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Color pepper prices pointer to boom in hotel occupancy  2009-04-25 09:18:30

Red peppers are meant to spice up food, green peppers to add flavor and aroma. Color peppers are, for Zhang Yin, a marker of the state of business in high-class hotels.



Home prices 'to fall later this year'  2009-04-24 08:22:14

House prices are expected to fall later this year following a drop in sales, according to the Blue Book of Real Estate 2009 released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) on Thursday.



Qianmen Street drawing famous brands  2009-04-23 20:07:39

Qianmen Street, one of Beijing's oldest commercial areas, which reopened to the public last year, is attracting world-famous brand chains, local officials said Thursday.



Old brand 'likely to win trademark case'  2009-04-22 07:47:05

A centennial Chinese brand is very likely to win a landmark lawsuit case over a German firm that rush-registered its trademark, a Chinese official said yesterday.



Move over Ox - this is the Year of the Car  2009-04-20 14:17:29

Under the traditional Chinese calendar, we are living in the Year of the Ox, but in the pages of Chinese automobile history, 2009 will be remembered as the Year of Car.



The economics of feeding 1.3 billion people  2009-04-20 07:59:17

For most of her 60 years, Tian Lanying has raised wheat on a small plot of land in Henan province and sold it to the State at a fixed price.



Tourism official becomes an attraction herself  2009-04-17 07:38:00

As the deputy director of a county tourism bureau in Guizhou province, A Xiang-yi's job is to attract as many people as possible to her home region.



COSCO expects lower Q1 earnings  2009-04-15 08:02:33

COSCO Shipping, a unit of China's biggest shipping enterprise, predicted that net profit for the first quarter would fall by over 50 percent from the same period of last year.



Investment guru fears inflation  2009-04-13 07:45:17

Jim Rogers warned although world leaders came up with a broad range of steps to stimulate global economy at the London Summit, their actions might have unintended consequences.



Failed Coke-Huiyuan deal a lesson to learn  2009-04-03 16:26:30



Chinese technology benefits US firm  2009-03-30 07:57:35

Picking up the threads all over again  2009-02-25 08:10:55



Let one billion customers bloom  2009-02-23 08:04:34

Silver screen salvo lights way  2009-02-10 07:49:13

Lenovo reboots again for 2010  2009-01-19 07:45:12

Motown more like a ghost town  2009-01-15 21:32:02

A mysterious message millionaire  2009-01-12 08:00:37



Online shoppers defy bear trend  2009-01-05 10:46:07

Chance encounter  2008-12-22 07:53:37

Fueling reform in the pipeline  2008-12-15 08:08:13

Steering progress  2008-12-08 07:58:36

Telex to Internet  2008-11-24 10:58:11

Fresh spenders in China  2008-11-17 10:56:44

Biz Unusual

Cutting off criminal channels

The China Advertising Association publicly condemned 58 illegal infomercials on Sept 25 after an investigation by the State Administration of Industry and Commerce.

Soccer betting targeted

Funds distributed by 'castes'

'Mistress forced me to take bribes'

Fired up about trash crisis

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Newsmaker

Air China's Fan Cheng named to run Shenzhen Airlines

Air China Vice-President Fan Cheng was named Party secretary of Shenzhen Airlines on Tuesday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, adding fuel to speculation that the world's most valuable airline would take over the Shenzhen-based carrier.

Li hikes stake in holding firm

Student entrepreneurs get support amid bleak job market

Stars shine brighter with EMBA

GSK may shift some Relenza manufacturing to mainland

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