More than 125 million Chinese use their Sina Weibo accounts every day to gossip about celebrities, find hip restaurants and stay in touch with family. They also talk about stocks, and that has entrepreneurs listening.
China's efforts to tame financial-sector risks have slowed the overall growth in banks' shadow loans, though some of the country's mid-sized lenders are still pushing rapidly into the sector, according to an analysis of their latest filings.
Serena Williams couldn't get her mind off her sore left knee as she was sent reeling from the US Open semifinals on Thursday by 11th-ranked Czech Karolina Pliskova.
Reaching top of the world seemed to agree with Angelique Kerber, who celebrated her ascension to world No 1 with a 6-4 6-3 win over Caroline Wozniacki on Thursday to advance to the US Open final.
Former world No 1 Caroline Wozniacki couldn't make it back to a third US Open final, but the Dane was pleased to have proved naysayers wrong with her run to the final four.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will soon welcome two of the sport's game-changing stars - one big and one small.
After listening to months of rumors, finally the climax: a mega product launch event which once again caught the media spotlight for Apple Inc in September.
China's local cosmetics and skincare brands are in the midst of a period of upgraded consumption, urbanization and supply-side reforms. Adapting to this will require even closer collaboration between cosmetics brands and ingredient suppliers to meet consumers' demands better and quicker, said Wilfrid Gambade, president of DSM Personal Care & Aroma.
Beijing ranked 19th in the world's top cities in terms of opportunities, standing out for economic clout, but facing the challenge of high costs, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers on Thursday. While London ranked first, Hong Kong and Shanghai placed 9th and 21st respectively.
China can meet its ambitious, sixfold 2050 economic growth target using the same amount of energy in 2050 as in 2010 with substantially more renewable energy and less coal, a report launched at a sub-forum of the G20 Summit said.
China National Petroleum Corp, the country's biggest oil and gas producer, may use a small-cap company called Daqing Huake Co as a vehicle to list its oilfield services unit and avoid an initial public offering, according to sources.
Financial companies in Hong Kong and Guangdong province are teaming up to embrace the opportunities brought by the opening of China's financial sector.
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