect ArcelorMittal Executive Virgilio Camacho Killed by Drug Cartel
Virgilio Camacho's attempts to stop illegal iron ore mining probably cost him his life.
China's Shrinking Wetlands Add Pressure to Water Shortages
Wetlands across an area larger than the Netherlands have vanished since 2003.
Walmart International's Finance Chief Cathy Smith Quits
Walmart US CFO Brett Biggs to replace Smith.
Several US Retailers Suffered Cyber Attacks Over 2013 Holiday Shopping Season-Report
Neiman Marcus, Target and some three other firms were victims of data theft.
India Rejects Vedanta Resources' Bauxite Mining Request
South Korea's Posco get permission to build $12.6bn steel mill in eastern India.
Global Oil Futures Mixed Amid Downbeat US Jobs Data and Upbeat China Trade Data
Market players to track al-Qaida violence in Iraq and Libyan oil crisis.
Gold Prices to Rise on Hopes of Measured Federal Reserve QE Taper
Downbeat US labour market data could prompt Fed to ease pace of stimulus taper.
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: US Appeals Court Upholds BP Disaster Settlement Approval
New Orleans court affirms BP's $9.2bn partial settlement.
Snowden NSA Leaks: India's Election Commission Dumps Google
Google's proposal to improve voter access to information ditched over spying concerns.
Alcoa in $384m Deal With US Authorities to Settle Bahrain Bribery Charges
Alcoa CEO says no plans for legal action against London Metal Exchange.
Dow Jones Sues British News Aggregator Ransquawk for Allegedly Stealing 'Hot News'
Dow Jones lawsuit seeks at least $5m in damages.
India Seeking Foreign Investments To Modernise Outdated Rail Network
Reform could attract $10bn in foreign investments over five years.
