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$1.2b raised

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Changes at airline

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Gas pipeline

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Easy go

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China the test bed for new technologies

Paul A. Laudicina, managing officer and chairman of the board with US consulting firm AT Kearney, is a frequent visitor to China. In his recent trip to Beijing, he talked to China Daily reporter Liu Baijia about the impact of the messages from the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party on businesses and how multinationals should cope with new changes in China.

Banking service fees are a turnoff

A new program allowing bank users to make deposits, withdrawals and transfers at any banking outlet through a universal payment system could be undermined by public reluctance to pay the high fees associated with it.

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Maotai output capacity

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Two for joy

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Aluminum giant presents environment blueprint

As a global aluminum firm focusing on both upstream and downstream business, Alcoa regards China as an increasingly important emerging market. While the Chinese government attaches increasing importance to energy efficiency and emissions reduction, Alcoa offers suggestions to save energy and protect the environment. Helmut Wieser, vice-president of Alcoa and group president responsible for Alcoa's global mill products, rigid packaging and hard alloy extrusion businesses, shares the company's views on energy efficiency and business expansion in China with China Daily reporter Wang Yu.