Alibaba to bring migrants home for Spring Festival

Company to charter two trains, provide free rail tickets to workers, students from poor families

Sonova plans hearing training center in Suzhou

Switzerland's Sonova Group, the world's largest hearing care solutions provider by revenue, plans to build its Asia-Pacific's first hearing training and education center in Suzhou, Jiangsu province.

Unilever takes sustainable road to growth

Unilever Plc, the global consumer goods giant, is expanding its work with a leading agricultural producer in Shanghai to develop more sustainable items for export.

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And now, virtual secretaries for expats

Two Beijing startups piggyback on WeChat to offer mobile-based personal assistants

Equities see marginal gains

Offshore yuan strengthens, but domestic investors wait for more government intervention to stabilize currency

Tianying eyes $1.8b takeover in Germany

China Tianying Inc, a Jiangsu province-based solid waste treatment company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, is eyeing the possible $1.8 billion takeover of a German rival.

Meilishuo merges with rival Mogujie

Combined business of female fashion shopping platforms could be worth $3 billion, say sources

ChemChina agrees to buy German machinery maker KraussMaffei

China National Chemical Corp agreed to buy German machinery maker KraussMaffei Group from Canada's largest buyout firm in a deal valued at about $1 billion to help the Chinese State-controlled company upgrade its expertise in manufacturing plastics and rubber.

China Orient to revamp ahead of eventual IPO

State-owned asset management firm likely to bring in strategic investors China Orient Asset Management Corp, one of the four largest Chinese asset management companies, has unveiled restructuring plans that could see the addition of strategic investors and an eventual listing of the company.

Hongqiao raising $490m via rights

China Hongqiao Group Ltd, the world's biggest maker of aluminum, will raise nearly half a billion dollars from a rights offer underwritten by its founder, highlighting the difficulties of producers amid five-year-low commodities prices. The company's shares fell in Hong Kong.

Kaisa to restructure offshore bonds

Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd has pressed ahead with a plan to restructure its offshore bonds by offering incentives to creditors almost two months after rejecting a rival proposal from a US hedge fund.