Category: FINANCE

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Stocks in Shanghai fell sharply but in rest of Asia, markets were calm Thursday after the Fed minutes largely met investor expectations that it will soon raise interest rates for a third time next month. KEEPING SCORE: China’s ... ( read original story ...)

The nation’s top 'blue chip' index stocks suffered their worst fall in 18 months in a collapse which will spark fresh fears of another global financial crisis. Overnight consumer and healthcare firms led the fall and dragged the CSI300 index of China's ... ( read original story ...)

China’s financial system is becoming significantly more vulnerable ... with 10-year yields down one basis point to 3.88 percent as of 11:14 a.m. in Shanghai, while the cost on five-year notes rose one basis point to 3.95 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang ... ( read original story ...)

(RTTNews.com) - The China stock market has tracked higher in consecutive trading days, gathering almost 30 points or 0.8 percent along the way. The Shanghai Composite Index now rests just above the 3,410-point plateau and it may extend its gains on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Shanghai stocks ended higher on Wednesday, underpinned by robust gains in banking and energy shares, while those in the defensive consumer and healthcare sectors paused for a breath after recent gains. At the close, the Shanghai Composite Index was up 19 ... ( read original story ...)

[Provided to China Daily] Premature babies at a Shanghai pediatric hospital's neonatal intensive ... for the first time in the city, a breast milk bank especially for newborns in the ICU. During trials in recent months, 25 mothers donated more than 200,000 ... ( read original story ...)

Statistics from Shanghai-based Wind Information, a service provider of financial data, show that as of September 30, the number of IPOs on the Chinese mainland had already reached 350, although total financing this year is not expected to surpass the 400 ... ( read original story ...)