China
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Russia Economic Growth To Disappoint -
Russia ended 2011 with a surprising 4.3% gain, but will definitely disappoint in 2012. And who won't. With Europe in the doldrums, even the International Monetary Fund is lowering global growth forecasts. There's also a threat that China ...
06:05 :
$100M copper tubing plant planned for Wilcox County -
Up to 500 jobs are expected to be created in Wilcox County as a result of a $100 million copper tubing plant planned for Pine Hill by Golden Dragon Copper of China. According to the Birmingham News, Gov. Robert Bentley said Tuesday he had ...
00:30 :
China raises retail gasoline, diesel prices -
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- China announced increases in retail gasoline and diesel prices, a move that will see prices at the pump rise by 3.3% and 3.6%, respectively, above current retail ceiling benchmarks, according to calculations by ...
00:07 :
China aims to create 45 million new jobs: report -
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- China's cabinet, the State Council, approved a plan Wednesday to create 45 million new jobs through 2015, setting a target of holding urban unemployment under 5%, according to report by the state-run Xinhua news agency. The ...
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China to help first-time home buyers -
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- China's central bank pledged Wednesday to support first-time home buyers, marking the first notable softening in tone towards the real-estate sector since a clampdown on prices that began in mid-2010. The People's Bank of ...
20:56 :
Hong Kong stocks rise, with property, energy up -
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks advanced in early Wednesday action, with property and energy shares among the gainers as the Hang Seng Index rose 0.3% to 20,764.37. For mainland Chinese shares, the Hang Seng China Enterprises ...
18:03 :
Coke, Yum riding China dragon for growth -
Even as the U.S. continues to run massive trade deficits with China, American soda and fast-food makers are doing their part to even the playing field while relying ever more on that vast market to generate growth.
13:13 :
China: Fast food nation. Too fast economy? -
Is China's economy heading for a hard or soft landing? Well, it looks like Chinese consumers can't get enough of Diet Coke and the Colonel's famous secret recipe. That may be good news.
08:51 :
Can you hear the Jurassic crickets' -
The north of China has some perfectly preserved forewings of Jurassic insects. What research has made possible is, by comparison with living Prophalangopsids (sort-of-crickets) and electron microscopy of the stridulation apparatus, a complete ...
01:33 :
Canada's Harper in China visit focused on energy -
BEIJING (AP) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is visiting China to discuss oil sales and other economic ties following U.S. President Barack Obama's rejection of a pipeline carrying Canadian oil across the continental United States|United ...
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