Hong Kong companies operating factories in Hong Kong or Guangdong Province in the Chinese mainland may apply for funding support under a new scheme to promote cleaner manufacturing. Hong Kong's Environmental Protection Department started receiving appl…

THE Wisconsin Center China, an office to support trade and investment between the American state and China, was opened today in Shanghai.

HILTON Worldwide announced today that it will open its first Hilton Garden Inn hotels in China next year.

AACSB International, the leading accrediting agency for business schools worldwide, has released a set of standards it claims will help business schools meet the rapidly changing environment.

AACSB International, the leading accrediting agency for business schools worldwide, has released a set of standards it claims will help business schools meet the rapidly changing environment.

BLOCKBUSTER "Lost in Thailand" has helped boost the number of Chinese travelers to the southeast Asian country, Thai tourism officials said today.

BLOCKBUSTER "Lost in Thailand" has helped boost the number of Chinese travelers to the southeast Asian country, Thai tourism officials said today.

SHANGHAI stocks edged up today as paper manufacturers gained on yuan's recent gains against the dollar, offsetting the decline of cement producers due to poor earnings.

FOREIGN direct investment in China rose for the second month in a row in March, the Ministry of Commerce said this morning.

Center for Disease Control plays down fears of pandemic and says that no firm evidence of human-to-human transmission has yet been found

Hu Huaibang, former chairman of the Bank of Communications, characterises himself as someone who will push for less government control of the economy

Jiaranai Entertainment, the general distributor of Sina's microblog service in Thailand, announced that China's Sina microblog service at Weibo.com has officially entered the Thai market. Since Weibo's launch, it has been popular among Chinese people a…

A woman walks past gold jewelry in a display window at the gold souk in Dubai yesterday. Cash gold shrugged off weakening US bullion futures to jump as much as 1 percent yesterday as buyers snapped up gold bars, coins and nuggets after prices touched t…

BANK of America has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by investors who bought mortgage investments from Countrywide Financial, the California-based lender it acquired in 2008. The announcement came as the nation's second biggest bank reported higher net income for the first quarter, but missed analysts' expectations.

THE yuan yesterday hit a record high against the US dollar for the fourth day as the greenback weakened on speculation of further monetary easing measures.

BRITISH luxury group Burberry calmed fears about slowing demand in China with better-than-expected fourth quarter results as it sold more of its most expensive items.

EMIRATES, the biggest operator of the Boeing 777, is pressing for more information about a successor aircraft before considering an order for the replacement of the US manufacturer's bestselling airliner.

THE International Monetary Fund is urging the Federal Reserve and other central banks to closely monitor their extraordinary efforts to jump-start economic growth, warning that the policies could inflate asset bubbles and destabilize financial markets.