U.S.-based United Against Nuclear Iran has applauded China's Huawei for ending its bid to seek new business in Iran.

Coach, a leading American designer and maker of luxury lifestyle handbags and accessories, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Taobao.com, the Chinese Internet shopping subsidiary of Alibaba Group, to prevent the sale of fake Coach products on this Chinese website.

In meetings concluded last week in the central Chinese city of Chengdu, the United States and China agreed on a number of initiatives that may provide more fairness and transparency to foreign businesses operating in China.

Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission has approved Acer's acquisition of iGware, a U.S. cloud computing technology company, and said the acquisition only has slight influence on the Taiwanese cloud computing software service market.

Chinese technology company HiSoft Technology International Limited has announced that it has acquired 100% of the equity interest in Nouveon Technology Partners, a provider of value-driven IT and process consulting services in the United States.

Amid a thunderous drop in Chinese companies' market capitalization in recent weeks, Tudou.com has filed an amendment to its filing for an initial public offering in the United States to raise money for its online video operations in China.

Google says a likely phishing attack from Jinan has targeted hundreds of its Gmail email users.

United States Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin has penned a letter to the chairman of China's largest Internet search engine, asking for more transparency and greater adherence to human rights.

China Telecom Americas has announced the founding of China Telecom Canada, headquartered in Markham, Ontario; and the new subsidiary of China Telecom will provide multinational enterprises and international telecom carriers with data, Internet, and value-added services.

VanceInfo Technologies Inc., an IT service provider and one of the leading offshore software development companies in China, has announced that it has acquired a 100% stake in the main operating subsidiary of LW International Holdings Limited.

Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba.com has announced that it has launched local customer service business in India to increase its investments in this key marketplace.

According to reports in Taiwanese local media, Ericsson has sued companies, including D-Link, Acer and Netgear, in Texas, U.S., for infringement of wireless products.

Sales of Apple's tablet computer product iPad with the Wi-Fi function will start sales in the Chinese mainland market from September 17, 2010.

Days after it was reportedly attacked by Iranian hackers and the company's chief technology officer quit, Chinese search engine Baidu.com has tried to change its wayward momentum with a newly inked joint venture with a Japanese e-commerce website.

UTStarcom has entered into an agreement with United States government agencies, agreeing to pay a combined USD3 million in penalties and fines for bribes in China.