Highlights

Experts expect that China will become the biggest auto market in the world this year, the West China City Daily reported yesterday. Based on current trends, consumers will buy between 12 and 13 million cars this year, analysts said.

China Minsheng Banking Corp, the nation's first listed private lender, may get a hearing for its initial public offer in Hong Kong by the end of this month.

China's total premium income of 2008 reached 978.41 billion yuan ($143 billion), making it the sixth largest country in terms of premium income.

The new winter-spring flight schedule released by China's aviation authority has triggered carriers to add more flight routes while greatly slashing ticket prices to compete for passengers.

Duke Energy signed an agreement with privately-owned ENN Group of China.

BYD Co Ltd hopes to be a top supplier in incentive programs.

Insurance funds can be used not only to compensate for insurance companies' underwriting losses, but also to increase their profits to ensure the industry's sustained and rapid development.

A traffic logistics development agency

An insurance intermediary eyes China's growth enterprise board.

Agricultural Bank of China could float its shares on the Shanghai bourse.

Editor's Choice

A Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano China Limited Edition was sold on Wednesday night for nearly $2 million to an anonymous bidder from Shanghai at an auction in Beijing.

China's massive stimulus package was aimed at putting the economy back on a long-term growth trajectory - not stoking another property boom.

Newsmaker

Web tycoon thrives on portals, pig farms

He may be a billionaire, but soft-spoken William Ding, founder of Chinese online gaming giant NetEase.COM, feels as comfortable on the farm with his pigs as he does in the boardroom.

Biz Unusual

Cafes booming not because of coffee, but space

While it is no surprise that many Beijingers have taken to coffee since foreign companies arrived on the scene nearly 10 years ago, customers are hanging out at cafes not for the coffee - but the environment.

Macao's casino receipts hit record high in Oct

Kidneys illegally sold online

High-rise cleaners enjoy busy September

Job seekers switch to online business

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