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China’s total new financing in January, eclipsing the start of 2009 when it unleashed stimulus spending to fight off the global financial crisis

Contradictory accounts from Japan and China prompt commander of US forces in the Pacific to warn that the developments are ‘escalatory in nature’

China’s exports rose 25% from a year earlier, the fastest pace since April 2011 while imports rose 28.8%, more than four times December’s figure

SHANGHAI stocks advanced today after China released strong trade data that suggest the recovery of the world's second largest economy is gaining momentum while inflation eased in January.

THE People's Bank of China named the nation's biggest lender, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the clearing bank for offshore yuan business in Singapore, the central bank said today.

Groups look to move away from reliance on VIPs and junkets, which are seen as volatile and vulnerable to the tightening of credit in China

China's consumer price growth slowed to 2 percent year on year in January after touching a seven-month high of 2.5 percent in December, the National Bureau of Statistics said this afternoon.

SHANGHAI stocks rose this morning after China released strong trade data that suggest the recovery of the world's second largest economy is gaining momentum.

CHINA'S consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2 percent year on year in January, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Friday.

CHINA'S exports expanded 25 percent from a year earlier to US$187.4 billion in January, a strong start for this year partly due to seasonal factors, but it still indicates improving external conditions.

STOCKS slumped on Wall Street yesterday, and the rally which has pushed indexes close to record levels stalled.

THE price of oil fell below US$96 per barrel yesterday after the head of the European Central Bank expressed concern over a recent rise in the euro.

China's leading telecom equipment maker ZTE is closing its research and development business in India while reducing its service businesses in the country, aiming to optimize its costs as the equipment sales declined. According to reports in Indian media, the Chinese company already cut most of its 60 R&D staff in India. This layoff is […]

Pedestrians cross an intersection in front of the Casino Grand Lisboa, operated by SJM Holdings Ltd, in Macau. The city's government yesterday said it will "strengthen" its licensing system for casino junket operators and work with law enforcement to t…

EUROPEAN Central Bank President Mario Draghi pledged yesterday to keep a close eye on the economic impact of the rise of the euro.

CHINA'S auto sales powered ahead and helped January end on a buoyant note.

THE number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week and a trend reading hit a near five-year low, a sign the grinding recovery in the US labor market remains on track.

JUDY Huang, who bought a two-bedroom apartment in Shanghai's outlying Minhang District last May after digging deep into her own pocket, was pleasantly surprised to discover recently that a similar home in the same development would cost her 300,000 yuan (US$47,770) more today.