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Housing market gets lift
2023-12-06The central government yesterday stepped in to bolster the sagging real estate market by lowering transaction taxes, reducing down payments and loweri...
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China 'helping fight downturn'
2023-12-06US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has praised China for its "constructive" role in dealing with the global financial crisis and said Beiji...
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China needs better food safety laws, the United Nations said in a report released yesterday.It said there is a need for education and training of stak...
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Rich countries are partly responsible for pollution from poor ones, including poisonous mining discharge, because they buy many of the raw materials a...
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Obama takes break to visit sick grandma
2023-12-06US Democrat Barack Obama will leave the presidential campaign trail to visit his ailing 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii, whose health has deteriorat...
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Sparks fly as computer screens go black
2023-12-06Software giant Microsoft has sparked a major controversy among millions of Chinese computer users with the nationwide launch yesterday of its "Sc...
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Another stimulus bill gains momentum
2023-12-06Lawmakers and officials moved forward forging a second fiscal stimulus bill after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke endorsed the idea and the Bush...
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Diabetes threat to rural people
2023-12-06Doctors are warning of new health risks to the rural population as their living conditions improve."An increasing number of people have diabetes ...
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50% of toy firms 'gone in 2 years'
2023-12-06As many as half of all toy manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta could go out of business within the next two years, an industry expert said yesterda...
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Big blow as big spenders turn big savers
2023-12-06The US may be on its way to becoming a nation of savers, whether Americans like it or not.With home and stock prices declining and credit hard to come...