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Gold shares up on safe-haven idea

[2017-02-13 07:47]

Share prices of companies producing or selling gold have surged in the past few weeks thanks to rising demands for the metal as a safe haven for investors.

Yellow metal price may rise

[2017-02-13 07:47]

Gold will climb about 6 percent through the end of the year as investors seek a shelter from the rising political risk surrounding US President Donald Trump, according to Independent Strategy Ltd's David Roche, who has about 45 years of experience covering markets.

Tales of China that dazzled a king

[2017-02-11 07:15]

It took Choe Bu, a Korean living in the late 15th century, 135 days to make the trek from a tiny town on China's eastern coast to Beijing, capital of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and then back to his motherland.

Accouterments of beauty that tell a dynasty's tale

[2017-02-11 07:15]

When Shi Chao of the Zhejiang Provincial Museum was busy preparing last year for an exhibition on gold and silver jewelry and wares unearthed in the province, he found a line of words inscribed on a gold hairpin. The words read: zi jin zao, or made from self-provided gold.

Co-working sows love across spaces

[2017-02-10 07:34]

"Do What You Love" is Adam Neumann's catchphrase and no-one who has visited a location of WeWork - the world's biggest co-working space operator - can fail to be impressed by the bon mot that can be found just about everywhere in the company's public spaces to inspire the start-up entrepreneurs, freelancers and self-employed professionals who gather there to work.

Brexit is making wealthiest UK bosses richer in upset to May

[2017-02-10 07:34]

Brexit is about to make CEOs of some of Britain's biggest public companies a whole lot richer.

US urged to ease trade frictions

[2017-02-10 07:26]

China has called on the United States to cut the number of trade remedy investigations on Chinese products, to reduce the chances for trade friction, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

Guizhou releases key plan for digital economy

[2017-02-10 07:26]

Guizhou has released a key development plan on its digital economy, which aims to lift the contribution made by the sector to at least 30 percent of the province's total gross domestic product by 2020, senior officials said.

Shipping industry being buoyed by China data

[2017-02-10 07:26]

The international shipping sector is banking on forecasts that predict growth in the China-led trade of commodities to create an increasingly integrated global infrastructure for services.

IPOs set to double to $44 billion

[2017-02-10 07:26]

The amount of China's Initial Public Offerings is expected to total 300 billion yuan ($43.7 billion) in 2017 - double that of last year - as a result of several official initiatives supporting them, analysts said on Thursday.

Carlsberg said to weigh up bid for Tsingtao

[2017-02-10 07:26]

Carlsberg A/S, the Danish beer maker, is weighing up whether to purchase a 20 percent stake in China's Tsingtao Brewery Co, sources said.

Heilongjiang airline set to take off

[2017-02-10 07:26]

Longjiang Airlines Co Ltd, the first local airline in Heilongjiang province in northeastern China, is set to launch its first flight from Harbin to Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on Friday, with a stopover in Hefei, Anhui province.

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