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Innovation and the resulting intellectual property (IP) will increasingly serve as a core element of China's economic development, a law expert said here Tuesday. "Innovation and IP will play a key role to reform China's science and technology research and development," Senior ...
China will impose an anti-dumping duty as high as 105.4 percent on US broiler chicken products, effective from Sept 27, the Ministry of Commerce said on Sunday. China found that the US industry dumped such products on the Chinese market, hurting domestic production, the ministry ...
Over 400 Global chief executive officers (CEOs), entrepreneurs, up-and-comers and thought leaders are arriving in Sydney for the 2010 Forbes Global CEO Conference which begins on Tuesday. It is the second time that the city hosts the high-level talkfest in five years. High...
Government officials and entrepreneurs from African countries gathered in Shanghai on Monday (Sept 20) to examine economic cooperation with their Chinese counterparts by holding a panel discussion. The discussion, which was hosted by the United Nations Institute for Training and ...
China's recent big buy of US soyoil heralds a scramble for even more cargoes as domestic supplies shrink on strong festive demand and crops are hit by erratic weather. The world's second-largest consumer of vegetable oil could buy 5 to 10 percent more soyoil in 2010 than the 2.4 ...
The U.S. dollar slipped against major currencies in late New York trading on Monday as the market worried about Federal Reserve's further monetary policy. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced in a statement on Monday that the recession was officially over in ...
Oil prices snapped a four-day losing streak on Monday as a rally in the equity market and a falling dollar supported the energy commodities. The U.S. stocks extended the September rally on Monday after gaining for three consecutive weeks. Three major indexes closed at the highest ...
South Korean market and media gave a warm welcome to the report that the European Union (EU) approved the South Korea-EU free trade pact which was initialed in October, 2009. Approving the trade deal, the EU also agreed to have it go into effect from July 1, 2011, as a result of ...
The European Union (EU) on Thursday launched an anti-subsidy probe into wireless modems imported from China, after it targeted the same Chinese product with two separate investigations of anti-dumping and safeguards measures in June. It is the first time that the EU has initiated ...
China is concerned 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 an anti...
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 ...
The European Union on Thursday said it has agreed to sign a free trade deal with South Korea at a summit with the Asian country in October. Belgian Foreign Minister Stevn Vanackere said at a press conference that a compromise on the agreement was reached after "intense negotiatio...
The United States had filed two cases against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO), the U.S. trade representative Ron Kirk announced on Wednesday. One case requests dispute settlement consultations, the first step in litigation, regarding China's imposition of anti-dumping ...
Oil prices slid below 75 U.S. dollars a barrel on Thursday as mixed economic reports and fading worries about supply disruption weighed on the market. The U.S. Labor Department said that the number of people filing for jobless benefits fell to 450,000 last week, while analysts ...
So far an estimated 22 million jobs have been created in China from the government's 4-trillion-yuan (595.4 billion U.S. dollars) stimulus injected into the economy since the international financial crisis hit. Yin Weimin, minister of human resources and social security, made the ...
The 7th China-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Expo has helped forge closer ties between China and ASEAN nations and promote the operation of China-ASEAN free trade area (CAFTA), an official with the organizing committee said here Sunday. The six-day event, which ...
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Australia's Australian Exchange (ASX) announced on Monday that they have entered into a merger implementation agreement. Local TV broadcaster Channel NewsAsia said the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has launched a 8.2 billion U.S. dollars bid to merge ...
The strength of the liquidity-driven rally in the Chinese stock market may be weakened in the coming months as uncertainties still remain in the Chinese economy which has shown signs of moderate slowdown, analysts said. "The rally in the equities market was a result of the ...
Companies from countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) look to China as a key source of customers and are working to expand their presence in the world's fastest-growing major economy. At the ongoing 7th China-ASEAN Expo, hundreds of companies from ASEAN ...
China and Russia enjoy a strong partnership that precludes any need or desire for competition, a senior Moscow official said at the conclusion of a state visit on Tuesday. "We should make use of our complementary economies and continue to enhance cooperation on the basis of our ...
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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
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Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
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IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
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China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
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Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
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Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
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Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...