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HONG KONG/SEOUL- Chinese iron ore producer China Tian Yuan Mining Ltd postponed its $450 million Hong Kong IPO on Friday, a day after Swire Pacific called off its planned $2.7 billion property IPO due to global market turmoil. Major stock markets around Asia fell as much as 3 ...
NEW YORK Chinese oil company MIE Holdings Corp, on Thursday, cut the number of shares and expected price of its initial public offering, potentially reducing its proceeds from the deal by 42 percent. MIE is the third company this week to cut the expected price for its shares amid ...
BEIJING/HONG KONG - Chinese banks, despite reporting record earnings last month, have had a rocky ride on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock markets lately, as investors balk at their plans to raise billions to shore up balance sheets after a 2009 lending binge. Some say the months...
The ChiNext stock market was up Wednesday as all the 79 stocks at China's start-up board for small- and medium-sized enterprises rose except for two stocks were suspended from trading. The board, which is based in Shenzhen and started trading on October 30, 2009, is tailored to ...
Gold prices hit a record high Wednesday as investors sought to hide from fears the European financial bailout will erode world currencies. The price of an ounce of gold shot up 1.9 percent to $1,242.70, contributing to a strong 5.8 percent rally since last Thursday, when jitters ...
BEIJING: Betting on the nation's ongoing railway construction boom, Bank of China (BOC) said it planned to invest 7.5 billion yuan ($1.10 billion) in the operator of a 1,260-kilometer railway link between northern China's major coal mines and port cities. The nation's third...
As much as three trillion yuan has vanished in China's capital market since Jan 11, when the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index reached the highest level of this year, the Shanghai Securities News reported today. The Shanghai Composite Index closed at 3,306 points on Jan 11, with ...
Banks still in talks with Central Huijin on details of fund-raising plans BEIJING - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and Bank of China (BOC), the country's first- and third-largest lenders by market value, may be considering tweaking their fund-raising plans by ...
HONG KONG - Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank) has reached an agreement with a group of seven investors ahead of its massive initial public offering, sources say, with two funds from the Middle East considering a stake that may exceed $2 billion. The agreements are a key step ...
SHANGHAI: Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) seeking to raise more than $23 billion in what would be the world's biggest initial public offering, said it will launch the Shanghai portion of its IPO this week. ABC also said on Wednesday it aimed to list on July 15, confirming ...
HONG KONG - The Hong Kong stock exchange (HKEx) said Monday it would introduce Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) stock options on July 16, which was subject to the successful listing of the stock on the same day. According to a statement posted on HKEx's official website, ABC's ...
China's key stock index ended 0.8 percent higher on Monday at a two-week high, led by banks and property shares, as investors were upbeat China could shift to a more neutral stance in the second half year on policy tightening. The Shanghai Composite Index rose to 2,490.7 points, ...
About three-quarters of investors lost their money in the first half of this year, and of those, about 40 percent reported a loss of over 30 percent, according to the latest research released by the financial news website Hexun, Shanghai Securities News reported. The survey ...
Investors cautious ahead of Q2 macroeconomic data, ABC IPO BEIJING - The recent gains in the Chinese stock market will be put to the test this week as investors remain cautious ahead of the official release of the second quarter's macroeconomic data and Agricultural Bank of China...
SHANGHAI - Haitong Securities, China's second-biggest brokerage by market value, said on Friday that first-half net profit fell nearly one-third from a year ago due to weak stock markets. China's main stock index was one of the world's worst performers this year, down nearly 27 ...
SHANGHAI: China is considering allowing non-finance corporates to sell bonds privately to investors, local media reported on Friday, citing unidentified sources at the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors. Corporate bond issuance through private ...
China may allow foreign companies to sell stock in Shanghai next year, opening the world's largest market for first-time share sales and advancing the city's bid to become an international financial center. "The preparation work is proceeding quite nicely," said Fang Xinghai, ...
BEIJING - Agricultural Bank of China's (ABC) mega float is unlikely to cause big waves on the domestic A-share market despite the sluggish and uncertain trend, analysts said. Shares of the last major State-owned lender to list will be publicly traded in Shanghai on July 15 and a ...
Beijing - Despite different reasoning behind the decision to subscribe to the shares of Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), institutional investors have shown strong interest. Institutional investors and major cornerstone investors, including insurers, fund management companies, ...
BEIJING: Domestic investors' gold frenzy pushed trading volume of the yellow metal to an historic high in the first half of the year, with gold imports also surging to a record. China's gold price increased 25.2 percent in the first half of 2010 to reach an average of 251.9 yuan ...
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