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Individual investors watch stock prices. The ChiNext board, envisioned as a way for startup firms to raise capital, has a much higher average price-earning ratio than the main board. [Ren Weihong / China Daily] Relative few listings on new exchange fueling overvaluation, ...
The launching ceremony of China's stock index futures in Shanghai, April 8, 2010. [Xinhua] SHANGHAI - A ceremony was held Thursday in Shanghai to mark the debut of stock index futures on the Chinese mainland, which observers believe was a step forward in the city's efforts to ...
SSF likely to accelerate overseas investments, eyeing private equities BEIJING: The Social Security Fund (SSF), the nation's largest pension fund, is planning aggressive investments in overseas markets, including private equities, Dai Xianglong, chairman of the National Council ...
A still from the film The Founding of a Republic, produced by China Film Group. State-run firm may list shares on bourses this year to boost capital needs BEIJING - State-run film producer and distributor China Film Group Corporation has resumed plans for a domestic stock listing ...
BOC saw its lending growth expand by more than 40 percent this year. [China Daily] Chinese lenders are regularly keeping tabs on their capital requirements, and the stock market should not be overly concerned about banks' capital adequacy ratios, a senior official at the nation's ...
China Shipbuilding will use IPO funds to build or expand 22 projects. [China Daily] China Shipbuilding Industry Co, the nation's largest maker of vessel equipment, plans to raise at least 6.4 billion yuan selling shares as China tries to pare its reliance on Japanese and South ...
The company plans to use the IPO funds to restart a casino resort in Macao. [Bloomberg News] Sands China Ltd and its parent, the casino company controlled by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, raised HK$19.4 billion ($2.5 billion) in a Hong Kong initial public offering conducted at the ...
Qiao Binhua, aged 30, worked as a tourist guide in Shanghai for nine years. Because of his job, Qiao would occasionally earn tips paid in US dollars by his foreign clients. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), who is calling for a ...
Farmers till the soil in a soybean field on the outskirts of Harbin, Heilongjiang province. The central government on Sunday issued new policies to encourage agricultural investment and stimulate rural consumption.[China Daily] Agricultural stocks declined yesterday despite the ...
One belief technical traders hold dear is that the market is always right. But the substantial declines in China's A-share market in the past week may suggest that the market sometimes can be wrong, observers said. The government's aggressive move toward a tightened monetary ...
An investor at a brokerage in Changchun, Jilin province. Analysts say China's institutional investors should be better regulated and bear more responsibility when offering prices. [CFP] China's top securities regulator said on Friday that the current high level of initial public ...
The outlook for the Chinese stock market in 2010 still remains robust with promises of rewards for those who are perseverant and resilient, notwithstanding the recent declines, a leading analyst said yesterday. "Panic-selling of shares has stopped since 2008 and chances of a ...
SHANGHAI: Tibetan tourism and drug stocks rose the most in China's benchmark stock index after the National Business Daily reported the government will increase stimulus spending and seek industry mergers in the autonomous region. Tibet Rhodiola Pharmaceutical Holding Co, a ...
An investor monitors stock prices at a brokerage in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index has dropped 10 percent this year on concerns over policy tightening. [China Daily] JPMorgan says further falls are likely; cuts its MSCI China Index forecast ...
A man stands in front of a Ping An Insurance (Group) Co logo in Shanghai. Thanks to the bullish stock market last year, insurers are expected to post strong earnings in their annual reports for 2009. [Agencies] Industry growth to hit 15%, fueled by consumer demand China's ...
No investor would have expected a retailer of agricultural machinery to be the dark horse on ChiNext, China's NASDAQ-style trading board that has remained subdued after a roller-coaster ride post-debut. The share price of Sichuan Jifeng Agricultural Machinery Chain Co Ltd ...
Tingyi's Master Kong brand is the dominant player in the instant noodles market. [China Daily] Tingyi (Caymen Islands) Holding Corp plans to raise as much as NT$17.1 billion ($532 million) in Taiwan depository receipts, the biggest offering by an overseas Taiwanese company ...
China Pacific Insurance Co Ltd on Friday got the green light from Hong Kong Stock Exchange for its $3.4 billion share float in Hong Kong. The company has wrapped up the regulatory inspection process and is likely to launch the road show as early as next week in order to get ...
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd Chairman Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong's richest man, is buying more shares in the property developer, the worst-performing stock this year among the city's five biggest real-estate companies. Li paid HK$424 million for 4.39 million shares, about HK$96.50 each...
A worker atop metal scaffolding at a construction site in Shanghai. Global investors have played down fears of overheating in China's property sector and said they would continue their investments. [CFP] International investors do not anticipate any burst in the property bubble ...
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