Singapore government released on Monday its new measures to promote marriage and parenthood here, including providing affordable and available public housing, assisting reproduction, as well as incentives of healthcare and paternity leave.
China has fined South Korean makers of LCD screens Samsung and LG - along with several Taiwanese manufacturers - nearly 23 million US dollars...
China's film industry earned about 2.7 billion U.S. dollars at the box office in 2012...But local movies contributed less than half the revenue - despite their overwhelming majority in China's cinemas.
Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso is due to pay a four-day visit to Myanmar starting Wednesday as Myanmar is in rapid progress with a series of reforms.
About 500 Canadians braved the below freezing temperatures and plunged right into the New Year with an icy dip into Lake Ontario here Tuesday.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Tuesday said the Senate-passed bill to avert the "fiscal cliff" would add roughly 4 trillion dollars to federal deficit over a decade, largely because it would extend low tax rates for most Americans.
Peter Jackson's latest fantasy epic "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," buoyed by a buzzing holiday season and an excellent word of mouth, was able to remain atop the North America weekend box office for the third consecutive weekend and fended off an onslaught from a trio of new releases during the course.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that he and the House Speaker John Boehner need to bridge a gap of "a few hundred billion dollars" on the "fiscal cliff" talks and expressed hope to strike a deal before Christmas.
U.S. President Barack Obama would veto the House Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" proposal on " fiscal cliff", a combination of tax increases and spending cuts due on Jan. 1, 2013, the White House said Wednesday.
Apple Inc.'s new smartphone, the iPhone 5, has been warmly received in China's mainland, with more than 2 million of the handsets sold in the company's second-largest market in the three days following the product's launch.
As shopping malls in Beijing were gearing up for the Christmas sales with dazzling decorations and price promotions,an increasing number of consumers, however, turn to online shopping. With just a mouse click, one can buy high-quality stuff online at much cheaper prices. In the first 11 months of 2012, China's two biggest e-commerce platforms reaped over 1 trillion yuan in revenue. E-commerce is now bringing revoluation to the lifestyle every Chinese...
People's Insurance Company (Group) of China (PICC) on Monday said it has issued additional shares to meet high demand after its IPO in Hong Kong.
French retail giant Carrefour is in trouble in China again - with more price cheating allegations.
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