Alibaba to offer Nov 11 deals in offline stores

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd used to fly solo on Singles' Day, China's largest online shopping festival that falls on Nov 11 every year.

PepsiCo opens its first Quaker Oats factory in China

PepsiCo Inc, one of the world's leading food and beverage companies, opened its first Quaker Oats plant in China on Thursday in an effort to expand its nutritional business in the country, as carbonated-drink sales continue slowing.

BP signs $10b gas supply deal

Oil company to supply 1 million tons of LNG every year to Huadian

Financial literacy to the fore at Visa forum in Beijing

Visa Inc, the global card payment services company, held its first China Financial Literacy Development Alliance Forum in Beijing last month, aimed at raising the level of financial know-how among younger citizens.

Basketball legend offers helping hand to students

Yu Kailu, a student at a middle school in Hebei province in northern China, had never been to Shanghai before this month.

Focusing attention on ancient imperial tombs

Germany's Leica Camera AG, which celebrated its first camera model's 100th anniversary last year, is set to commission a special set of photographs of the 1,000-year-old Western Xia Imperial Tombs in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

Wumart to delist shares from HK bourse

Retail chain operator Wumart Stores Inc said on Tuesday that it was delisting its H shares from the Hong Kong bourse amid uncertain market conditions for hypermarkets in China.

Equities dip as volatility erases gains

Stock prices declined on Wednesday amid growing profit-taking pressure and rising uncertainties over future market prospects.

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Growth concerns pull down prices

Technology, telecom, industrial shares decline as sluggish economic figures pose questions

TCM products find their niche overseas

Robust exports of traditional Chinese medicine products so far this year have helped manufacturers mitigate the weaker demand in the domestic market.

Bond issuances hit a record high

Analysts attribute bull run to risky-looking stock market, sustained monetary easing, and declining interest ratesDespite rising debt defaults by Chinese companies, the corporate bond market will continue to surge on sustained monetary easing and declining interest rates, analysts said.