China retail sales growth slows to 22% in Oct.
BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — China’s retail sales grew at a slower annual rate of 22 percent in October due to easing inflation and weak consumption sentiment amid a slowing economy.
Sales reached 1.008 trillion yuan (148 billion U.S. dollars... Read more.
Written on Thursday, November 13th, 2008 | Posted in
China News
Chinese-Dutch forum focuses on EU-China trade cooperation
2008-10-29 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
THE HAGUE, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — A China-Europe trade forum co-sponsored by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and The Hague municipal government opened here Tuesday.
Tra... Read more.
Written on Thursday, October 30th, 2008 | Posted in
China News
Financial meltdown hurting Chinese farmers
2008-10-29 (Beijing Time) China Daily
The global financial crisis has begun hurting Chinese farmers’ income, senior economists said Tuesday.
The annual income growth of farmers is likely to cross 7 percent this year, but that is about 2 percentage poi... Read more.
Written on Thursday, October 30th, 2008 | Posted in
China News
AFC Will Find It Hard To Get Support To Relocate HQ - Azzuddin
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (Bernama) — The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will find it difficult to get majority support to relocate its headquarters to another country, said Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) general secretary D... Read more.
Written on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 | Posted in
Malaysia News
Banks expect profits by year end
25-OCT-2008 Intellasia | Dau Tu Chung Khoan
Oct 25, 2008 - 7:00:00 AM
Commercial joint stock banks have reported the performance for the first nine months of this year.
Among the joint stock banks, two listed firms Sacombank and Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) reported pr... Read more.
Written on Saturday, October 25th, 2008 | Posted in
Vietnam News
Top-3 Telecom Carriers in Taiwan Report Rosy Revenues So Far
2008/10/22
Taipei, Oct. 22, 2008 (CENS)-The top-three telecom carriers in Taiwan reported promising revenues throughout the first three quarters of this year, with Taiwan Mobile Corp. making NT$4.12, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. netting NT$3... Read more.
Written on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 | Posted in
Taiwan News
ViewSonic Intros 3 New 22″ Wide-screen Monitors in Taiwan
2008/10/21
China Economic News Service (CENS)
Taipei, Oct. 21, 2008 (CENS)–Major American monitor brand ViewSonic recently unveiled three 22-inch wide-screen Full High-Definition (HD) LCD monitor models for the Taiwan market, whic... Read more.
Written on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 | Posted in
Taiwan News
Taiwan Makers of NB PC Batteries to Do Well in Q4
2008/10/21
China Economic News Service (CENS)
Taipei, Oct. 21, 2008 (CENS)-Although Quanta Computer Inc. and Compal Electronics Inc. have already cut their shipment projections this year, Taiwan`s top-3 makers of notebook PC batteries, namely Simplo ... Read more.
Written on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 | Posted in
Korea News
China shares down 0.8%, led by financial, property firms
BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — Chinese stocks slid for the first time in three days as cautious investors cut holdings of property and financial stocks to lock in profit.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 15.48 points, or 0.78 per... Read more.
Written on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 | Posted in
China News
Chinese shares open 0.24% higher
BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — Chinese share prices rose 0.24 percent at opening Tuesday after the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) said on Monday the country’s economy expended 9.9 percent in the first three quarters over the same period last year.
The Sh... Read more.
Written on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 | Posted in
China News