The securities watchdog yesterday gave seven companies the green light for initial public offerings (IPO) on the to-be-launched growth enterprise board (GEB) anticipating the turnaround in the bourses to help boost investor sentiments.
China wants equality for developing countries at the table of global financial institutions and will push for change at the upcoming G20 summit, but the nation is not yet ready to urge its currency - the renminbi - be internationalized.
It is still too hard for small firms to overcome financial difficulties because not enough small or short-term business loans are available.
China boldly began work yesterday on a space launch center in Wenchang city in the northeast corner of the tropical island province of Hainan, laying more groundwork for the nation's more sophisticated space program.
China's rural populace is offering new hope for computer makers as sales in urban markets decline due to the global financial crisis.
The China Advertising Association publicly condemned 58 illegal infomercials on Sept 25 after an investigation by the State Administration of Industry and Commerce.
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd Chairman Li Ka-shing is buying more shares in the property developer, the worst-performing stock this year among Hong Kong's five biggest real-estate companies.
| Name | Value | Change | Time |
| Shanghai | +1.25% | Tue | 3,235.36 |
| Shenzhen | +1.42% | Tue | 13,677.72 |
| HSI | +1.34% | Tue | 22,113.15 |
| NIKKEI | +2.43% | Tue | 9,572.20 |
| Dow | +0.34% | Mon | 10,344.80 |
| Nasdaq | +0.29% | Mon | 2,144.60 |
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