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Telecoms dialing up financial products

[2014-05-27 07:12]

Mobile phone companies home in on success of Yu'ebao

Brewer posts 32% decrease in profits

[2014-05-27 07:12]

China Resources Enterprise Ltd, the company that makes the country's best-selling beer, Snow Beer, with SABMiller Plc, said first-quarter earnings declined 32 percent as a slowing economy damped consumer spending. The shares fell.

ChinaVision becoming Alibaba Pictures

[2014-05-27 07:12]

Alibaba Group Holding Inc, the Chinese e-commerce conglomerate that recently filed for its initial public offering in the United States, is making a foray into the entertainment and film industry, according to a company it recently acquired.

Reinvention needed for baijiu makers

[2014-05-27 07:12]

The products of Wuliangye Yibin Co Ltd, the maker of what's easily China's most prestigious and recognizable brand of baijiu (white spirits), recently announced a substantial price cut. It reduced the wholesale price of one of its most select brands, 52-proof Crystal Wuliangye, by almost 17 percent.

Czechs seek larger part of Chinese market

[2014-05-27 07:12]

To Chinese, the Czech Republic conjures scenery and culture. Pavel Kysilka, chairman of the Czech Savings Bank, the central European country's largest bank said there's more.

A call for diversity in lending procedures

[2014-05-27 07:12]

Individuals, small firms still lack access to credit, UN official says

Investors see green in a gray area of housing

[2014-05-27 07:12]

Chinese institutional investors and property developers are still pouring money into building senior living communities, despite the continuing cooling of the overall real estate sector.

Chinese technology blossoms in Mozambique

[2014-05-27 07:12]

Early in the morning, Rudy Manuel accompanies his father to the farm of their Chinese agricultural partner to sell their rice.

Advertising agencies look for new model in the era of the Internet

[2014-05-27 07:12]

Disintermediation-or cutting out the middle man-may jeopardize an otherwise promising future for advertising companies and force them to strive for new business models in the near future, said experts.

Windows 8 ban may open doors in China

[2014-05-27 07:12]

With Microsoft Inc's Windows 8 now banned from being installed on Chinese government computers, domestic operating system developers are seeking niches in the world's biggest personal computer market.

Click Profit

[2014-05-26 07:12]

British retailer Burberry Group would never have imagined that its scarves and trench coats would be sold from virtual stores in China. But the iconic luxury brand and other biggies like Marks & Spencer Plc, Mothercare Plc, Nike Inc, Levi's Strauss & Co and Sony are increasingly finding that having an online presence is essential for continued success in China.

For a drink of clean water, turn on the tap

[2014-05-26 07:12]

Unlike air purifiers, which are an integral part of many Chinese households, water purifiers are still relatively unknown products for most Chinese consumers. But that may soon change as growing concerns about water safety are prompting more Chinese consumers to turn to such products, creating a robust platform for overseas companies to showcase their products.