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Many cities in the country, including some first-tiers like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, will continue carrying out last year's property control measures in 2011, according to Xinhua news agency Tuesday. Four cities including Fuzhou, Xiamen, Haikou and Wenzhou, ...
Continental European prompt gas prices rebounded somewhat Wednesday, as the market re-established its comfort zone during a cold period in Northwest Europe. Dutch TTF day-ahead gas was at Eur21.25/MWh at 1200 London time, up Eur0.35/MWh on Tuesday's close. This followed a fall of ...
HOUSTON-At least two US polypropylene (PP) suppliers nominated a 3 cent/lb ($66/tonne, ?0/tonne) price increase for December, buyers said on Wednesday. The PP nominations matched a 3 cent/lb Decenber increase nomination for feedstock polymer-grade propylene (PGP), a resin ...
The number of third generation (3G) mobile telecommunication users in China tripled year-on-year with the figure reaching 38.64 million by the end of October, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Approximately 25.38 million users were new ...
What is driving distillate prices northwards? The question has clear cut answer in line with the market fundamentals and macro economic realities. According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) high diesel prices trace their route to: 1.Increasing domestic demand in China 2...
China will boost its digital television (DTV) industry through integrating resources by establishing a national lab, a senior official at the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said Thursday. Xu Jianping, deputy head of the High-Tech Department with the NDRC, the ...
China will take further action to boost intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and im-prove its investment environment to shore up cooperation with the European Union (EU), a senior official said. The remarks were made by Vice Chairman of the National Development and ...
Many cities in the country, including some first-tiers like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, will continue carrying out last year's property macro-control measures in 2011, according to a China Business News (CBN) report Tuesday. According to the Xinhua News Agency, ...
Macquarie Group and Freeport LNG said Monday they have agreed to jointly develop and market liquefaction capacity that will allow the export about 1.4 Bcf/d from the existing LNG import terminal in Freeport, Texas. The companies' proposal to export US natural gas is the second ...
Writers on the Chinese mainland are expected to collect royalties from Taiwan this year, according to an agreement between the China Written Works Copyright Society and China Audio-Video Copyright Association in Taiwan. From 2011, the Taiwan organization is authorized to collect ...
China Mobile, the country's top mobile carrier, said on Thursday it had signed an agreement with the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank to cooperate on mobile finance services. The two companies would cooperate in fields including mobile on-site payment and remote payment services, ...
With 15 patented inventions, sixth-grade student Zhuang Yeyang from Shenzhen has been elected a member of the Junior Academy of Sciences. The juvenile academic's school was also named as a model base for popularizing science. The academy was founded in 1999 as a nonprofit ...
Twitter cofounder Biz Stone says the company has no plans to sell up, even for $5 billion, Techeye reports. Stone says the company has a fiduciary responsibility to consider all bids that come its way but Twitter is just getting started, and wants to become a huge company in its ...
Nanning authorities recently seized equipment and more than 30,000 fake packages to make as counterfeited branded printer cartridges. The site where packaging materials were made was in the business of printing sales literature and financial documents, according to its business ...
Alcatel-Lucent, which won deals worth more than US$5.6 billion in China and the United States this month, said it expects a rapid growth in its business in China through opportunities brought by the fourth-generation, or 4G, mobile network. "The world is coming to mobile ...
Front-month European naphtha cracks soared to an almost 36-month high on Monday while outright cargo prices hit a more than two-year high, despite weak fundamentals in the regional market, sources said Tuesday. "The crack is reacting to the Asian market only," a trader said ...
Masayoshi Son, president of Japan's Softbank Corp, has fought off a threat to his control of Beijing-based Oak Pacific Interactive (OPI), the parent company of Renren.com - the Chinese equivalent of Facebook - according to reports in the Chinese media. Joseph Chen, chairman and ...
China was estimated to import about 1.60-mil mt of fuel oil in November, a shipping schedule shows. This volume was down about 6% or 100,000mt from October imports published by the General Administration of Customs, but up 27% on year. No VLCC cargo of Venezuelan fuel oil reached ...
p>China's apparent consumption of LPG in November is estimated to reach 2.093-mil mt, 7.24% higher than the previous month, a estimation showed. The large rise was mainly due to surge in imports, stimulated by winter demand and favorable import margins. Domestic LPG output might ...
Apple Inc. on Monday released iOS 4.2, the latest version of its mobile operating system, in an effort to boost the sales of the company's mobile devices in the upcoming holiday shopping season. The new software is now available for download to iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch by ...
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 ...