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Serving 46 bosses a challenge

[2014-04-28 06:35]

Many people complain about how difficult it is to please their boss. Spare a thought then for Cheng Hong, who has 46 of them, all highfliers who demand a lot of themselves and of others.

Appreciate the yuan depreciation

[2014-04-28 06:35]

Since the beginning of this year, the renminbi has been depreciating against the US dollar. That marked a departure from the earlier trend of the Chinese currency appreciating against the US greenback since the exchange rate reform in 2005.

Writing history in the age of the Internet

[2014-04-28 06:35]

Since its inception, the Internet has always been closely associated with the production, distribution and consumption of news. Journalism is often said to be history in a hurry, and the Internet has become one of the very first "gatekeepers" of information about events and people that might go down in history. Nothing is as old as yesterday's news, and so yesterday's news may already be tomorrow's history.

Questions on mixed ownership still arise

[2014-04-28 06:35]

Indians are argumentative, so people say. Chinese are not, it seems. But right now in China there is a rather serious and healthy debate that may have to do with all investors' future interests - a debate about mixed ownership.

PBOC to increase ties with HK, Taiwan

[2014-04-26 07:25]

The People's Bank of China and other government departments will strengthen communication and collaboration with Hong Kong and Taiwan in a bid to expand financial openness and cooperation, according to an official of the central bank.

Sean Clarke named as head of Wal-Mart's China operations

[2014-04-26 07:25]

Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday it had appointed Sean Clarke as CEO Wal-Mart China. He is currently chief operating officer in the country.

Study: Consumers wary of brands' official websites

[2014-04-26 07:25]

Chinese consumers don't really trust official brand websites, preferring instead to get most of their shopping tips from word-of-mouth methods such as social media - and that means companies need to leverage multiple platforms, according to a study of the retail sector.

CSRC sets deadline for IPO disclosures for June

[2014-04-26 07:25]

Most companies whose applications for initial public offerings are being evaluated will make their preliminary disclosures by the end of June, a spokesman for the China Securities Regulatory Commission said on Friday.

Chinese firms join OpenPOWER alliance

[2014-04-26 07:25]

Six Chinese companies joined on Friday the OpenPOWER consortium - a development alliance based around International Business Machines Corp's microprocessor architecture - to build designed-in-China processors.

BYD net declines 90 percent in Q1

[2014-04-26 07:25]

China's private carmaker BYD Co, backed by Warren Buffet, posted on Thursday a slump in first-quarter net profit compared with a year earlier. Net profit plummeted nearly 90 percent to 12 million yuan ($ 1.9 million) in the first three months, while revenue was 11.7 billion yuan, a drop of 9 percent from a year earlier.

Baidu finds rich profit in search revenue

[2014-04-26 07:25]

Baidu Inc, the nation's leading Internet search provider, said on Friday that first-quarter revenue soared 59.1 percent year-on-year to 9.5 billion yuan ($1.53 billion).

Denmark-based chemicals firm to enter Tianjin technology zone

[2014-04-26 07:25]

Haldor Topsoe A/S, a Denmark-based manufacturer of catalytic products, on Friday signed an agreement valued at 900 million krone ($163 million) with the Tianjin Economic Technological Development Area to build a plant in the area.

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