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First Reserve Corp, a private equity firm with a $20 billion portfolio, said it is opening a Hong Kong office, aiming to capitalise on Asia's growing energy demand. First Reserve said Wednesday that it was looking to increase its investments in Asia as industrial growth and ...
The travel market has witnessed a price hike on both inbound and outbound flights during the Spring Festival period, an official government statement released Tuesday night said. However, increasingly more expensive prices have not dulled the enthusiasm of Chinesetravelers as the ...
The country hopes to sell 600 billion yuan ($91 billion) worth of welfare lottery tickets from 2011 to 2015, up 73.6 percent from the past five years, an official from the Welfare Lottery Distribution and Management Center has said. The sales of welfare lotteries posted an annual ...
The Aero India 2011 air show kicked off in Bangalore Wednesday, welcoming 675 firms and around 40 official delegations from 45 countries and regions, although China did not stand among them.
China MediaExpress Inc Monday termed the research reports calling the company's financial results into question as "misleading," and said its financial statements are backed by "well known auditors." Shares of the China-based advertising company were up 6 percent at $14.68 in ...
A Shanghai-based Zhong-Ou International Group signed a cooperation agreement with Eurocopter SA to assemble business-use helicopters in China, the Wen Wei Po reported Monday. The agreement, which involves the first private company to tap the helicopter market in the Chinesemainla...
Bullish forecasts from major car companies lifted hopes for the auto sector, as the likes of Toyota and parts maker Faurecia SA set out new goals for 2011 based on strong growth. The industry has been dogged by concerns about slower demand growth in Asian markets and a bumpy ...
Facebook has opened a Hong Kong office as it looks to boost its presence in Asia. The move comes despite the fact that the social-networking giant is not active on the Chinese mainland, a potentially huge market. The sales office in Hong Kong follows on from the opening of an ...
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tried to enlist Brazil as an ally in the efforts to get China to allow its currency to appreciate, media reported Tuesday. During his visit to Brazil Tuesday Geithner met with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Finance Minister Guido ...
Chinese mainland tourists visiting Taiwan island had contributed more than $3 billion in business since mid-2008. As of December, tourists had made 1.82 million visits to the island and spent NT$91 billion ($3.1 billion), the Taiwan local authorities said in a statement.
China's tourism revenue rose 27 percent during the Spring Festival holiday from the same period last year, the National Tourism Administration said in an online statement posted on Wednesday. The revenue reached 82.05 billion yuan (12.44 billion U.S. dollars) during the week-long ...
The focus of iron ore negotiations between Chinese steelmakers and global iron ore producers this year will shift to freight price stabilization, to keep steelmakers' costs low, the Economic Observer Newspaper reported. China's steel mills and its steel lobby body, the China Iron ...
Policies aimed at cooling down the city's residential property market have started to take effect, and trading volume withered in the first week of February. But analysts say investors might tap into commercial properties to evade the higher cost of the residential realty market. ...
China has introduced new stimulus policies to boost the development of the software and integrated circuit (IC) industries. Software firms will continue to enjoy preferential value-added tax policies, according to a circular posted on the central government's website, www.gov.cn ...
Persistently high international commodity prices have increased the Chinese government's concern about surging inflation, and financial experts advised taking better advantage of commodity futures to hedge risks. Shang Fulin, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission...
Hunan Corun New Energy Co Ltd said on Wednesday that it has agreed to purchase a division of Panasonic Corp that produces automotive nickel-hydride batteries for 502.4 million yen, or 40 million yuan ($6 million). The Hunan-based battery maker will buy the related nickel-metal...
The country's two major train manufacturers hope to get on track for potential business opportunities following the $53 billion high-speed rail investment plan unveiled by the Obama administration on Tuesday. The plan, announced by US Vice-President Joe Biden in Philadelphia, ...
A total of 2,991 new companies have been registered in Macao last year, increasing by 18.3 percent over 2009, according to figures released on Wednesday by the city' s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). For the whole year of 2010, registered capital value of the new companies ...
In the 4th quarter of 2010, the Chinese search engine market reached 3.85 billion yuan, an increase of 96 percent year-on-year, according to data released by Enfodesk. In 2010 search engine market in China totaled 11.61 billion yuan, up 62.7 percent over 2009. Analysys Internatio...
Apple has begun to make a new version of its iPad tablet computer with a front-facing camera and faster processor, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The new iPad will be thinner and lighter than the first model and sport a more powerful ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
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IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
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