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China's A-share markets opened for foreign companies' investments

The China Securities Regulatory Commission has said that the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, held in Beijing in June, confirmed that qualified foreign and joint-venture enterprises can be registered as private securities firms with the Asset Management Association of China.

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In race to be Asia's fintech hub, Singapore leads Hong Kong

A general view of the skyline of the central business district in Singapore June 29, 2016. Picture taken June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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U.S. trade protectionist move will only backfire

International efforts to ward off trade protectionism will be a key topic at the Group of 20 (G20) summit later this year, as such practices have been on the rise.

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Belt and Road Initiative connects Chinese capabilities with U.K. expertise

Chinese and British companies are closely and successfully engaging in projects linked to the Belt and Road initiative, demonstrating the complementarity of Chinese and U.K. expertise across the globe, a report showed.

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Belt and Road Initiative connects Chinese capabilities with U.K. expertise: Report

​Chinese and British companies are closely and successfully engaging in projects linked to the Belt and Road initiative, demonstrating the complementarity of Chinese and U.K. expertise across the globe, a report showed.

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Zombie firms slow down global productivity: Rajan

The RBI governor has said that the world was facing a problem of productivity slowdown due to government inability to put firms "out of their misery" and also due to protection provided to oligopolistic firms.

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Silicon Valley female leaders launch tool to measure and improve diversity

A group of influential women in the tech industry on Tuesday launched a tool to better measure and increase diversity in technology, an area where they say not enough progress has been made.

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Japanese firms raided over post-quake bid-rigging

Public prosecutors and the Fair Trade Commission started searching the head offices of more than 10 road paving companies and related locations on Wednesday in connection with their alleged bid-rigging on projects to repair expressways damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Fixed-income products prefered by China's small investors

Volatility in China's stock market is feeding an appetite for fixed income investment products among China's small investors, driving them to Tencent's marketplace.

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1 out of 10 S. Korean companies becomes chronic "zombie": report

One out of 10 South Korean companies became a chronic "zombie" firm as they were not able to repay even borrowing costs with earnings, a central bank report showed Tuesday.

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Chinese shares edge up slightly ahead of Fed decision

Chinese shares moved up slightly on Wednesday as investors were cautious ahead of an expected interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

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Chinese travel rivals Ctrip, Qunar form partnership

China's two largest online travel websites, Ctrip.com and Baidu-backed Qunar, have effectively formed a partnership after a share swap deal between the two rivals.

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China Focus: What do Chinese firms bring about when they go out?

"Only when you benefit local people can you make profits," said Luan Jun, leader of a Chinese oil prospecting team in Kenya, after settling disputes with local people. His words reveal the philosophy of Chinese businesses going out.

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Indonesia urges palm oil plantations to meet eco-standard

​Indonesia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, has asked all palm oil plantation firms in the country to meet environmental and sustainable standard in a bid to boost competitiveness at global markets.

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Forced S. Korean WWII laborers file suit against Japanese firms

​At least 1,000 South Koreans who were forced to work for Japanese companies during World War Two plan to file the largest class-action suit of its kind for damages from their former employers.

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Chinese firms ride new wave of "going global"

Picture this: After watching the morning news on a Haier-brand TV, a foreigner packs up his Lenovo laptop and drives his Geely car to his job at an overseas subsidiary of a Chinese private company.

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Italy's productivity hampered by overwhelming presence of micro firms: study

​Italy's productivity gap with other European partners stems from a large predominance of micro-sized firms and not from an inappropriate specialisation of its economy, a recent study said.