Sinochem agrees on $1b oil deal

2012-02-09 10:27:18

Sinochem Group, China's fourth-biggest oil producer, has agreed to buy assets in Colombia from the French oil company Total SA for about $1 billion.

China's Jan CPI up 4.5% at three-month high

2012-02-09 10:20:02

China's consumer price index rose to a three-month high of 4.5 percent in January, the NBS released on its website on Thursday.  PPI up 0.7%

China's economy to grow 8.5% in Q1

2012-02-09 14:27:24

Squeezed by a deteriorating export environment and the government campaign to rein in the property market, China's economy is expected to expand by 8.5 percent in the first quarter of 2012.

China's PPI up 0.7% in Jan

2012-02-09 10:05:21

China's Producer Price Index (PPI), a main gauge of inflation at the wholesale level, rose 0.7 percent in January year-on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday.

ZTE sees little effect from ruling

2012-02-09 09:59:52

ZTE Corp said an Indian court's ruling imposing penalties on local telecoms operators has had little impact on its performance, and the company's operations in India are running as usual.

More expensive coffee in Starbucks

2012-02-09 09:07:46

Starbucks, the world's biggest coffee chain, raised the price of some products on Jan 31, due to what it said were rising operating costs.

Euro debt crisis creates chances

2012-02-09 09:21:36

More cash-rich Chinese manufacturers will surge into debt-stricken European nations as the spreading financial crisis creates buying opportunities, said officials from the Ministry of Commerce.

Postal service revenue jumps 22%

2012-02-09 09:49:51

Business volume for China's postal services maintained strong growth in 2011, according to the State Post Bureau, conjuring up promising prospects for the country's logistics companies.

Maserati to recall 222 autos in mainland

2012-02-09 09:13:51

Italian luxury car-maker Maserati will recall 222 vehicles imported to the Chinese mainland due to defective rear lamps, China's quality watchdog said Wednesday.

Beijing office rents yet to rival NY

2012-02-09 09:11:59

The top-tier office rents in Beijing rose sharply last year but were still not high enough to rival those in New York, the global real estate services firm DTZ said.

China's CPI rises 4.5% in Jan

2012-02-09 09:56:01

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 4.5 percent year-on-year in January, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.

China's auto exports hit record high in 2011

2012-02-09 09:10:32

China's auto exports hit 849,000 units last year, the highest level seen since the onset of the global financial crisis.