MUMBAI: India's central bank held key interest rates steady at record lows on Tuesday, but said it was time to roll back some of the "unconventional" measures taken to counter the global financial crisis.

A VW Golf is lifted in a storage and loading tower in the so called "Autostadt" in Wolfsburg, Germany. German car maker Volkswagen AG yesterday said its deliveries increased 12 percent

The ceramics industry in the Guangdong province city of Foshan was once a thriving business in the early days of China's reform, but the good times are over and it's being forced to recast itself.

AsiaInfo (ASIA) has won tenders with China Telecom to develop business intelligence systems for China Telecom's Beijing, Henan and Heilongjiang subsidiaries.

The Chinese telecom manufacturer ZTE has signed a USD400 million agreement with the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation to provide 15 million wireless mobile networks in Ethiopia.

According to the latest report on China's TV direct sales, in 2007 the scale of China's TV direct sales market reached CNY7 billion, a year-on-year increase of 55.6%.

According to Fan Zhijun, executive president for Suning's management headquarters in North China, the company plans to open five new electronics stores in Beijing in the fourth quarter of 2008

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SHANGHAI stocks are expected this week to ride on the huge momentum from last week which saw the benchmark index surging more than

SHANGHAI’S key stock index surged for a second day today after the securities regulator said it may make it easier for companies to buy back shares

CHINA’S chief quality supervisor Li Changjiang stepped down this afternoon with the approval of the State Council after tainted dairy products sickened nearly 1,3000 infants and killed three.

CHINESE President Hu Jintao and his US counterpart George W. Bush discussed bilateral relations and the financial upheavals in the United States in a phone conversation this morning Beijing time.

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STOCKS ended a temperamental session moderately higher yesterday as investors bought up the stocks of energy, materials and consumer-staple companies, but remained cautious about the beleaguered financial sector.

SHANGHAI'S key stock index advanced in the morning session today, led by steelmakers and brokerages, after consumer prices rose at the slowest pace since June 2007, giving the central bank more room

SHANGHAI'S key stock index fell in the morning session today, led by finance companies and gold producers, on concern credit-market losses will widen and after prices of the precious metal tumbled to the lowest since October.

THE September quota for vehicle license plates has been set at 6,500, 500 more than last month, the Shanghai International Commodity Auction Co Ltd has announced.

CHINA'S Minister of Commerce, Chen Deming, said the government will help labor-intensive exporters overcome their current difficulties when global demand has faltered.

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THE Shanghai index dropped to the lowest in nearly two years pushed by heavyweights and blue chips on concern of an overall economic slowdown and no signs of the removal of tight macro economic controls.