Buffett may opt for minority stakes in European family firms

Billionaire Warren Buffett, halfway through a four-day European tour to drum up potential acquisition targets, is willing to consider minority investments in the right family owned businesses.

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Wenchuan Quake

True horror

"I'm breathing hard, as if there is a big rock on my chest. I cannot see anything, but hear only a chilly voice whispering into my ear: 'Li Ximin, you're dead.' How can I be dead? I have a clear sense I'm alive - my mind works quickly, only my body cannot move, as if it is bound and gagged. Who's joking with me?

Wenchuan Quake

Show of support draws $215m

Zhang Xufu could not believe his eyes when he saw his daughter on TV on the night of May 18. During a fundraising event hosted by CCTV, his daughter Bai Lin was recalling her experiences during the earthquake, which destroyed her school in Beichuan county.

Stars swing into action to help out

Chinese entertainment stars are opening their hearts and wallets to help victims of Sichuan's May 12 earthquake.

Teacher's blog describes happy times before disaster

The pictures showed teachers and students from senior grade 3 of Beichuan Middle School happily playing games on the school grounds.

Wenchuan Quake

Power of their mothers' love

The extraordinary efforts of mothers and fathers to save their children are unforgettable

Business International

GE to shed appliance unit: Report

General Electric Co may sell or seek a partner for the unit that makes refrigerators and washers, ending more than a century in an industry that helped make GE a household name, people familiar with the situation said.