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The Chinese currency Renminbi, or the yuan, lost 4 basis points to 6.4684 per U.S. dollar on Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading system. In China's foreign exchange spot market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 0.5 percent from the central parity rate ...
Restrictions on home purchases are spreading to more second- and third-tier cities, increasing the chance capital will flow back to first-tier cities' commercial properties, analysts said on Tuesday. The central government said it will expand limitations on property purchases to ...
Restrictions on home purchases are spreading to more second- and third-tier cities, increasing the chance capital will flow back to first-tier cities' commercial properties, analysts said on Tuesday. The central government said it will expand limitations on property purchases to ...
Domestic buyers were again the major investors in Shanghai's buoyant real estate market in the first six months of this year, with residential and mixed-use developments being the most popular, major international real estate services providers said. En bloc real estate ...
More cities experienced cooling property prices in June, compared to May, as policies targeting speculation kicked in. Property prices fell in 12 of the 70 major cities monitored, and remained unchanged in 14, when measured against May's figures, the National Bureau of Statistics ...
Spot gold jumped to an all-time peak in Shanghai Monday as investors turned to safer assets on concerns about Europe's debt crisis and debt-ceiling talks in the United States. The price for immediate delivery of 99.95 percent purity gold, the benchmark cash contract, surged to a ...
Middle-class families play significant roles in China nowadays, and they tend to manage their growing wealth more rationally in the face of a rising consumer price index (CPI). However, finding a good return on investments is proving to be increasingly elusive. "I used to buy ...
The Chinese government will release more pork reserves onto the market when necessary to ease rising prices amid escalating inflation woes, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Friday. Pork prices have increased 38 percent from the beginning of the year in 36 major Chinese cities. ...
Despite a slowdown in IPO activity, Chinese companies led global initial public offering activity in the second quarter in both number of deals and funds raised, Ernst & Young said in a report released Thursday in Beijing. The Global IPO Market Research Report said Chinese firms ...
The yuan rose to a 17-year high yesterday on a weak US dollar as the Federal Reserve said it may provide more stimulus, which could lead to more funds seeping into emerging markets like China. The local currency touched a intraday high of 6.4563 against the US dollar yesterday in ...
Citic Securities, China's largest publicly traded brokerage, hopes to secure in August approval from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong for its roughly $2 billion IPO there, International Finance Review (IFR), a Thomson Reuters publication, reported. Citic Securities submitted its ...
BYD Co fell in Hong Kong and Shenzhen trading after the Chinese automaker, partly owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, said first-half profit might tumble by up to 95 percent. BYD dropped as much as 6.7 percent and was trading at HK$22.35 ($2.87) at mid-morning in ...
The U.S. dollar fell against major currencies in late New York trading on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted at further monetary easing to help stimulate economic recovery. Bernanke on Wednesday said the Federal Reserve is considering possible ways to ...
U.S. stocks gained on Wednesday, snapping a three-day losing streak, after the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank is prepared to take additional actions to stimulus the economy. In his testimony before Congress, Bernanke said options include a third bond...
Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange hiked to a fresh record on Wednesday, as intensified concerns over the eurozone debt crisis and a possible new stimulus package in the United States spurred demand for the metal. The most active gold contract ...
Crude prices rose on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted new monetary stimulus and U.S. crude inventories fell last week larger than expected. In his twice-a-year economic report to Congress, Bernanke left the door open to a further stimulus, in efforts ...
Iran launched in Tehran on Wednesday an international crude bourse, with its transactions being carried out in the Kish oil stock market on the Persian Gulf island of Kish. The ceremony was attended by Iran's First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi, caretaker Oil Minister ...
The dollar fell against major currencies in late trading session on Tuesday as European debt problems continued to worry investors and latest Federal Reserve minutes hinted that there might be a third round of quantitative easing (QE3) policy. Although Italian debt problems ...
U.S. stocks lost ground in the final hour on Tuesday after Moody's downgraded Ireland's long- term rating to junk. Major indexes got a boost in afternoon trading after the minutes from the latest Federal Reserve policy meeting showed Fed officials debated on the possibility of a ...
U.S. crude oil prices rebounded on Tuesday after two straight sessions of losses as technical investors bought in the market and the euro pared some losses against the dollar. The euro trimmed losses after hitting fresh four-month low, as Italian government vowed to fast-track ...
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