ProfitsforChina’sindustrialfirmsroseattheslowestpaceinayearinDecemberasBeijing’santi-smogcurbshitactivity,butprofitsclockedtheirfastestannualriseinsixyearsascos
China'smajorindustrialfirmssawstrongerprofitgrowthinthefirsttenmonthsofthisyear,theNationalBureauofStatistics(NBS)saidMonday.Thecompaniesreporteda23.3percentyea
ProfitsforChina’sindustrialpowerhousessurgedthemostinnearlysixyearsinSeptemberasagovernmentcapacityreductioncampaignsparkedfearsofwintersupplyshortagesandsentpr
The profits of China's major industrial firms rose 3.7 percent year on year in May, 0.5 percentage points lower than the rise recorded in April, official data showed on Monday.
The Japanese government on Monday left unchanged its basic economic assessment for December from a month earlier, saying the world's third-largest economy is recovering moderately, owing to stable consumer spending and growing business profits.
China's industrial profits continued to grow at a faster pace in the first half of this year, the latest evidence that the world's second-largest economy is gaining strength against downward pressures.
The days of China's banks raking in easy fat profits have gone, for now, as the slowing economy and market-based financial reform squeeze profits and extend bad loans, semi-annual reports have shown.
China's largest oil refiner Sinopec saw net profits return to strong growth in the first quarter of 2013, while the country's top oil and gas producer PetroChina reported a decline in profits, company statements showed Thursday.