The number four in Chinese is cloaked in superstition, even in 21st century megacity Hong Kong. After a developer changed the floor from 46 to 88 replacing a number that sounds like "death" with the luckier double eight, the hullaballoo that ensued forced the local government to change regulation...
The State Council, China's highest governing body, issued recommendations Friday on how to promote China's western areas, which have trailed the eastern coastal regions in economic development in recent decades. The massive stimulus package that the government released last year has helped revive...
Qingdao government organizes business development activities for 3 countries from Europe
a multi-specialty healthcare company, and Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company, have signed an exclusive collaborative agreement for the development and commercialisation of apaziquone, an anti-neoplastic agent currently being investigated for the treatment of...
The extra yield investors demand to own emerging-market nations' bonds instead of U.S. Treasuries rose 14 basis points to 8.16 percentage points, the highest spread since November 2002, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s EMBI+ index. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index of shares fell 3.3 percent
HONG KONG, Nov 26 - Chinese property developer Excellence Real Estate Group Ltd, which shelved its up to $1 billion Hong Kong IPO last month, plans to relaunch it next year, cutting the fund raising...
Basileia to Develop Gold Mine in Cambodia
China's largest offshore oil company, China National Offshore Oil Corp, signed an agreement with Australia-based energy firm Altona Energy Plc to establish a joint venture to develop Altona's project at Arckaringa in South Australia, sources reported.The Australia-listed Altona said in a statement that the JV...
* 22 developing countries plan preferential tariff cut * Will cut tariffs by at least 20 pct on 70 pct of goods * Deal could be signed during WTO conference GENEVA, Nov 19 - As...
* Lower prices, volatility put off investors * Turning to alternative projects to avoid bad publicity ROME, Nov 17 - The pace at which investors in richer countries have been buying farmland in developing nations...