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Chinese shares continue to rise
2019-04-08BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese share prices closed at another record high on Tuesday amid continuing expectations of further strong corporate profits in the first half of the year. By Aug. 6, a t...
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New York Times unveils slimmer version
2019-04-08NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The pages of New York Times started to get slimmer by 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) on Monday, which is expected to save the paper 10 million dollars a year. Several other major new...
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BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's banking regulators on Monday further eased market access for banks to rural areas and removed some obstacles to the development of rural financial services, in a mo...
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BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhuanet) --Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and India's Bharti Enterprises signed an agreement Monday to jointly build wholesale outlets that will purchase goods from farmers and small manufact...
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GM won’t sponsor USOC after 2008 Olympics
2019-04-08BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- General Motors has decided it doesn't get enough bang for its Olympics advertising buck and will not renew itsone billion U.S. dollar sponsorship of the U.S. Olympic Com...
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China Shipbuilding becomes costliest stock
2019-04-08BEIJING, Aug. 7 -- Sharesof China State Shipbuilding Co., set to become the country's biggest shipbuilder, yesterday extended three days of gains to a record after the company's new name fueled optimi...
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South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have agreed to hold the second Inter-Korean Summit in Pyongyang in late August, said an official of the Presidential Office on Wednesda...
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Train derails in India(1)
2019-04-08The wreckage of a derailed train is seen at Juhi, near the northern Indian city of Kanpur August 7, 2007. About a dozen people were reported to be injured, when the Howrah-bound Jodhpur-Howrah Express...
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Lenovo tops China’s private firms again
2019-04-08BEIJING, Aug. 7 -- Lenovo Holdings topped China's private firms for the ninth year in a row, according to the latest annual research report by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC)...
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BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua)-- Six people have been arrested in Shenzhen, south China, for running a large underground banking operation, according to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). ...