Tag: business

Shanghai itself has come into some criticism for not being ... Zhang says one of his main aims is to ensure the zone is an easy place for everyone to do business, whether they are Chinese companies or foreign-owned ones. "We make sure the staff are well ... ( read original story ...)

Employees of Yiguo.com package fruit in Shanghai. [Photo/China Daily] Tmall, Alibaba's business-to-customer unit, announced on Thursday it invested $300 million in Yiguo.com, a full-category fresh food site, to facilitate the expansion of its cold-chain ... ( read original story ...)

Southeast Missouri State University senior Zach Beal is learning about the drive it takes to start a business. Beal, a corporate communications major with minors in marketing and management from McClure, Illinois, is spending his summer at Shanghai Farms ... ( read original story ...)

In addition to the strong sales growth, Shanghai Plaza 66 also reported a nine percent increase in rent, which is a huge jump from its decrease by 13 percent in the same period last year—signaling great business improvement for its tenants. Some tenants ... ( read original story ...)

The business case for these improvements is often hard to make ... the architects of Boston’s Big Dig can testify. Finally, like Shanghai, companies can break away from their past and build a new city entirely. When Shanghai decided to invest in what ... ( read original story ...)

It recently launched a partnership in Hong Kong to offer a marketplace for Asian investors to buy into US consumer loans, and in July Dianrong bought the asset origination business of Shanghai-based Quark Finance in a bid to increase the volume of loans it ... ( read original story ...)

A Shanghai court in June convicted 19 current and former staff ... in Australia has plummeted from more than 70 percent in 2010 to 39 percent. “Their business from Asia has been severely damaged,” said Roy Wheatley, CEO of gambling consultancy Global ... ( read original story ...)