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...Many employees have left since the sudden death last summer of co-founder Wang Jian, including five of the group’s eleven board members....
...A consortium of two state-backed companies, Shenzhen Qianhai Financial Holdings and Xiamen International Trade Group, will buy a 92 per cent stake in Century Securities for Rmb3.6bn ($525m), Qianhai Financial...
...The deal is the latest move by Xiamen-based Zijin to acquire overseas mining assets, after purchases in Africa and Australia....
...In the next three to five years you will see a lot of this,” said Lin Boqiang, dean of the China Institute for Energy Studies at Xiamen university....
...But true reform is not in PetroChina’s hands, it is up to the National Development and Reform Commission [China’s powerful planning agency],” said Lin Boqiang, energy expert at Xiamen University and an adviser...
...Energy expert Lin Boqiang of Xiamen University said the cuts reflect expectations that advances in technology are driving down costs. “For solar and wind, you can clearly see costs are down....
...But Lin Boqiang, an energy expert at Xiamen University and board member of PetroChina, CNPC’s listed unit, cautioned against drawing the conclusion that Beijing was seeking to instil Cnooc’s more corporate...
...“The CSR-CNR merger created a lot of food for thought,” says Lin Boqiang, energy expert at Xiamen University and an adviser to PetroChina. “But the companies themselves are clearly unwilling.”...
...Kunming, Hangzhou, Xiamen and Fuzhou, all located in a wide central and southern band across China, placed in the top 10 on the index....
...Lin Boqiang, an energy expert at Xiamen university and an adviser to Chinese oil companies, said he believed the purchases will pay off in the long run....
...“China will not stop its ‘going out’ strategy,” because of Zhou's downfall, argues Lin Boqiang, an energy expert at Xiamen University....
...“Urbanisation poses a great challenge to the operation of pipelines in the city,” said Lin Boqiang, an energy expert at Xiamen University....
...It has been ordered by airlines including United Continental of the US, Xiamen and Hainan Airlines of China, Etihad Airways of the United Arab Emirates, Aeromexico andKenya Airways....
...President Barack Obama also launched a series of energy co-operation initiatives in 2009, including a shale gas programme that organises workshops and study tours....
...(Reuters) “Hewlett-Packard agreed to pay $108 million to resolve bribery investigations spanning three countries, in a case involving bags of cash, jewelry and tours of the Grand Canyon… To help secure...
...World Development NWS Holding – a group covering services, transport and ports in Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China, 61 per cent owned by New World Development and connected entities Chow Tai Fook Jewelry...
...From Hook’s report: “At the beginning we all thought it would be quite easy to meet that goal,” said Lin Boqiang, an energy economist at Xiamen University, pointing out that the goal was relatively low...
...Alrosa signed a three year agreement with Laurelton Diamonds, the Belgian subsidiary of Tiffany & Co of the US last week to sell rough diamonds to the world’s most famous luxury jewellery retailer....
...According to Bain & Co’s research, online retail sales in China could overtake the US by next year....
...Fubon Financial Holding Co is currently the only Taiwanese company with a stake in a Chinese lender, owning 20 per cent of Xiamen Bank....
...Jewelry seller Luk Fook Holdings was up 6.5 per cent with clothing retailer Esprit Holdings not far behind it, up 4.6 per cent, on hopes of strong Chinese demand....
...They therefore allocate a disproportionate amount of their passion investments to jewelry, gems and watches compared to the world average (i.e. 34% versus 23%), while spending the same proportion as Westerners...
...The eye-catching Boeing deal ratifies aircraft sales agreed between 2007 and 2010 to several of the country’s largest airlines, including Air China, China Southern and Xiamen Airlines....
...King Long, which is based in Xiamen, had revenues of $735m in 2009 and sold 15,344 buses....
...The unit, later renamed Fubon Bank (Hong Kong), bought a 20 per cent stake in Xiamen Commercial Bank for Rmb230m in late 2008....
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