Foxconn'sdoubling of workers' wages in the wake of 10 suicides is raising concerns for personal computer firms and made-to-order electronic makers. The butterfly effect of Foxconn's decisions could mean price hikes for phones and PCs, incr...
Google has ceased operating its Street View cars in Hong Kong and undertaken that when the cars commence driving again in the city they will not collect Wi-Fi data, HK's Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data ( the Office) sa...
Google Inc. on Wednesday announced that its Maps Navigation service is now available in 11 more countries in addition to the United States and Britain. Starting from Wednesday, users in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, I...
According to the agreement, CRIC will exclusively run all the channels related to property and home life, including house.baidu.com, leju.baidu.com, jiaju.baidu.com, and extract revenues from these channels. The strategic cooperation with...
IBM Corp said yesterday that it is buying ATT Inc's Sterling Commerce unit, which makes software that helps businesses buy and sell to each other, for US$1.4 billion. The deal would be IBM Corp's largest acquisition since it bought busines...
Yahoo Inc and Nokia Oyj will team up to boost their mobile Internet offerings, seeking to regain market share lost to rivals like Apple Inc and Google Inc. Starting in the second half of this year, Yahoo will host Nokia's Ovi e-mail on pho...
A source at Sina mirco-blog says China Unicom will introduce the iPad 3G, but no exact time frame has been established. China Unicom has begun testing the Apple iPad live-video function on a website originally designed for the iPhone. Ipho...
Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd., one of China's leading beer makers, Friday announced a 2009 net profit of 1.25 billion yuan (183.1 million U.S. dollars), up 79.2 percent year on year. Its sales revenue rose 12.5 percent year on year to 17.76 bi...
A major manufacturer of electrolytic zinc in China, the Nanfang Non-ferrous Metal Smelting Co., Ltd., in Hechi City, has shut down two production lines at its zinc plant this year. We need 20 tonnes of water to electrolyze 1 tonne of zinc....
China saw an explosive growth of appliance sales in rural areas in the first quarter of this year on government policy to offer subsidies to farmers for appliance purchase, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said in a statement on its Web site...
Even before calls for energy saving turn a notch louder in China, global food and beverage producer PepsiCo is already leading the way with a green, socially responsibly approach in its business operation. From its Mother Water Cellar proj...
GE Healthcare, a leader in the high-end medical devices market, is targeting China's 70,000 community hospitals due to a shift by the central government to focus on grassroots healthcare system. Due to this, GE Healthcare has developed mor...
Haier's 2009 net profit jumps 50% on gov't incentives Qingdao Haier Co., Ltd , one of the world's leading white goods and household appliance manufacturers, said Sunday that its 2009 net profit jumped 49.64 percent on government stimulus p...
With court approval, a newly reorganized Chrysler could emerge from bankruptcy as early as next week, about a month after seeking protection, an extraordinarily short period of time for a reorganization. Chrysler, one of the top three U.S....
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