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China total GDP revised up 3.4% in 2013: govt
Dec 19, 2014 (AFP)
China's gross domestic product (GDP) turned out to be 3.4 percent larger last year than originally announced, the government said Friday after a national survey...
China December manufacturing index falls to 7-month low: HSBC
Dec 16, 2014 (AFP)
China's manufacturing activity worsened in December with HSBC's closely watched purchasing managers' index (PMI) hitting a seven-month low, the bank said Tuesda...
Japan economy key after Abe landslide: analysts
Dec 15, 2014 (AFP)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was getting down to a second consecutive term in office Monday after a thumping election win, with analysts warning he needed to make ...
China's November industrial output at three-month low
Dec 12, 2014 (AFP)
China's industrial output expanded at its slowest pace in three months in November, official data showed Friday, with other key indicators also pointing to weak...
China bank lending picks up in November: central bank
Dec 12, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese banks lent more in November than October, official data showed Friday, after the country's central bank cut interest rates in a surprise move late Novem...
China November industrial output at three-month low
Dec 12, 2014 (AFP)
China's industrial output expanded at its slowest pace in three months in November, official data showed Friday, with other key indicators also pointing to weak...
China boosts bank liquidity with $65 billion fund injection
Dec 11, 2014 (AFP)
China's central bank has stepped up its efforts to pump more cash into its banking system with a $65 billion fund injection, Dow Jones Newswires reported Thursd...
China November inflation falls to five-year-low 1.4%: govt
Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)
China's consumer inflation fell to a five-year low of 1.4 percent in November, the government said Wednesday, fuelling concern about the danger of deflation in ...
Under pressure Swiss banks eye Chinese wealth
Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)
Switzerland's banking sector, facing the end of the secrecy that was once the bedrock of its business, is turning to China as it seeks new markets for the futur...
China leaders convene to forge key 2015 economy policies
Dec 09, 2014 (AFP)
China's top leaders opened a meeting Tuesday to craft economic policies for 2015 as the world's second-largest economy embraces slower long-term growth, state m...
China 2015 GDP target in focus as stimulus expectations heat up
Dec 07, 2014 (AFP)
China is poised to cut its growth target for the first time in three years and ramp up stimulus as the economy comes under increasing downward pressure, analyst...
India says won't sacrifice growth at climate talks
Dec 05, 2014 (AFP)
India will not sign any deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions at UN climate talks that threatens its growth or undermines its fight against poverty, the environm...
China bank ICBC plans $5.6 bn preferred share issue
Dec 04, 2014 (AFP)
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) will sell more than $5.60 billion worth of preferred shares offshore in three different currencies, it said T...
Corruption worsening in Turkey, China: Transparency
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
Corruption has worsened in China, Turkey and other fast-growing economies, a watchdog warned Wednesday, urging the world's banking centres to help combat graft ...
US: Chinese economy should wean from cheap labor model
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
The United States on Wednesday said China needs to move away from its cheap labor and export-focused economy to maintain growth in the years ahead. US Treasury ...
China to implement property registration in March: report
Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)
China will implement long-awaited property registration rules from March, a Chinese media outlet said Tuesday, in a move that could give the country's anti-corr...
China manufacturing growth at eight-month low: govt
Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)
China's manufacturing growth skidded to an eight-month low in November, an official survey showed Monday, fuelling speculation authorities will take further ste...
China plans deposit insurance in long-awaited reform
Nov 30, 2014 (AFP)
China on Sunday moved closer to introducing deposit insurance, a long-awaited economic reform seen as a way to impose greater market discipline on the country's...
Innovation hatching in Greece amid slow economic revival
Nov 30, 2014 (AFP)
A taxi-tracking tool, a head-hunting engine and a vertical gardening company -- all business startups that have paradoxically emerged from a Greek economy long ...
Italy PM moots temporary nationalisation of troubled steel plant
Nov 30, 2014 (AFP)
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Sunday floated the idea of nationalising during "two or three years" the country's loss-making Ilva steel plant, one of E...
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