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China Everbright Bank set a lower than expected price range for its $3 billion IPO, even after key investors pledged to buy the bulk of the shares, highlighting lingering caution over the country's stock market. State-controlled Everbright Bank said on Sunday the range for its ...
Recent government measures to stem rising housing prices will change supply and demand to cool market expectations The State Council, the country's Cabinet, rolled out a series of harsh measures over the weekend in the latest bid to curb soaring home prices. In the past year, a ...
The recent inflationary increase in property prices is the greatest risk that China faces today. Anecdotal evidence indicates that price increases have reached 50 percent or more in cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen. It is difficult to assess the magnitude of the risk, since ...
China's Xinmao Group will press ahead with a 1 billion-euro (US$1.3 billion) bid for Dutch cable maker Draka, but warned that the timing of a competing offer from Italy's Prysmian could yet derail its takeover plan. Draka dismissed the Chinese group's latest overture as ...
A new report revealing the potential size of China's housing market bubbles, coupled with price control measures announced by the national regulatory body, sent share prices for key property developers tumbling Thursday. The report, published Wednesday by the Chinese Academy of ...
BEIJING, Aug. 26 - China's CNOOC Limited, the listed subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), said Wednesday its net profit dropped 55 percent from a year ago to 12.4 billion yuan (1.82 billion U.S. dollars), or 0.28 yuan per share, in the first half. The ...
Shares of AIA, the Asian unit of U.S. life insurer AIG, opened 11.8 percent higher than its initial public offering price of 19.68 HK dollars (2.54 U.S. dollars) on its first trading day in Hong Kong Friday. The insurer started trading at 22 HK dollars per share at the Hong Kong ...
Ping An Insurance Company of China Ltd., China's second-largest life insurer, said Wednesday its net profit in the first three quarters of this year reached 13.2 billion yuan (about 2 billion U.S. Dollars) , up 8.4 percent year on year. But the rate of growth slowed compared with ...
China is likely to unveil rules this month for a plan to channel Hong Kong-based yuan deposits to mainland equities but may delay the implementation to shield the market from overheating, sources said yesterday. The country's securities regulator may pick about 10 brokerages and ...
The first Renminbi-denominated bond issued by the Asian Development Bank, worth 1.2 billion yuan (180 million U.S. dollars), debuted on Hong Kong stock exchange on Friday, making it the first publicly-listed bond to be traded and settled in RMB. The Manila-based Asian Development ...
China's first interest rate increase in 34 months will boost profits at banks in the short term but earnings may come under pressure if authorities allow spreads to narrow, analysts said. The People's Bank of China unexpectedly raised interest rates to fight asset price bubbles ...
Financial capital inflows to China and their impact on the economy remain modest given the limited amount and the country's capital controls, an economist from the World Bank said on Tuesday. "China is seeing some capital inflows, most of which are foreign direct investment in ...
SEOUL, Oct 9 - State-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) said on Friday it was eyeing five to ten oil companies overseas, each producing 50,000-100,000 barrels per day, for a possible acquisition "soon". "We will make an acquisition soon," KNOC CEO Kang Young-won said in a ...
Permal Asset Management Inc, one of the world's oldest and largest hedge fund houses, is taking a $150 million bet on the Chinese economy, investing in companies that will benefit from the country's economic rebalancing drive. Isaac Souede, chairman and chief executive officer of ...
If companies that lend micro-credit loans can develop well in China, they may attract capital from the real estate and the stock markets, which may help reduce assets bubbles and benefit the macro economy, said economist Mao Yushi on Oct 31 at the All-China Financial Affairs ...
NEW YORK, Nov 15 - Shares in Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N), the world's largest publicly traded oil company, could rise more than 20 percent to $90 next year if energy prices increase as expected, Barron's reported on Sunday. Exxon shares have lagged rivals in the stock market rally ...
China Merchants Property Development Co has shelved a private placement plan worth up to 5 billion yuan (US$732 million) because of a fall in its share price, the company, one of the country's four largest publicly listed developers, said yesterday in a filing to the Shenzhen ...
China will not launch taxes on holdings of more than one residential apartment for at least another three years, a government think tank official has said. Meanwhile, many economists continue to warn that the country's economy could slow down amidst property tightening policies ...
NEW YORK/HOUSTON - Exxon Mobil Corp plans to buy XTO Energy Inc for about $30 billion in stock, in a move that thrusts the U.S. energy giant to the forefront of North America's fast-growing natural gas industry. With the buy, Exxon, the largest publicly traded energy company, ...
NEW YORK - World oil prices fell broadly on Thursday as the dollar strengthened and U.S. unemployment claims rose, but January U.S. crude futures held firm as cold weather gripped the U.S. northeast and a Canadian crude unit cut production after a fire. While the dollar's rise to ...
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China slams Japan's NHK governor's denial of Nanjing massacre
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