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Can coffee revive Australia?

[2015-05-27 07:18]

Australia is betting on plumbers and coffee-shop owners over scientists and researchers to drive the nation's next wave of economic growth.

Maneuver at Samsung strengthens heir's influence

[2015-05-27 07:18]

Two key Samsung companies are merging in a step toward ensuring the son of the group's ailing chairman inherits control of the theme parks to smartphones conglomerate.

Charter agrees to buy Time Warner Cable for $55b

[2015-05-27 07:18]

Charter Communications Inc agreed to buy Time Warner Cable Inc for about $55 billion in cash and stock, scooping up the cable provider after getting last-minute competition from French billionaire Patrick Drahi.

No rest in Japan as workers shun vacations

[2015-05-27 07:18]

Japan wants its workers to take more holidays and work fewer hours to cut down the number of people pushing themselves into an early grave.

Frozen carrots: The weapon in India's inflation war

[2015-05-27 07:18]

The workers extracting mango pulp, freezing carrots and packing spring rolls in southern India are the foot soldiers in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's inflation war.

Tariff reductions made to boost retail sales

[2015-05-26 07:04]

Tariffs will be reduced on June 1 on a number of imported consumer goods, including shoes and boots, cosmetics, and disposable paper diapers, the Ministry of Finance announced on Monday.

Retailers take online route to keep e-commerce firms at bay

[2015-05-26 07:04]

Every retailer in China wants a piece of the growing cross-border e-commerce pie. Department stores are no exception, and they see the sector as a promising avenue of transformation in the era of online shopping.

Economic prospects bright despite shifting demographics

[2015-05-26 07:04]

Despite changing demographics and shifting growth patterns, China's economic prospects in the next decade remain positive as the industries continue to climb up the value chain and open to the international market, said economists and experts at the Shanghai Forum, hosted by Fudan University, which ended on Monday.

'Going global' needs govt support

[2015-05-26 07:04]

The government should provide more support for Chinese enterprises that are going global, the top executive of a leading private conglomerate said on Monday.

Empower farmers with full land rights

[2015-05-26 07:04]

The rural land issue in China rarely makes the headlines, but although it is largely out of sight, it is a bitterly contested area.

Internet can foster cross-Straits relations

[2015-05-26 07:04]

Online finance that offers innovative products and services is a crucial sector for enhancing cross-Straits financial cooperation, and mainland industry players could learn from their Taiwan counterparts in terms of making regulations to control risks.

Robust fundamentals helping Chinese stocks outperform peers

[2015-05-26 07:04]

Equity markets on the Chinese mainland have been among the best-performing in the world over the past year and indeed over longer time horizons. Yet, many foreign institutional investors have been underweight on China versus benchmark weightings in global equity indexes, such as those provided by MSCI Inc or FTSE/Xinhua.

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