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Testing times lie ahead for steel firms

[2014-09-30 07:17]

Tangshan Donghua Steel Enterprise Group Co was so eager for new customers overseas that it turned to cold-calling manufacturers and tried hawking metal on the e-commerce website run by Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd.

What's news

[2014-09-30 07:17]

Soybean prices slump on import restrictions

Industry Special: In challenging market, ChemChina gets e-commerce boost

[2014-09-30 07:17]

Professional buyers now have online access to chemical products from China National Chemical Corp and its subsidiaries after the industrial giant launched a foray into e-commerce at the beginning of the year.

Two private banks get nod

[2014-09-30 07:17]

The China Banking Regulatory Commission announced on Monday that it has approved the launch of two new private banks in an effort to promote innovation models for the country's financial reform.

At a glance

[2014-09-30 07:17]

The five recently approved private banks:

Central bank requires new stimulus tools, analysts say

[2014-09-30 07:17]

With few signs of a trough in China's economic slowdown, the central bank faces increasing pressure to dust off stimulus tools that have gone unused for more than two years.

Charge of the Internet bulls

[2014-09-29 06:56]

A few hours before Alibaba Group Holding Ltd made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange, Jack Ma, the company's founder and chairman, said Sept 19 would be a "life-changing day" for its 20,000 employees.

Europe helps boost yuan use internationally

[2014-09-29 06:56]

Yuan activities are accelerating across European financial centers including London, Paris and Luxembourg, signaling a big step forward in the internationalization of the currency and Europe's crucial role in supporting this process.

Billionaire Hong Kong builders raise cash for real estate purchases

[2014-09-29 06:56]

Billionaires including Li Ka-shing and Robert Ng have cut debt at their Hong Kong developers to near-record lows in preparation to buy land as prices fall, a signal the city's real estate gains may be coming to an end.

The final frontier

[2014-09-27 07:25]

Wealthy Chinese are propelling space tourism's blastoff.

Galactic getaway

[2014-09-27 07:25]

The sky's no longer the limit for Chinese tourists.

'The ticket changed my destiny'

[2014-09-27 07:25]

Tong Jingjing hasn't yet taken the private space flight she has booked but says her experiences since buying the ticket have already been out of this world.