It's been revealed Chinese property developer Vanke may be poised to try to issue new shares as part of an acquisition. In a filing to the Hong Kong's stock exchange, Vanke says it’s considering acquiring a company in a share and ...
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China's outstanding foreign debt settled at 1.53 trillion U.S. dollars by the end of September, data from the country's forex regulator showed on Wednesday. Most of the debt owed to foreign creditors resulted from short-term borrowing, as ...
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Economists and insiders are calling for more effective goverment supervision as a year of wild swings in China's stock market is coming to an end. China fought an unprecedented and costly war in 2015 to contain wide stock market ...
Japan's Cabinet has approved a record-high military budget for fiscal 2016. The 5 trillion yen, or 42 billion U.S. dollar plan marks the fourth consecutive year that Japan has increased its defense budget. This is the first defense ...
Against the backdrop of the gloomy global economy, almost all countries have taken innovation as a key to success. So does China. On top-level design, China's 13th Five-Year Plan for 2016-2020 clearly lists innovation as the number one ...
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Toshiba Corp. said on Saturday its group net loss for the business year ending in March will far outweigh that of the previous year's and may top its record of 398.8 billion yen (3.29 billion U.S. dollars) logged in the year through March ...
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The Japanese government is set to announce a record-high budget of some 96.7 trillion yen (798 billion U.S. dollars) for the next fiscal year to cope with the nation's dire demographic circumstances and related welfare costs, government ...
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Brent oil price hit 11-year low Monday as the market continued to be plagued by an oversupply of crude oil and weakening demand. Brent crude for February delivery decreased 53 cents to close at 36.35 U.S. dollars a barrel on the London ...
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Tsinghua Unigroup of mainland China announced on Dec. 11 to acquire a 24.9 percent holding in Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. (SPIL) and a 25 percent stake in ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) Ltd. for total cost of NT$68.8 billion ...
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The adult board games evening enjoyed a successful 2015 that culminated with a Christmas special and welcomed back Radio One's Matt Edmondson Board Game Club is on track to enjoy further growth in 2016 bringing big brands and obscure ...
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Throughout 2015, the world has watched with great interest the development of China-U.S. relations, as many believe almost every interaction between the world's top two economies has a bearing on all major global issues. Here are some ...
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China's iron ore importers need to keep a close eye on the country's steel mills as they mull output cuts and shutdowns amid a year-end credit crunch, the China Iron and Steel Association said Thursday. Prices of iron ore derivatives ...
Artlant, Europe's largest purified terephthalic acid producer, is in the process of searching for an investment partner or buyer for the business, a source close to the company said Thursday. As a result, any plans to start up production ...
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The US vinyl acetate monomer market is seeing a tightening of supply that will likely push pricing higher through the first quarter of 2016 despite falling feedstock prices and a weaker energy sector, sources said. US VAM increased $20/mt ...
Land transfers are flourishing in Jinzhou, some 260 km south of Beijing, catalyzing mushroom growth of specialized cooperatives, authorities have said. "About one-tenth of farmers have joined market-oriented cooperatives in Jinzhou and ...
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