PetroChina, China's top oil and gas producer, announced on Monday it will use part of its pipeline business to form a new company, which will then be sold as part of its mixed-ownership drive.
Huayi Brothers Media Group, one of China's most established private film studios, announced on Thursday that it aims to gross 10 billion yuan (1.6 billion U.S. dollars) at the box office in the next two years with cooperation from Hollywood's Studio 8.
Hong Kong received 243.5 billion HK dollars in tax revenue in 2013-14, setting another record high after the 2012-13 collection year, according to Inland Revenue Department of the city government.
The Australian coalition government 's National Commission of Audit on Thursday released a report with recommendations to the federal budget, containing 86 recommendations aimed at saving the budget up to 70 billion AU dollars (64.94 billion U.S. dollars) annually.
The value of New Zealand's goods exports rose by 2.1 percent to 13.6 billion NZ dollars (11. 59 billion U.S. dollars) in the quarter to the end of March, the third quarterly rise in a row, the government statistics agency announced Tuesday.
The People's Bank of China (PBoC), the country's central bank, has denied holding bailout talks with a small property developer, said the bank on Tuesday.
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang will pay a state visit to Japan on March 16-19 at the invitation of Japanese Emperor Akihito, Vietnamese foreign ministry announced on Sunday.
U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled a 3.9 trillion-dollar budget plan for the 2015 fiscal year, which will be used to fund infrastructure upgrading, education and other social programs.
Wealthy Chinese feature prominently in the new Hurun Global Rich List, with notable headlines from the annual report including Jack Ma of Alibaba Group and Lei Jun of Xiaomi. This contributed to the fact that technology overtook real estate to be key source of wealth.
New Zealand tax revenue fell below forecast in the second half of last year, leaving the government with an operating deficit of 1.8 billion NZ dollars (1. 49 billion U.S. dollars), which was 380 million NZ dollars (315.58 million U.S. dollars) worse than expected, the New Zealand Treasury announced Friday.
Vietnam's real estate industry is expected to attract more foreign investment, even though the domestic economy is forecast to face challenges this year, Vietnam News daily reported Saturday.
Sony Corp. announced Thursday it had revised its full year forecast for the year through March to a group net loss of 110 billion yen (1.1 billion U.S. dollars) from a profit of 30 billion yen, owing to sluggish sales of its televisions and personal computers.
Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Department (CSD) released the external merchandise trade statistics Monday, according to which the value of total exports of goods rose by 3.6 percent in 2013 over 2012, and the value of imports of goods increased by 3.8 percent.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Tuesday reported its net income for the fourth quarter of 2013 stood at 5. 3 billion U.S. dollars, down 7.3 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Chinese consumers are spending a record amounts, with total transaction value via UnionPay over 100 billion yuan (16 billion U.S. dollars) on New Year's Day alone.
South Korean shares rose for five straight sessions on Monday as the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to reduce its bond purchases was accepted as signs that the world's largest economy started to recover.
Australia's total export volumes grew by 6.0 percent in 2012-13, according to Composition of Trade, Australia 2012-13 and Trade in Primary and Manufactured Products 2012-13, two publications released on Wednesday by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
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