CHINA'S Sany Group Co., Ltd. said today that its core request in the lawsuit against US President Barack Obama has been accepted.
AN encouraging manufacturing report nudged the US stock market higher yesterday, giving it a slight gain for the week, even as a deadline for avoiding sweeping government spending cuts loomed.
OIL fell yesterday to its lowest level of the year on worrisome economic developments in the world's two largest oil-consuming nations.
CHINA'S manufacturing grew at its weakest rate in five months in February as demand faltered and factories shut down for the lunar New Year holiday, two surveys showed yesterday.
HOME prices in China rose for the ninth consecutive month in February, though at a slower pace, with nearly three quarters of the cities monitored seeing gains from January.
UNEMPLOYMENT across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro has risen to a record 11.9 percent but inflation has fallen to its lowest level in two and a half years, official figures showed yesterday.
TRADITIONALLY a platform for boosting exports, the East China Fair has turned the tables somewhat this year by inviting more foreign exhibitors to the Shanghai-hosted event.
CHINESE banks' bad loans increased for a fifth straight quarter, the longest deterioration streak since the data became available in 2004, as the economy slows.
SHANGHAI stocks retreated yesterday after data showed China's manufacturing activity moderated to a five-month low in February.