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
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...
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...
Russian businesswomen buy toys at a store in Huichun,Northeast China's Jilin Province in September 2009. Before the zone was approved, cooperation was centered around Huichun. Photo: CFP The Chinese government has approved a border development zone in the Tumen River Delta to boost cross-border c...
TOKYO, Nov 14 - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday that developing nations must take "substantial actions" to curb their greenhouse gas emissions and that the world's top emitters must have clear reduction targets....