Robb mulls investor visa overhaul
Please enable Javascript to watch this videoThe federal government has signalled a major overhaul to the significant investor visa program as it looks to divert the billions of dollars raised from the...
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The Ticker: Modern business life
Business SpectatorIndustriesHarrison PolitesOn today's blog:A primer on Google's latest attempt to revolutionise email Property clouds on the horizon: Macquarie What the end of cheques means for...
View ArticleHK protesters, government hold first talks on future of democracy
Bottom of FormHONG KONG—After more than three weeks of protests, student leaders met for the first time with government officials, drawing thousands to the streets but failing to resolve the political...
View ArticlePeugeot says sales edge ahead
Peugeot Citroen says strong quarterly sales in China and by its car-parts subsidiary has kept its drive away from crisis on track, despite an overall lacklustre performance.Europe's second-largest...
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How China's richest will fund Australian innovation
EconomyAustralian NewsPeter CaiPlease enable Javascript to watch this videoSince the introduction of the significant investor visa program in November 2012, close to $2 billion has been invested in...
View ArticleMcDonald’s China challenge: rising competition
SHANGHAI—Echo Chen, a onetime McNuggets aficionado, represents the growing challenge McDonald’s Corp. faces as it looked to revive its fortunes in China.The 30-year-old Shanghai native recalls how 10...
View ArticleMiners shovel coal into flooded market
SYDNEY—Miners are shovelling more metallurgical coal onto a global market already awash with the steelmaking commodity, delaying any recovery in prices that are at multiyear lows.BHP Billiton Ltd....
View ArticleHSBC Flash China manufacturing PMI lifts in October
Activity in China’s manufacturing sector has edged up to 50.4 in October, up from 50.2 in the final reading for September.The reading above 50 on the survey points to expansion, while a reading below...
View ArticleSome space for change in Hong Kong negotiations
EconomyChinaMerriden VarrallLowy InterpreterOn Tuesday night at 6pm local time, five representatives from Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters met with five government officials to discuss the...
View ArticleChina vows to strengthen judicial system
BEIJING—China’s Communist Party vowed to address public frustration with the country’s legal system by making it more independent and professional, even as leaders reasserted their dominance over the...
View ArticleChina’s plans for Development Bank fall short
China plans to launch a US$50 billion infrastructure lender Friday, a move aimed at challenging the hegemony of the U.S.-backed World Bank and Asian Development Bank in channelling capital to poorer...
View ArticleAust baulks at new China bank
Australia won't be one of the 21 founding members of a new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.Twenty-one countries including China, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Singapore and Bangladesh are expected...
View ArticleApple plans more stores in China
BEIJING— Apple Inc. plans to increase the number of its Apple-brand retail stores in Greater China to 40 from 15 within two years, Chief Executive Tim Cook said Thursday.In an interview with Chinese...
View ArticleGen Y shaking up China's workforce
The next crop of movers and shakers lining up to feed China's hungry beast economy are struggling with the contradiction of countering gender inequality, while dealing with parental expectations.For...
View ArticleGold demand in China and India on the rise
China and India are driving a significant amount of physical gold demand in recent days as buyers take advantage of low prices.According to trade data cited by the Wall Street Journal, Switzerland...
View ArticleAlibaba on cloud nine
EconomyChinaJURO OSAWAAmong the lesser-known arms of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding is a business called AliCloud, which held a developers’ conference in Alibaba’s home city of Hangzhou...
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All eyes are on the renminbi's rising cachet
EconomyChinaThierry de LonguemarEast Asia ForumOver the past several decades, we have seen how China’s high economic growth and increasing economic integration with other countries have led to a...
View ArticleHouse prices in China fall in Sept
The average price of new homes in 70 Chinese cities fell year over year in September for the first time in nearly two years, as property developers continue to cut prices to lure home buyers.The drop...
View ArticleChina open to Australian role in Asia bank
China is open to Australia playing a role in the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, even though it is not a founding member.Australia was not represented on Friday when 21...
View ArticleUN prods China on HK elections
The United Nations Human Rights Committee, at a Thursday session in Geneva, asked for more information on China's plan for elections in Hong Kong and said the city's residents' should have the right to...
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