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China says breaks up international terrorist cell

reuters.com     44 mins ago   5 related          

BEIJING (Reuters) - Shanghai police have broken up an international terrorist group that had planned to attack an Olympic football preliminary match in the city, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday. "We have staged raids...                

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China Restricts Business Visas

wsj.com     6 hrs ago   40 related          

BEIJING -- China has clamped down further on issuing business visas during the Olympic period, government officials said Thursday, in the latest expansion of already-tight entry restrictions for the games. Beijing has stopped...                

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Shanghai house sales see declining trend

chinarealnews.typepad.com     7 hrs ago   2 related          

2008-07-24 Shanghai Housing prices in shanghai have shown signs of decline, with some luxury apartments in the city center seeing decreases in price while potential buyers remain uncertain on the timing of making a purchase....                

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bbc.co.uk: Graph of cost of living index bbc.co.uk

Report ranks world`s most expensive cities

unian.net     5 hrs ago   31 related          

Moscow is the world`s priciest city for expatriate workers and is almost 1.5 times as expensive as New York, Shanghai, Amsterdam and Madrid, a report on relative living costs shows, according to Reuters. Tokyo rose above London...                

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China's New Threat: Informal Financing

wsj.com     11 hrs ago          

SHANGHAI -- The Chinese government's efforts to rein in bank lending have triggered rapid growth in informal and underground financing alternatives, meaning Chinese corporations could be more exposed to a slowdown in economic...                

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China's shares rise, led by real estate and financial stocks on economic optimism

iht.com     3 hrs ago   3 related          

Chinese shares rose Thursday, led by gains in real estate and financial stocks on optimism that lower oil prices might ease inflation pressure and improve the economy's outlook in the second half. The benchmark Shanghai...                

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Earnings: Baidu's Q2 Profits Up 87 Percent (paidContent.org)

yahoo.com     4 hrs ago          

Chinese search engine Baidu reported its Q2 results today, and its profits came in at 265 million yuan, or $38.6 million, versus 141.9 million yuan a year earlier, beating the average expectation of $35.5 million from analysts.                

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Another secrect car from Shanghai VW?

chinacartimes.com     11 hrs ago   1 related          

Shanghai VW are reportedly working on another secret car, possibly a ‘New Midsize Sedan’ or NMS. The car is expected to replace the VW Passat Lingyu in China by 2010, and will also go on sale in the USA. The car is planned to...                

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Tigermed Closes Series A Financing

tmcnet.com     11 hrs ago          

Tigermed Consulting announced that it has closed its Series A financing from Qiming Venture Partners, a venture capital firm based in Shanghai. With capital injection, Tigermed said it has entered into a period of rapid...                

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Weaker Oil Prices Lift Asian Markets (at CNBC)

yahoo.com     4 hrs ago   17 related          

ASIAN MARKETS, STOCKS, SHARES, NIKKEI, KOSPI, SHANGHAI COMPOSITE, HANG SENG, STRAITS TIMES INDEX, SYDNEY, SEOUL Oil prices fell to a seven-week low below $125 a barrel Thursday as U.S. energy demand was seen reaching a tipping...                

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