Pawnshops cash in on rising home prices
2010-03-24 07:50:20
Mortgage business has soared 30 percent in Beijing Huaxia Pawnshop as house prices in the city grew by about 11 percent in the third week of March.
Second-hand luxury is no barrier to success
2010-03-24 07:50:20
It was while looking at her boxes full of mobile phones that Lu Runwu came up with the idea of starting a business to help rich people sell second-hand luxury goods.
Swinging into business for Irish entrepreneur
2010-03-23 10:25:00
There are those working to cultivate China's taste for fine French wines. Others introduce the country to luxury cars. And then there is Mick Quaid, whose goal it is to teach as many Chinese as he can, not only to play golf, but how to play it well.
Survey says grads sad with low pay, no future
2010-03-23 10:23:48
Most of last year's graduates are already encountering problems at work, partially due to the financial meltdown, a recent survey has found.
Dodgy service centers take overflow of faulty HP laptops
2010-03-23 10:09:59
After a quality problem involving laptops produced by Hewlett-Packard (HP) was recently exposed in China, phony service centers are lapping up business from the brand's troubled users.
Status changes whip crowd into hysterical laughter
2010-03-22 08:09:27
"Judge thy neighbor," rather than "love thy neighbor," was the theme of a bilingual workshop on a recent Wednesday evening.
Shakespeare, with an improvised twist
2010-03-22 08:09:27
Shakespeare Revelries, a Beijing actors group, improvises the world's most famous plays
Job fair promotes low-carbon firms
2010-03-22 07:55:10
Several hundred graduates rushed to the first job fair for low-carbon professionals on Sunday in Beijing, but despite "low carbon" being a popular industry catchphrase, that was not the event's main attraction.
Tax officer convicted of taking bribes appeals sentence
2010-03-22 07:55:10
The former vice-head of the Beijing Chongwen District Local Taxation Bureau who accepted 1 million yuan in bribes from a real estate developer, has appealed to the City's No 1 Intermediate Court for a lenient sentence.
Fraudster jailed for life for big con
2010-03-22 07:55:10
A Madoff-style fraudster who swindled 660 million yuan from a bank in the form of loans has been jailed for life at a Beijing court.