China, U.S. start economic track of annual high-level talks
05-24-2010
- Top economic officials of China and the United States on Monday started their annual talks to bolster the economic and trade relations.
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner co-ch..
Singapore's April CPI up 3.2%
05-24-2010
- Official data showed on Monday that Singapore's consumer price index (CPI) increased by 3.2% in April 2010 compared with the same period last year.
Singapore Department of Statistics said the increase was due to higher ..
Chery breaks ground in Erdos
05-24-2010
- China's biggest homegrown automaker Chery Automobile Co began construction on new facilities in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region last Monday, the company announced in a statement.
The new plant in the Dongsheng dist..
Proposal to privatize Hutchison Telecom International gets app..
05-24-2010
- The proposal to privatize the Cayman-registered Hutchison Telecom International has recently been approved by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, Hutchison Telecom International and Hutchison Whampoa said in a joint s..
NDRC rules out real estate tax for 3 years
05-24-2010
- China's top planning body has ruled out tax on real estate at least three years.
It also clarified that local governments did not have the jurisdiction to tweak taxation legislation amid widespread and incorrect rumors ..
Lufthansa receives first A380
05-20-2010
- German airline Lufthansa received its first Airbus A380 on Wednesday in Hamburg.
Lufthansa, the biggest airline in the country, has ordered 15 A380 super jets, with four scheduled to join the fleet in 2010. Lufthansa pl..
HP recalls more notebook computer batteries
05-20-2010
- Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) on Wednesday announced that it is recalling more notebook personal computer (PC) batteries that have the potential to overheat and pose a fire and burn hazard to consumers.
The latest move is an..
Cargo throughput rises but passenger numbers drop for China's ..
05-20-2010
- The Ministry of Transport said on Wednesday that major indices of China's large ports mostly pointed to better performance in April with increasing cargo throughput and exports volume.
According to latest figures posted..
China cuts timber production to protect major forest
05-20-2010
- Timber output has been cut to help sustain the environment of the Greater Hinggan Mountains in northeast China.
Annual timber output in the area since 2007 has been one-third less than the approved level of 2.1 million ..
Macao's CPI up 2.56% in April
05-20-2010
- Macao's Composite CPI (consumer price index) for April 2010 went up slightly by 2.56 percent over the same month last year to 103.68, which was attributable to the price increase of Food and non-alcoholic beverages and T..