http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business business only, picked out of same lineup as homepage en-gb Mon, 20 May 2013 02:12:45 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/asian-stock-markets-rise-after-us-leading-economic-indicator-improves-for-april-208100091.html BANGKOK - Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. A gauge of future economic activity issued Friday rose more than expected, a sign that the world's biggest economy is improving. Consumer confidence also rose, offsetting several... Mon, 20 May 2013 02:11:03 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/5-dead-20-missing-following-blast-at-explosives-factory-in-eastern-china-208099341.html BEIJING, China - A blast at an explosives factory in eastern China has killed five people and left another 20 missing. The official Xinhua News Agency said rescue work was continuing at the site of Monday morning's explosion in Shandong province's Caofan township. It said 34 people were inside Mon, 20 May 2013 01:56:05 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/chinese-premier-says-world-peace-impossible-without-trust-between-beijing-and-india-208098681.html NEW DELHI - China's new premier says he chose India as the site of his first foreign visit because co-operation between the world's two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth. Li Keqiang spoke to reporters Monday morning in New Delhi after being received by a Mon, 20 May 2013 01:33:08 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/price-of-oil-falls-below-96-per-barrel-as-traders-await-data-fed-chief-bernankes-speech-208096221.html BANGKOK - The price of oil fell Monday ahead of the release later this week of economic data from the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies, and a speech by the Federal Reserve chief. Benchmark crude for June delivery was down 25 cents to $95.77 a barrel at midday Bangkok time in Mon, 20 May 2013 00:29:04 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/in-survey-economists-says-consumers-poised-to-boost-spending-offset-government-cuts-208092941.html WASHINGTON - Consumer spending is likely to pick up this year, while government spending declines at a faster rate, according to a survey of business economists. The economists predict that the U.S. economy will grow 2.4 per cent this year and 3 per cent next year. That's unchanged from their Sun, 19 May 2013 23:34:30 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/united-airlines-resumes-787-flights-after-4-month-halt-with-flight-from-houston-to-chicago-208092931.html United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smouldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another. The Mon, 20 May 2013 00:43:08 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/chinese-court-sentences-entrepreneur-to-death-in-latest-crackdown-on-underground-banking-208090961.html BEIJING, China - A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death in the government's latest crackdown on underground lending that is widely used by entrepreneurs. The Intermediate People's Court of Wenzhou, a centre for private sector business, says Lin Haiyan was convicted of Sun, 19 May 2013 22:42:46 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/china-halts-imports-of-new-zealand-meat-due-to-certification-dispute-208087581.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Hundreds of tons of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted certain imports from the country due to a certification dispute. China is New Zealand's largest export market and its largest consumer of sheep Sun, 19 May 2013 23:48:07 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/veteran-newspaper-editor-neil-reynolds-dead-at-age-72-208085861.html OTTAWA - Veteran newspaper editor Neil Reynolds has died. He was 72. The Ottawa Citizen, where he served as editor between 1996 and 2000, reported on its website that Reynolds died in Ottawa on Sunday of cancer. Reynolds, who was born in Kingston, Ont., was at the editorial helm of newspapers Sun, 19 May 2013 21:39:08 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/consumer-watchdog-most-sunscreens-meet-fda-standards-but-questionable-spf-ratings-persist-208080621.html WASHINGTON - Sunbathers headed to the beach this summer will find new sunscreen labels on store shelves that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. But despite those long-awaited changes, many sunscreens continue to carry SPF ratings that some experts consider Sun, 19 May 2013 23:33:37 CDT