Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's renewed focus on profits in 2017 signals a shift in its smartphone business, as the Chinese tech group seeks to outcompete Apple Inc in the premium handset sector, analysts said on Monday.
Analysts warned on Monday that insurers' profit margins will be tighter this year, amid an environment of low interest rates and increased regulation to contain financial risks.
Hyundai Motor Co and Kia Motors Corp, South Korea's largest automakers, have set a target to deliver a combined 8.25 million vehicles in 2017 as they see competition in the auto industry intensify amid global uncertainties.
Wall Street remains bullish about China's internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd amid a spate of stock selling by its principal stakeholders in the past six months.
E-commerce companies said they will make great efforts to boost traditional enterprises and upgrade the real economy as the government published plans to develop e-commerce business during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20).
It's a traditional holiday season when many would pamper themselves with lavish spending. So indulge me while I wax lyrical about some penny-pinching Chinese billionaires.
Despite the global economic slowdown and tougher competition to attract capital, Shanghai attracted $18.5 billion in overseas investment in 2016, marking the 17th consecutive year of growth.
Woods comeback the talk of golf as he ends 2016 on a high
Money flooded into sport in 2016 faster than ever and bloated the salaries of stars who have become multi-million-dollar brands.
Doping, financial and sex-abuse scandals shamed sport last year. Here are five ongoing scandals to follow in 2017:
It's a little over 50 years since the Star Trek burst onto US television and began boldly going where no man had gone before.
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