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Apple and China Unicom, China's leading telecommunications carrier, said Monday they will begin selling Apple's iPhone 4 on the Chinese mainland from Saturday. Apple said on its website the iPhone 4 will be available for purchase on the mainland at Apple stores, including at two ...
The annual auction of prime-time advertising slots at China Central Television (CCTV) seems to be a weather vane for the country's economic situation. Thousands of entrepreneurs and advertisers swarmed to Beijing to witness the broadcast giant's launch of a marketing campaign ...
Following the explosion in demand for designer bags, Italian suits and fast cars, expensive French and Italian wines are set to be the next must-have accessory for the wealthy Chinese consumer. Wine bars are proliferating rapidly in Shanghai, the country's glitzy financial ...
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group on Sunday turned down the suggestion by Yahoo chief executive officer Carol Bartz that she be allowed to join the board of Alibaba, replying that Bartz should focus on improving Yahoo's own business first. Wang Shuai, chief marketing officer ...
Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings Ltd has renewed its purchase-and-supply agreement with Beijing Gome, which is privately owned by jailed company founder Huang Guangyu, in a move that may help to end a long-running boardroom struggle. The agreement, under which the two parties ...
Dell announced Thursday a plan to open an operations center in Chengdu, Sichuan Prov-ince next year, an attempt to tap into China's long-neglected western regions and catch up with perennial industry leader Lenovo. The center, slated to be completed in 2011, will be Dell's second ...
New Jersey said Tuesday that the US Environmental Protection Agency has pledged to act by February on the state's petition to force a coal-fired plant in Pennsylvania to reduce its emissions. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in September sent a second request ...
This coastal city in East China is devoting as much attention to making people feel happy as it is on the hard economic figures in its 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015). Randy Williams, a 50-year-old US citizen, has elected to make the city his adopted home. In his 11 years there, ...
Three overseas Chinese companies joined hands Friday in Chicago, dedicated to working closely together to bring high quality health products and achieve success in the increasingly competitive global market. Three established overseas Chinese companies Suncast TV, Winalite ...
China's southwestern Sichuan province has set up a joint venture company in Chengdu -- Sichuan Coal Gasification Company. Ltd. -- to develop a coal-to-gas project in the province Monday, local media said Tuesday. With a registered capital of Yuan 2.4 billion ($361.45 million), ...
Hotel room rates in China's beach resort of Hainan island during the upcoming traditional Chinese festival are set to remain stable following recent moves by the provincial government to curb price hikes by hoteliers. The price regulation is an initiative by the local authorities ...
Several years from now, none of China's millions of students may have to carry bags loaded with heavy books. Indeed, they may not need to visit libraries or museums, darken the doors of a school, or even be required to talk with teachers or fellow students. Online e-readers have ...
An interim rule approved last month by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission requiring the reporting of certain swap deals entered into before the financial regulatory reform law took effect will impose new costs and burdens on energy firms, a number of industry trade ...
A total of 207 billion yuan ($31.4 billion) worth of residential properties were traded in Shanghai in 2010, or 2.60 million yuan per unit, despite the central government's efforts to cool the housing market, analysts have said. There were 79,744 units of apartments traded in ...
China is expressing its concern about the European Union's investigations into Chinese-made wireless wide area networking (WWAN) modems, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Thursday. Yao Jian, the spokesman, made the remarks after the EU said it was conducting ...
The General Electric Company continues to remain bullish on growth in China and will expand aggressively during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015), said Mark Norbom, president and chief executive officer for GE China. "We expect to grow faster than (the nation's) GDP," he ...
Local governments in many cities will continue restricting home purchases into the new year, in response to the central government's efforts to further curb property price increases in 2011. Fuzhou, Xiamen and Haikou, which saw their home purchase restrictions expire on Dec 31, ...
India's state-owned ONGC has invited expressions of interest for its massive well mapping and integration program aimed at increasing its oil and gas production, Anil Johri, executive director and head of Ahmedabad assets of ONGC, told Platts on Tuesday. To begin with, seven ...
Despite continued withdrawals of gas from storage units, UK prompt prices were bearish Wednesday on lower demand, with gas-fired electricity generation lower and exports to the Continent still at low levels, traders said. Gas for within-day delivery was down 0.70 pence a therm at ...
Qualcomm Inc, the world's largest maker of mobile phone chips, will invest about $1 billion in a new computer-display plant in Taiwan, the island's Ministry of Economic Affairs said. The US company agreed to invest the amount in 2011 in a plant making screens using its Mirasol ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Policies of China's new leadership in the ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
The Number One Document also proposed a new pricing plan for China's ...
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Employees demonstrate Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Xperia Play ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
A formation of nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft fly ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Two models stand beside golf equipment and bags at a recent golf ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...