Citic Securities , China's biggest listed brokerage, posted a 13.1 percent rise in first-half profit despite a fall in revenues amid a sluggish stock market.
A new oil leak was reported in northern China's Bohai Bay, the third since June.
The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), one of the country's "big four" State-owned commercial lenders, said Thursday that it expects its net profits in the first half of 2011 to jump more than 45 percent year-on-year.
The equipment hitch that caused an oil spill off China's northern coast on Tuesday was mostly cleaned up, according to China's largest offshore oil producer.
Australia's third-biggest iron ore miner, Fortescue Metals Group,has started making some business transactions in Chinese yuan, Chief Executive Andrew Forrest said on Tuesday.
Middle market private equity firm Olympus Capital Holdings Asia said on Tuesday it is leading a group that will invest $45 million for a sizeable minority stake in China's Huaxia Dairy Farm Ltd.
Between January 2010 and July 2011, 19 executives of listed companies and famous enterprises in China died untimely deaths, the National Business Daily reported Tuesday.
Chery Automobile Corporation Limited, a leading Chinese private automaker based in east Anhui Province, posted more-than-100-percent growth in its June exports against a market adjustment at home.
Brazilian mining firm Vale SA has received its first Chinese-built mega bulk carrier, swelling what will be an unprecedented fleet linking the world's biggest iron ore producer with its biggest client,China.
Sogou, the search engine unit of Chinese Internet company Sohu.com Inc is aiming to overtake Google Inc by market share in China within a year in the wake of the U.S. company's decision to pull out of the world's biggest web market.
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd's distribution unit, Cybermart International Holding, said on Monday that it plans to invest 10 billion yuan ($1.55 billion) to build 20 shopping complexes in China over the next five years.
Fitch Ratings has assigned primary aluminium manufacturer China Hongqiao Group Limited (Hongqiao) a Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of 'BB' with Positive Outlook, and a senior unsecured rating of 'BB'.