Biz Scene: Grapevine

Acquisition talks

Biz Scene: Biz Unusual

Digital mooncakes

Business Indepth

Heng An index has insurance industry covered

Heng An Standard Life Insurance Index, the industry's first barometer, was introduced on September 17. The index was developed by Heng An Standard Life Insurance Co Ltd and Nankai University. Established in December 2003, Heng An Standard Life is a 50-50 joint venture between British Standard Life plc and Tianjin-based TEDA (Tianjin Economic Technological Development Area) Investment Holding Co Ltd.

Biz Scene: Market

Bond purchase

Biz Scene: Grapevine

Nickel share

New funds offer high returns to investors

The Bank of East Asia has surprised investment circles in Shanghai by announcing that its newly introduced product under the qualified domestic institutional investor (QDII) scheme had gained more than 20 percent in only half a month amid the international market turmoil brought about by the US credit crisis.

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Horse sense

Biz Scene: Biz Moves

Research chief

Biz Scene: Local

Hydropower plant

Business Indepth

Good times set to roll on for hotel sector

The outlook is rosy for the hotel market in Beijing and Shanghai in the next two years, with the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2010 Shanghai World Expo just around the corner, according to consultancy firm Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels.