Airline to out-of-way airport deemed 'most exhausting'

2012-10-30 17:23:55

A Chinese airline that offers 6-hour flights taking passengers between two cities via an out-of-the-way airport in a third city has been deemed the most-exhausting airline.

Credit checks tightened on corporate bond market

2012-10-30 17:14:46

China is to tighten credit checks on corporate bond financing, a notice released by the nation's top economic planning body said on Monday.

Tough times for construction machinery firms

2012-10-30 17:14:00

Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG) has reported a three-year low in net profit during the third quarter.

Tax reform reduces enterprises' burden

2012-10-30 16:55:43

Reform of turnover tax would reduce 95 percent of the trial enterprises'tax burden, an official from East China's Zhejiang province said on Monday at a news conference.

When will protectionism end?

2012-10-30 16:50:30

The EU's trade protectionism measures against Chinese bikes - for reasons of dumping and government subsidies - have lasted 20 years.

Shandong Gold OK'd to buy stake in Focus Minerals

2012-10-30 16:47:06

Shandong Gold Group, China's second-largest producer of the metal by reserves, has won Australian foreign investment approval to buy a 51-percent stake in Focus Minerals Ltd.

Property sales in China's major cities drop in Oct

2012-10-30 15:30:26

Property sales in China's 54 major cities dropped 6.4 percent month-on-month in October, the third consecutive drop.

Baosteel's Q3 net profit down 5% to 1.18b yuan

2012-10-30 15:09:56

Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd said on Tuesday its third-quarter net profit decreased 4.88 percent year-on-year to 1.18 billion yuan ($188 million).

6 trillion yuan invested in agriculture

2012-10-30 14:04:16

China invested more than 6 trillion yuan ($930 billion) during the decade from 2003 to 2012, the highest in the country's history.

Baidu's mobile search traffic surges

2012-10-30 13:37:22

Baidu Inc said its mobile search traffic has registered triple-digit growth compared with last year amid a transition from personal computers to mobile devices.

China Life net profit down 56% in Jan-Sept

2012-10-29 15:56:57

China Life Insurance Co Ltd said on Oct 27 its net profit decreased 55.6 percent year-on-year to 74.3 billion yuan ($12 billion) in the first three quarters of the year.

Outsourcing from cradle to grave

2012-10-29 15:30:48

In modern China, you can find any service as long as you are willing to pay for it. Tasks and chores once endured by all from the cradle to the grave can now be outsourced in a flash.