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BEIJING, Aug. 20 -- The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) on Sunday announced new rules for stock trading to prevent and curb irregularities. The new rules, targeted mainly at “abnormal price fluctuatio...

SINGAPORE, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned on Sunday night that the recent turbulence in global financial markets may affect economies in the United States, Europ...

A resident walks in the rain, as Hurricane Dean passes close to Jamaica, in Kingston August 19, 2007. Jamaica declared a curfew and troops patrolled the streets on Sunday as fiercely powerful Hurrican...

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Two more persons in Memphis, Tennessee, were killed by the two-week heat wave, bringing the number of heat wave victims in Southeast and Midwest of the United Sates to ...

BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Degussa, a specialty chemicals supplier from Germany, is expanding its operations in China, planning to boost sales in the country to 800 million euros in 2009. The Beijin...

China Shenhua Energy, the nation's largest coal producer, said strong domestic demand amid the country's soaring power consumption boosted its first-half profit by 19.8 per cent.Net profit rose to 10....

Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont (L) casts his vote at a polling station in Bangkok Aug. 19, 2007. Thailand held a referendum on its draft constitutionan Aug. 19. (Xinhua/Lui Siu ...

South Korea and the United States launched their annual joint military exercises on Monday despite strong oppositions from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).The drills, named as Ulchi F...

Shanghai stocks may experience heavy volatility this week, with the market trend hinging on whether blue-chips can regain momentum and remain unaffected by the global stock stumble.Most industry analy...

The leaders of China and Kazakhstan have agreed to finance and build a network of pipelines to supply the world's fastest-growing major economy with oil and gas from the Caspian Sea region.“The Casp...