Around 40 employees of China Railway Corp (CRC) kneeled down in front of the corporation’s headquarter in Beijing on December 9, 2015, appealing for equal pay and protesting against the terminations of contractors, caixin.com reported.
Cuba and the United States on Tuesday held their first talks to discuss mutual compensations for Cuba's nationalization of American assets and the damages derived from the U.S. economic blockade on the island.
The Japanese government said Wednesday that core machinery orders in private sector here jumped a seasonally adjusted 10.7 percent in October on month for the second straight monthly increase.
Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect has operated steadily since its launch a year ago, despite the crisis in the mainland's stock market last summer.
Chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Chui Sai On said on Tuesday the region is poised to continuously improve people's livelihood and speed up "appropriate diversification" of the local economy.
China's largest trade fair on Wednesday concluded its 118th session in the southern province of Guangdong with fewer buyers and transactions, mirroring tough export prospects for China.
China aims to nearly quadruple the revenues of its express delivery market by 2020 in a move to boost consumption and services as the economy slowed on softening trade and investment.
Japan's electronics giant Sharp announced on Monday that it will sell its two head office buildings in Osaka for a total of 18.8 billion yen (156 million U. S.dollars).
Japan's Toshiba Corp. logged 37.83 billion yen (about 317.7 million U.S. dollars) group net loss for the past fiscal year through March due to asset impairment charges and other losses, local media reported Monday.
Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes said Monday that private-sector investment in the city's Olympic infrastructure projects will ensure the Games are delivered on time and within budget.
The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) on Wednesday gave green light to Greece's 86-billion-euro bailout package, following lawmakers in several member states nodded to the plan.
Japan's trade deficit shrinks less than expected following weak GDP data
The European Union (EU) on Tuesday dismissed reports which warn Greece's financing need will exceed 86 billion euros, the overall sum the country will receive under an Eurozone fund in its fresh bailout plan, saying de facto figure even could be much less.
The exports of the 19-country Eurozone increased to 182.7 billion euros in June, official data shows, suggesting the single currency bloc continued to benefit from the weakened euro.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) will tap shareholders for a 5 billion dollar lift in capital reserves after unveiling a record 9.15 billion Australian dollar ( 6.67 billion U.S. dollar) cash profit on Wednesday.
Lock-up shares worth nearly 55 billion yuan (nine billion U.S. dollars) will become eligible for trade on China's stock market next week.
Despite the crisis in Brazil, some of the country's most prominent banks registered good results in the second quarter and even announced the acquisition of other banking institutions.
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