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China's 2017 industrial profits post fastest growth in six years

ProfitsforChina’sindustrialfirmsroseattheslowestpaceinayearinDecemberasBeijing’santi-smogcurbshitactivity,butprofitsclockedtheirfastestannualriseinsixyearsascos

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China's industrial profits maintain high growth rate

China'smajorindustrialfirmssawstrongerprofitgrowthinthefirsttenmonthsofthisyear,theNationalBureauofStatistics(NBS)saidMonday.Thecompaniesreporteda23.3percentyea

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China's industrial profits in biggest surge in six years

ProfitsforChina’sindustrialpowerhousessurgedthemostinnearlysixyearsinSeptemberasagovernmentcapacityreductioncampaignsparkedfearsofwintersupplyshortagesandsentpr

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1st LD-Writethru: China's industrial profit growth slows further

​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.

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Japan gov't says economy on moderate recovery path, but investment, exports, production weigh

​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.

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China's industrial profit growth accelerates, economic prospects brighten

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.

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China's market reform eats into bank profits

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.

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Sinopec Q1 net profits surge, PetroChina down

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.