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iPhone finally rings in S. Korea

Business | Information industry
2009-11-23

APPLE Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, KT Corp announced yesterday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets. The telco began accepting...

Output of food to top US$717b

Business | FMCG/food
2009-11-23

THE output value of China's food industry is expected to grow 16.7 percent year on year, according to the China National Food Industry Association. Liu Zhi, CNFIA's executive vice chairman, told the Seventh China...

Shipyard launches Panamax bulk vessel

Business | Shipping and ports
2009-11-23

HUDONG-ZHONGHUA Shipbuilding (Group) Co Ltd yesterday launched a new Panamax bulk carrier that will be delivered to Italy's Rizzo-Bottiglieri-De Carlini Armatori SpA Shipping Co, which has ordered seven other vessels...

Need for plan to lift consumption

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-11-23

HIGH savings and weak consumption were still the main structural problems for China's economy, and the country needed to craft a national plan to boost consumption and adjust the economic structure, an expert has...

Chelsea, United march on but Gunners stumble

Sports | Soccer
2009-11-23

CHELSEA trounced Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 to stay five points clear of champion Manchester United at the top of the English Premier League on Saturday. United kept pace with the leader by beating Everton...

Liao relives Olympic triumph with sweep

Sports | Weightlifting
2009-11-23

OLYMPIC champion Liao Hui of China swept the men's 69-kilogram class with three golds while arch-rival Vencelas Dabaya-Tientcheu of France failed to get a total result at the world championships in Goyang, outside...

Lin, Jiang shine in Shanghai

Sports | Badminton
2009-11-23

CHINA'S Lin 'Super' Dan grabbed his fourth Super Series title of the season with an easy victory over Denmark's Jan Jorgensen in the final of the US$250,000 China Open in Shanghai yesterday. China also won...

Guqin, a Chinese zither evoking sound of a mist, makes a comeback

Feature | Art
2009-11-23

TO tai chi master Guo Huaisheng, music floats from a guqin (a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family) like mist while melodies run from a piano like rainfall. "A great pianist can...

Now it's okay to run your office at home

Hangzhou
2009-11-23

NEW college-graduate entrepreneurs in Hangzhou can now register their dormitories or apartments as their legal place of business when applying for a business license. The new home-office regulation for such entrepreneurs...

Young self-starters get business help

Hangzhou
2009-11-23

YOUNG college graduates starting a business are getting a big helping hand from the Hangzhou municipal government. It is enacting policies and giving incentives and subsidies that encourage young people faced with...