SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A U.S. businessman has been paroled after spending more than 10 years in a Chinese prison on charges of tax evasion and fraud, in a case top U.S. officials raised in talks with China on human rights. Jude Shao, a...
By Sophie Taylor SHANGHAI (Reuters UK) - GlaxoSmithKline GSK, the world's second-largest drugmaker, plans to double its research and development staff in China to 350 people in the next few years, an executive said on Tuesday. The company currently employs 170 R&D staff in China and...
A plan to build a new sports stadium at Shanghai had been developed in the late 1980s but shelved because of the post-1989 recession. Shanghai Sports Centre is China's first long span fabric roof structure and the worlds longest cantilevered steel truss roof structure. Perimeter tubular steel framing was introduced...
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The Parenteral Drug Association PDAannounced today that together with the US Food and Drug Administration USFDA, it will host the PDA/FDA Pharmaceutical Ingredient Supply ChainConference in Washington, D.C., September 10-12, 2008. The program is beingdeveloped jointly with FDA and will provide information on guidance andregulations from around the world, including...
Company to Showcase Nutritional Supplements to More Than 30,000 Industry Professionals LAS VEGAS -- Gamma Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTCBB:GMPM) announced today that it will exhibit its nutritional supplements at the 8th Annual Fashion Baby Maternal-Infant-Children Products Expo (the "Expo") in China from July 17-19th in Shanghai, China. The Expo...
SHANGHAI AFP — Commerce on the Internet in China is expanding rapidly, with spending rising 60 percent in the first half of the year, an industry body said Wednesday. China's Internet users spent 256.1 billion yuan (37.5 billion dollars) in the first six months of the year, up...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Taiwan-based airline EVA Air and its subsidiary UNI Air have launched non-stop charter flights between Taiwan and China. The airlines will operate a combined total of up to eight return flights weekly from Taipei's Sung Shan Airport, Taoyuan International Airport...
Researched by Industrial Info Resources (SugarLand, Texas) -- The National Development and Reform Commission NDRCrecently announced that it has approved a relocation and expansion projectfor an ethylene unit of Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company (NYSE:SHI)Shanghai, a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation(NYSE:SNP) Beijing. According to the NDRC, the unit will...
SHANGHAI, China, July 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China-Biotics, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: CHBT) ("China-Biotics," "the Company"), a leading Chinese firm specializing in the manufacture, research, development, marketing and distribution of probiotics products, today announced the appointment of American Stock Transfer & Trust Company ("AST") as its new transfer agent and...
CLEVELAND -- OnSpeX, a division of CSA Group and a global provider of consumer product performance evaluation, inspections and advisory services for retailers, today opened a new 25,000 square foot state-of-the-art testing facility* in Cleveland. The new facility is one of the most comprehensive hardline product evaluation facilities...
SHANGHAI, China -- Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: SOLF), an established manufacturer of photovoltaic ("PV") cells, modules and ingots in China, today announced the untimely death of Hanfei Wang, the Company's Director and Chief Operating Officer. Mr Wang joined Solarfun in 2005 and played a key role in driving...
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Marketwire, a full-service newswire and communications workflow solutions provider, todayannounces completion of its expanded Asia Pacific news distributionplatform and media contact database. Developed to meet a growing demand bycommunications professionals for premier news distribution services in thisrapidly growing business market, the expansion establishes regionalheadquarters in Shanghai and an...
-- Net Revenue Up 29.6%; Net profit Up 19.3% -- SHANGHAI, China, July 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- T-Bay Holdings, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: TBYH) , today announced its financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. Full details of the Company's year-end financial results are available...
NEW YORK -- Shanghai Century Acquisition Corporation (AMEX: SHA) At the Company's July 8, 2008 General Extraordinary Meeting of the Shareholders, Cosimo Borrelli and Jacqueline Walsh, both of Borrelli Walsh Limited, were appointed to serve as liquidators of the Company. The liquidators' responsibilities include the settling any outstanding creditor claims...
SHANGHAI, July 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- PPLive Inc. ( http://www.pplive.com/ ), a leading internet TV broadcasting and online video streaming media company in China with over 100 million users worldwide, announced today that it has signed a partnership with China Central Television's CCTV.com, the official Internet platform of the 2008 Olympics,...
- Eva H. Wang Joins Shanghai Office - PALO ALTO, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced that Eva H. Wang has joined the firm as a partner....
Following a 10-percent drop in June, the overall markets have entered bear territory. The numbers were the worst for the month of June since the Great Depression. Because they're a leading indicator of the economy's standing, a bear market usually signals further erosion. With the economy already under stress due...
SHANGHAI, China -- Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: SOLF), an established manufacturer of photovoltaic ("PV") cells, modules and ingots in China, today announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has entered into a 47.0 MW sales contract with Schuco International KG ("Schuco"), a leading PV system provider in...
