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Asia

Japan encourages fathers to take more active role in child care

24 Apr 2014 - 2:48am

Fosun Pharma will pay no more than US$223.6 million to take Chindex private, up from the initial offer of US$193.7 million. Photo: Reuters

China Business

Fosun and partners buy US hospital operator Chindex for US$433m in sweetened deal

23 Apr 2014 - 4:16am

Premier Li Keqiang's deposit insurance plan is fuelling speculation that he is preparing to let some banks collapse. Photo: AP

Banking & Finance

Bank defaults viewed as dark side of deposit vows

22 Apr 2014 - 2:05am

Volvo's first-quarter sales rose 9.5 per cent from a year earlier to 108,170 vehicles, pushed by a 25 per cent jump in China. Photo: Reuters

Companies

Volvo expects China to become its largest market in 2014

23 Apr 2014 - 5:44pm

Seasonal sales of chocolate on holidays including Easter and Christmas are likely to jump 5 per cent this year. Photo: Nora Tam

Commodities

Chocolate egg surprise for Easter is price shock amid surge in cocoa costs

21 Apr 2014 - 2:11am

Marissa Mayer.

Companies

Yahoo eyes bigger board as CEO Mayer's pay falls 23pc

19 Apr 2014 - 1:54am

Globalfoundries will license Samsung's most advanced new chipmaking technology. Photo: Reuters

Companies

Samsung and Globalfoundries form chip alliance

11 Oct 2016 - 1:04pm

The mainland vehicle market has been plagued by overcapacity, easy money and dominance by foreign carmakers. Photo: Reuters

China Business

China carmakers struggle to succeed

19 Apr 2014 - 1:09am

A plunge in house building helped drag economic growth down in the first three months of this year to the slowest in six quarters. Photo: EPA

Hong Kong & China

China may soon loosen property cooling measures, Citigroup says

18 Apr 2014 - 1:51am

China's college-educated talent pool is estimated at 195 million people by 2020, more than the entire US labour force. Photo: EPA

Global Economy

Chinese graduates deepen hi-tech inroads

18 Apr 2014 - 1:17am 2

Weibo sold 16.8 million American depositary shares for US$17 each in its IPO. Photo: AFP

Markets & Investing

Weibo raises US$286m in IPO with low-end pricing

18 Apr 2014 - 1:17am

Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen. Photo: Reuters

Banking & Finance

Federal Reserve chief Yellen plans to keep US interest rates low

30 May 2016 - 2:05pm 1

Vladimir Putin

World

Russian President Vladimir Putin hails strong relations with China

17 Apr 2014 - 10:49pm 4

Weibo lags behind Twitter's monetisation of users. Photo: EPA

Markets & Investing

Weibo IPO offers half the price of Twitter's listing

17 Apr 2014 - 1:10am

Alibaba was valued at US$153 billion in February, according to the average estimate of 10 analysts in a survey. Photo: Reuters

Markets & Investing

Alibaba's IPO prospects lift on earnings surge

17 Apr 2014 - 4:52am

Lentuo, which has two outlets that sell pre-owned cars, plans to add two used-car dealers this year. Photo: Screenshot via company website

China Business

China's Lentuo in talks to buy car dealers

17 Apr 2014 - 1:10am

An employee collects customer orders at a Tesco online distribution centre. The retailer is losing out to budget chains. Photo: Bloomberg

Companies

Tesco profit declines for second year as UK sales worsen

17 Apr 2014 - 1:09am

Credit Suisse tumbled in Swiss trading after earnings missed the 1.09 billion franc estimate of seven analysts surveyed. Photo: Reuters

Banking & Finance

Credit Suisse misses estimates with 34pc profit fall

17 Apr 2014 - 4:59am

The Galeao airport and a model of hovercraft. Photos: EPA, screenshot via Facebook

World

Brazil eyes hovercrafts to ferry tourists to Rio during soccer World Cup

16 Apr 2014 - 11:37pm

Citic Securities is the mainland's largest brokerage by market value and is keen on nurturing its overseas businesses. Photo: Reuters

Markets & Investing

Citic Securities acquires stake in US brokerage BTIG

15 Apr 2014 - 4:17am

Standard Chartered Bank is trying to cut costs and pare down operations where it does not have scale. Photo: AP

Banking & Finance

Japan's Orix eyeing Standard Chartered's PrimeCredit unit

15 Apr 2014 - 12:21am

Polls suggest Joko Widodo will win July elections. Photo: AFP

Asia

Wealth gap still plagues Indonesia ahead of presidential elections

15 Apr 2014 - 6:20pm

Protestors hold banners and flyers during a demonstration in Madrid. European Trade Union Confederation calls for more demonstrations with the participation of twenty trade unions from twelve European countries. Photo: AFP

World

Employers’ fears as Switzerland gets set to vote on world’s highest minimum wage

14 Apr 2014 - 10:06pm

A welder improvises his mask at a site in Zhejiang province. Steel output growth is seen slowing to 3 per cent this year. Photo: Reuters

Commodities

Tough pollution rules may cut China's steelmaking capacity by 2pc

15 Apr 2014 - 6:32pm 1

A customer gives a double thumbs up after he bought a new Samsung Galaxy S5 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Photo: EPA

Companies

Samsung offers freebies with Galaxy S5 to fend off rivals

11 Oct 2016 - 1:04pm 1

China's finance ministry sold 20.7 billion yuan (HK$26 billion) of one-year debt yesterday, less than the planned issuance of 28 billion yuan

Banking & Finance

China bond sale suffers setback amid expected of rate rises

12 Apr 2014 - 12:59am

Issuance of property-related trusts slid to 50.7 billion yuan (HK$63.3 billion) from 99.7 billion yuan in the fourth quarter of last year. Photo: Reuters

Banking & Finance

China property trust sales drop 49pc in first quarter

12 Apr 2014 - 12:59am

Chen Feng is a devout buddhist.

China Business

Buddhist tycoon Chen Feng built Hainan Airlines into global empire

12 Apr 2014 - 12:59am

Djoko Widodo

Asia

Small parties’ strong showing in Indonesian poll gives them key role in presidential vote

11 Apr 2014 - 10:59pm

Joko Widodo. Photo: Reuters

Markets & Investing

Shares in Jardine Cycle sink on Indonesia poll setback

11 Apr 2014 - 5:43pm

Mexico plans to begin soon building telecommunications networks to service rural areas, for which China has offered funding. Photo: AP

China Business

China offers to fund Mexico telecoms networks

11 Apr 2014 - 5:59pm

Chinese stocks have rallied as investors were encouraged by Beijing's move to step up construction and railway projects to boost economic growth.Photo: Bloomberg

Markets & Investing

Investors in Chinese stocks stunned by sharp swings

11 Apr 2014 - 12:59am

Guo Guangchang's Fosun is interested in Forbes Media after buying into the insurance unit of Caixa Geral de Depositos. Photo: Warton Li

Markets & Investing

Fosun eyes HK$5b from rights offer after stock rally

11 Apr 2014 - 12:59am

Hong Kong flights operated by Cathay Pacific Airways will be added to Manchester Airport's network as it's targeting services to Beijing. Photo: Reuters

China Business

Manchester adds Hong Kong flights in Asia push

11 Apr 2014 - 1:03am

Sales at the Chow Tai Fook's Hong Kong and Macau stores open for at least 12 months declined 9 per cent from a year earlier as fewer customers visited the shops.

Companies

Chow Tai Fook loses lustre amid poor sales in Hong Kong and Macau

11 Apr 2014 - 12:59am

Tadashi Yanai.

Companies

Fast Retailing cuts profit forecast on higher costs, waning Japan demand

11 Apr 2014 - 12:59am

Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller (left) met China National Petroleum Corp chairman Zhou Jiping in Beijing on Wednesday to discuss the terms of the gas deal. Photos: Gazprom, Dickson Lee

World

Russia-China pipeline gas deal more likely after Ukraine political crisis

11 Apr 2014 - 10:13am

A Littoral combat ship. Photo: AP

Asia

US Navy’s Littoral combat ships ‘may lack speed and capabilities’, audit says

10 Apr 2014 - 10:27pm

Dutch-born German spy, Mata Hari (left), and Arthur Ransome. Photos: National Archives, SCMP

World

MI5 worked with Boy Scouts to head off infiltration in first world war

10 Apr 2014 - 9:26pm

Ma Jun

Banking & Finance

Economist Ma Jun quits Deutsche Bank to join PBOC

10 Apr 2014 - 1:01am

Najib Razak heads a government that has focused more on shoring up its power base than revitalising the economy. Photo: Xinhua

Global Economy

Malaysia's political mess needs far more than PR fix

11 Apr 2014 - 5:51pm

The nationwide inspection of corporate bonds comes just weeks after Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science & Technology became the first mainland company to default on onshore securities when it failed to fully pay interest on a bond on March 7. Photo: AFP

China Business

NDRC investigates use of bond proceeds

10 Apr 2014 - 1:01am

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Asia

India's Uttar Pradesh and its economic hopes key to Modi's run

10 Apr 2014 - 5:25pm 3

Demand for office space is rising in Beijing while supply is limited, raising the prospect for higher rents in the capital city. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong & China

Office space shortage fuels rent rise in Beijing

9 Apr 2014 - 1:41am

The International Monetary Fund sees a 7.3pc growth for China next year but believes a 'hard landing' can be avoided. Photo: Reuters

Global Economy

IMF sees US driving world growth

9 Apr 2014 - 1:40am

UBS has scaled back its investment bank in favour of wealth management under chief executive Sergio Ermotti. Photo: Reuters

Banking & Finance

UBS adds 88 advisers for Hong Kong wealth role

9 Apr 2014 - 1:40am

The yuan has had greater price swings this year after the central bank said it will allow more two-way fluctuations. Photo: Bloomberg

Banking & Finance

Yuan rebound likely amid Beijing's bid to stem capital flight

9 Apr 2014 - 1:40am 6