Singapore’s CPI rises to 0.6 pct in Marc...
SINGAPORE, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Singapore’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew 0.6 percent year on year in March, following the 0.5-percent increase in February, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry
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Singapore’s CPI rises to 0.6 pct in Marc...
SINGAPORE, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Singapore’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew 0.6 percent year on year in March, following the 0.5-percent increase in February, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry
Elon Musk: Robots will drive Tesla taxis...
The billionaire chief executive sets out his long-term plans for Tesla ahead of a grilling with investors.
Twitter Q1 flies past estimates with sal...
Social networking and media platform Twitter today reported its results for the first quarter of the year, and it’s a strong one. The company said that revenues came in at $787 million, up 18 pe
Guangdong's foreign trade down slightly ...
GUANGZHOU, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Total foreign trade in south China's Guangdong Province contracted by 1 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of this year to 1.55 trillion yuan (230 billion U.S.
Chinese SOEs maintain profit growth
BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Profits of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) maintained stable growth in the first quarter of 2019, official data showed Tuesday. The combined profits of SOEs rose
Chinese SOEs maintain profit growth
Profits of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) maintained stable growth in the first quarter of 2019, official data showed Tuesday. The combined profits of SOEs rose 15.6 percent year on year to 8
Indonesia looks to higher GDP growth nex...
JAKARTA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government has set a stagnant or higher economic growth target next year as consumption and investment are looked to stay afload. The government assumed t
Macao's visitor arrivals surge 24 pct in...
MACAO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Visitor arrivals to Macao totaled 3.39 million in March, up by 24.0 percent year-on-year, the special administrative region (SAR)'s statistic service said here on Wednesda
Lhasa receives over 19.9 mln visitors in...
LHASA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, saw more than 19.9 million visitors to the city in 2018, up by 23.87 percent year on year, local authorities s
Indonesia's former minister gets 3-year ...
JAKARTA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's former social minister Idrus Marham received on Tuesday a 3-year imprisonment sentence as he was proved guilty for receiving a bribe amounting to 2.25 billio
Baosteel net profit down 46 pct in Q1
SHANGHAI, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Baoshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. saw its net profit slump 45.7 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019 amid falling profit margins. In a filing to the Shanghai
Bank of Beijing net profit up 9.5 pct in...
BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Bank of Beijing, a commercial bank in the Chinese capital, reported a net profit of 6.3 billion yuan (940 million U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2019, up 9.5 perc
2018: Lhasa welcomes over 19.9 mln visit...
Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, welcomed more than 19.9 million visitors to the city in 2018, up by 23.87 percent year on year, local authorities said Tuesday. The ci
China pork producer swings to loss on lo...
BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Wens Foodstuff Group Co., one of China's largest pork producers, said Wednesday that its net profits swung to a big loss during the first quarter this year. The company
British gov't borrowing hits 17-year low
LONDON, April 24 (Xinhua) -- British government borrowing for the last financial year, between April 2018 and March 2019, hit the lowest point in 17 years, according to figures released Wednesday by
Chinese cookware giant reports double di...
BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- China's leading cookware company Supor saw a 12-percent growth year on year in revenue in the first quarter of the year, a corporate report has said. From January to Mar
China's leading chemical company Wanhua ...
BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) - Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd., a leading chemical company in China, has posted 14.11 percent year-on-year revenue growth in 2018. In its annual financial results filed
Feature: Belt and Road helps British soc...
LONDON, April 25 (Xinhua) -- A book with Chinese traditional blue-and-white porcelain patterns on its front cover was launched last year at the annual London Book Fair. Turning to Page 36, one could