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Consumer prices may drop to 5.9 percent in the first half of next year and continue declining for the rest of 2008, the central bank's research bureau forecast in a report published on Friday.It forec...

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEx), operator of Asia's largest listed bourse, will launch a mini H-share index next year to monitor Hong Kong-listed small and medium-sized mainland companies....

An aerial view of trucks blocking a highway toll booth during a transport strike on the outskirts of Rome Dec. 12, 2007. Italian truckers defied a government demand to end a three-day-old strike on We...

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with the Russian Chamber of Commerce leadership in the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Photo Gallery>>>MOS...

Photo Gallery>>>LISBON, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Heads of state and government of the European Union (EU) member states on Thursday signed the Lisbon Treaty, which they hope can make decision-...

LONDON, Dec.13 (Xinhua) -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Thursday condemned Russia's plans to shut down two British Council offices in the country as “illegal.“ “Russia's threatene...

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday cut a key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 4.25 percent, the third rate reduction in three months, in an effort to prevent the economy from sliding in...

BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese quality watchdog official reassured Wednesday that Chinese-made toys are safe and guaranteed for quality. “I'm confident that with all the measures we have tak...

BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, said on Wednesday that surging domestic consumer prices and recent U.S. interest rate cuts would have “considerable influe...

BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese real estate stocks posted large losses Wednesday after the government decided to take further actions against speculative property transactions. Declines in the pr...