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Major agric commodities like wheat, rice, corn and coffee are all set to enter the New Year on the back of record prices. Analysts attributed the surge to variety of factors from combination of weather damage to crops across the world to export bans in countries such as Russia. ...
Microsoft launched a large-scale campaign to promote the authorized version of Windows 7 in China on Tuesday, in accordance with the latest intellectual property protection moves initiated by the government. During the next few months, Microsoft will employ various methods, ...
India on Tuesday ruled out possibilities of wheat import ban. In a written reply to a question in country s parliament, Prof. K.V. Thomas, Minister of State for Agriculture said there is no proposal under consideration of the government to ban the import of wheat by private mills...
Google China's revenue is still growing "quarter on quarter" although it has lost market share since redirecting its mainland home page to its Hong Kong website in March, a senior executive said at a forum yesterday in Beijing. It was the first time the world's biggest online ...
Apple had postponed its plans to start mass production of iPad 2 in January, it was reported on Tuesday. Apple had planned to possibly start mass production of the next- generation iPad in January, but those plans were postponed until about February, as the tablet's hardware and ...
According to the statistics from the Tianjin telecom administration, over 300 subscribers switched operators after the new rule went into effect. About 10 customers moved to China Telecom, 100 moved to China Mobile and the biggest winner in this battle so far is China Unicom, ...
Money has been an important issue for most of SMEs, and it is usually the top issue for those high-tech SMEs who dreams to become the "Microsoft" and "Intel" in China. When those high-tech SMEs are facing the shortage of capital, financial banks are extending the olive branch to ...
AOL, undergoing a radical transformation into the king of content on the Internet, is actively exploring a break up involving a complicated series of transactions that may lead to a merger with Yahoo, sources close to the plans told Reuters. The plans are still in the exploratory ...
Ukraine is to return 12.1 billion cubic meters of natural gas owed to Switzerland-based trader RosUkrEnergo "gradually" in order to avoid problems supplying the domestic market as well as transit gas for Europe, the energy and fuel ministry said late Tuesday. The ministry's ...
The Canadian smartphone maker, Research In Motion (RIM), said its consumer business is expected to overtake its corporate element in China during the next three to four years, as the company plans to launch individual business services early next year in the country. Gregory Shea...
The latest monthly data from the US Energy Information Administration, which showed a significant increase in crude movements from the US Midwest to the Gulf Coast region, were flawed, an EIA statistician said Tuesday. The EIA, in a report released Monday, showed that total crude ...
German biofuels producers are pushing for more flexible sustainability rules in the first year of the implementation of the German bio-ordinance law, which regulates the sustainability of biofuels used in Germany and is set to be implemented on January 1, biodiesel producers and ...
Japan's average refining capacity utilization rate is seen rising to 90% in December from the current average of around 85% as the country enters its peak winter oil demand season, coupled with steady middle distillates export margins, a Platts survey of industry sources showed ...
Lashou.com, the mainland's equivalent of "Groupon," has set foot in Taiwan, positioning itself to go head-to-head with Chicago-based Groupon, which has already entered the market. The company, a leading Chinese group-buying discount website, announced the launch of its Taipei ...
US's San Joaquin Refining Co Inc (SJR) sent 500mt of 2000L environment-friendly naphthenic base oil samples to China recently, an East China-based trader revealed. These samples were tried out in some large-scale tyre companies based in East China, he added. This was a preliminar...
Last week's four-hour breakdown of Sina's micro-blogging service, China's largest, sent ripples through the nation's Internet world and raised some interesting questions about its development. At about 10:30am last Wednesday, users found they could not log onto the popular t.sina...
A netizen posted his chat messages online to disclose the commercial operation behind the bunny-crushing video, again bringing to the forefront the issue which earlier infuriated much of the Chinese public. The netizen, nicknamed Kongquemingwang, said he was an activist in animal ...
Symantec Corp, the world's biggest maker of computer security software, said China will be its largest revenue contributor in the Asia-Pacific region in the next two years, as the company is going to expand aggressively to more Chinese cities. Enrique Salem, president and chief ...
Eight companies won bids for 28 invention and utility patents worth a combined total of nearly 3 million yuan ($450,000) at an auction on Dec 16. Ninety high-tech patents offered at the auction included those in information technology, wireless communication, data security, ...
With the sales boom of Apple Inc's iPad around the world, domestic and foreign venture capital companies have increased their investment levels in Chinese tablet computer makers, hoping that domestic companies will ride on the sales boom in portable computer devices. Ouyang ...
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 ...