The U.S. giant oil and gas company ExxonMobil is ready to discuss for renewing its rights to operate on the major offshore gas field Natuna off Indonesia's Borneo island, the company said in Jakarta Friday.

China will use domestically-produced high-speed trains that can run at speeds of 200 kilometers per hour, when it raises permissible train speeds in April next year, the Ministry of Railways has said.

Vietnam will slash import taxes and open up some industries for foreign investors under its commitment made to enter into the World Trade Organization (WTO), the local newspaper Saigon Liberation reported on Friday.

South Korea has exported its first passenger plane to the United State, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy of South Korea said Friday.

The Rome-based United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday welcomed China's first donation of 1.75 million U.S. dollars, since its graduation from a recipient of food aid, at the end of last year.

Rates on 30-year mortgages in the United States fell this week to the lowest level in a month as new data showed the economy has been slowing down, mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported Thursday.

Oil prices fell below 58 dollars on Thursday amid fear of slow economic growth in U.S..

Barring a sudden shift in deal making, the value of European corporate takeovers is on course to eclipse that of the U.S. market for the first time in four years, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

The gold price in Hong Kong went up 93 HK dollars to 5,769 HK dollars per tael on Friday, according to Bank of China (Hong Kong).

The first transcontinental container train running between north China to Germany has begun formal operation after a 20-month test run, said a local railway official.