Anyone contemplating running a marathon is well advised to consider Pheidippides, the messenger in ancient Greece whose long-distance running feat gave us the word marathon and the race that goes with it. Within minutes of arriving in Athens and delivering a message of victory in battle the exhausted Pheidippides died.
When it comes to risk assessments, Axel Weber, chairman of UBS Group AG, is among the few who have been able to see things from both a regulatory and business perspective.
Carlos Ghosn has handed over the day-to-day running of Nissan Motor Co to Hiroto Saikawa, who will take the mantle of president and chief executive officer while his long-time boss focuses on revamping struggling affiliate Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
Chinese aircraft leasing firms are becoming game changers in the trillion-dollar industry as it consolidates on the back of growth in the global travel market.
Air China and Sichuan Airlines will be the first batch of mainland customers to take delivery this year of the A350 - a new widebody aircraft produced by Airbus Group SE, and the European group said it is bullish about the country's demand for widebody aircraft, fueled by fast-growing long-haul international routes.
Chinese microblogging portal Weibo Corporation reported strong revenue growth in 2016, due to increased demands from advertising and marketing revenues.
Chinese buyers including materials giant Amer International and CITIC Securities Co Ltd are readying a rival 246-million-pound ($305 million) bid for English soccer club Southampton, a source with knowledge of the plans told Reuters.
The return expectations of many Chinese investors have dropped while property investment remains a priority among younger investors in terms of financial planning, a survey showed on Thursday.
The net profit growth in 2016 of Chinese commercial banks increased 1.11 percentage points year-on-year as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2016, while the nonperforming loan ratio dropped slightly after a continuous rise since the first quarter of 2012, according to data released by the national banking regulator on Wednesday.
Shares of three listed units of State-owned China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp rose sharply on Wednesday, after the country's biggest food supplier by volume announced further plans for mixed-ownership reform on Monday.
iQiyi.com Inc, the Netflix-like video streaming arm of Chinese online search engine giant Baidu Inc, has raised $1.53 billion of new funds to compete with its domestic rivals in the ongoing battle for market shares.
Qingdao New Energy Solutions Inc, a Chinese solar panel manufacturer, has invested 240 million yuan ($34.88 million) in a 200 megawatt photovoltaic greenhouse in China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region.
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