Outbound M&A activity on the rise

2013-01-08 13:05:48

Chinese outbound mergers and acquisitions activity is expected to increase this year, partly supported by the continued implementation of the country's 12th Five-Year Plan.

Mainland consortium invests big in Taiwan port

2013-01-08 10:04:27

Three shipping heavyweights from the Chinese mainland have agreed to invest $135 million in a key port in Taiwan.

Major steel companies see strong Nov profits

2013-01-08 09:30:49

China's 80 largest steel makers generated a profit of 3.28 billion yuan ($526.42 million) in November, but their revenue for the year to remain in the red.

Lenovo launches Horizon Table PC

2013-01-07 17:12:37

Lenovo showed its most important new product of the year, the IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC, on the pre-exhibition unveiled to media.

VW cars recalled in Taiwan

2013-01-07 17:12:20

Volkswagen voluntarily recalled its products from Taiwan consumers on Dec 27, 2012 because of Direct-Shift Gearbox problems, China Youth Daily reported Thursday.

China's top gold producer's sales up 27% in 2012

2013-01-07 17:05:50

China National Gold Group Corp said Monday that its sales reached 100.6 billion yuan in 2012, up 27.1 percent from 2011.

360buy splits group buying business

2013-01-07 17:00:19

China's second-largest business-to-customer e-commerce website by revenue, 360buy.com, said it will spin off the group buying business into a separate business unit.

New central SOEs merger deal announced

2013-01-07 16:51:15

China may speed up its pace of integrating central State-owned enterprises as it announced it will merge two central SOEs, reducing the total number of such companies to 116.

Quality watchdog keeps eye on VW

2013-01-07 16:19:20

An official from China's quality watchdog has said in an interview the administration is closely monitoring the quality of Volkswagen's direct-shift gearboxes.

Huawei expects net profit to increase 30% in 2012

2013-01-07 15:54:21

Huawei, China's largest maker of telecom equipment, expects a net profit of $2.4 billion in 2012, up about 30 percent from a year earlier.

Chinese company buys into US shale oil and gas assets

2013-01-07 15:14:22

A private Chinese company, Lanzhou Haimo Technologies, signed a deal with Houston-based Carrizo Oil & Gas to buy into the American company's shale oil and gas assets in Colorado.

China's wellspring of demand

2013-01-07 10:43:27

Paris-based Suez Environnement plans to invest more in China, where environmental protection and sustainable development are becoming the top priorities.