See this sobering graph from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): As the data show, China is now burning almost as much coal as the rest of the world — combined. Read more: http://science.time.com/2013/01/29/the-scariest-environmental-fact-in-the-world/#ixzz2K0fHZMBN

OIL prices fell to nearly US$96 a barrel yesterday on signs that the US and Iran may restart talks about Iran's nuclear program.

US stocks hit a big milestone, then promptly spun off the road.

Anne Myong, former Wal-Mart China senior vice president and chief administrative officer, has been appointed new chief financial officer of Wal-Mart China. Prior to this, Myong worked as Wal-Mart China's chief administrative officer for 15 months. Acco…

With earnings growing at more than twice the pace of Google’s, it is the Chinese tech stock worth getting one’s teeth into

Free vote will help to preserve stability and party’s power. As with the superficial tolerance of social media, unions will only be allowed to go so far

A shop assistant uses a feather duster to clean a display of Swatch watches at a department store in Zurich yesterday. Swatch Group is optimistic about growth prospects for this year after the world's biggest watchmaker reported a 26 percent increase i…

BRITAIN'S treasury chief warned the country's banks yesterday that they face being broken up if they fail to protect their retail operations from their riskier investment arms.

NATIONAL regulators across the European Union have until the end of this month to show they are not damaging the single market by being too heavy handed with banks from elsewhere in the bloc, the EU's executive European Commission said yesterday.

CHINA'S apparent crude oil consumption rose at a faster pace last year as the nation relied more on foreign supplies, the country's top economic planner said yesterday.

China Internet Network Information Center recently published its 31st Internet survey report, stating that by the end of December 2012, the number of Internet users in China had reached 564 million and the Internet penetration rate was 42.1%, which was…