PayPal to end partnership with Alibaba

2011-06-07 17:08:24

EBay Inc's PayPal online payment system will end a partnership with Alibaba Group's Aliexpress.com beginning Aug 3, Shanghai Securities News reported Tuesday.

Imported iron ore stocks rise in China

2011-06-07 17:05:36

Inventories of iron ore at 25 of China's major sea ports rose by 380,000 metric tons to hit a total of 93.45 million metric tons on June 6, according to the Xinhua-China Iron Ore Price Index released on Tuesday.

Shenzhen seeks Danish investment

2011-06-07 17:03:02

Officials and experts from Shenzhen, China, were in Denmark to boost trade and attract investment in high-technology, new energy and other emerging industries, on Monday.

Powering up the lure of e-cars

2011-06-07 16:58:29

I was feeling revved up after I read in METRO that people who buy electric cars, or e-cars, will be able to take a detour around the city's license plate lottery. What a breath of fresh air the idea is.

China stock index futures close up - June 7

2011-06-07 16:49:37

China's stock index futures closed higher on Tuesday with the contract for June, the most actively traded, up 0.3 percent from the previous day to 2,995 points.

ChiNext Index closes up - June 7

2011-06-07 16:48:11

The ChiNext Index, launched by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) on June 1, 2010, rose 0.17 points, or 0.02 percent, to 847.71 on Tuesday.

3,000-yuan tax threshold can offset inflation: Official

2011-06-07 16:27:27

Jia Kang, director of the Research Institute for Fiscal Science under the Ministry of Finance, said in an article he co-authored that a proposal to increase the minimum income tax threshold to 3,000 yuan is enough to offset the recent round of inflation.

Debate: Should China go ahead to develop hydropower?

2011-06-07 16:11:11

Should China go ahead with its plan to develop the hydropower sector? It definitely should, says an expert, while a professor of ecology and microbiology disagrees.

True level of development

2011-06-07 16:05:03

Huge economic and social security gap between urban and rural areas serves as important indicator of China's status

Fujian's non-State sector imports more

2011-06-07 16:02:13

The non-state sector in east China's Fujian Province generated $14.16 billion in foreign trade in the first four months of this year, an increase of 41.1 percent on the same period of last year, according to the local customs house.

ABB, Schneider bid for China cleantech firm

2011-06-07 15:59:21

Engineering companies ABB Ltd and Schneider Electric are among second-round bidders for a private equity-owned China cleantech asset that could fetch as much as $700 million, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Housing projects proceed too slow for govt

2011-06-07 15:41:20

China will find it difficult to achieve its goal of building 10 million government-subsidized residences this year since most of the planned projects have not started yet, analysts said.