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Profits of Chinese industrial enterprises in 24 regions climbed 61.1 percent year on year to 1.88 trillion yuan (275.90 billion U.S. dollars) in the first seven months, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday. The growth rate was 10.7 percentage points lower than that in the first half year, said a statement on the [...]

TOKYO, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) — The yen retreated from a 15-year high against the dollar and a nine-year peak versus the euro on Wednesday in Tokyo on rising speculation that Japanese authorities may take action to curb the yen’s surge. At 5 p.m., the dollar fetched 84.55-58 yen, up from 83.85-95 yen in New York [...]

LAGOS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) — The Chinese telecommunications giant Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Corporation (ZTE) will strengthen cooperation with its partners and expand its market in Nigeria, a ZTE manager said Tuesday. Han Guoqing, the general manager of ZTE’s subsidiary company in Nigeria, told Xinhua that as a country with the largest population in Africa, Nigeria [...]