African airlines are facing landing restrictions within the continent despite the implementation of the existing agreement allowing free movement of airlines, airline officials said here on Friday.

Kenya Airways has posted an 8.9 percent increase in half-year earnings due to regional expansion, airline officials said on Friday.

China is considering giving the central bank and its subsidiaries more power to track money launderers by allowing the financial institutions to supervise and investigate suspected cases.

More than 8,000 foreign-funded companies in Shanghai -- 69.4 percent of the total -- have set up trade unions, according to a conference promoting trade union development in the city Friday.

The daily 0.3 percent floating band between the RMB and the U.S. dollar is wide enough, even if the RMB is under heavy pressure to appreciate, said a senior official with the People's Bank of China (PBOC) recently.

"It's time to treat your sweet wormwood plants to stop them getting mildew..." This text message to the cellphone of a farmer in southwest China advised him what pesticide to use to prevent mildew forming on his plants.

The number of subscribers of "Little Smart" has reached 93 million in China with an average monthly increase of 1 million, said sources with the Ministry of Information Industry.

The 638 mainland-listed companies who have released their quarterly reports for the third quarter reported total net profit of 45 billion yuan (5.6 billion U.S. dollars) in the first nine months, up 23.6 percent on the same period of last year.

Xi'an, capital city of northwest China's Shaanxi province vows to become the heart of China's burgeoning BPO development, said mayor Chen Baogen in a press conference amid the two-day Ў°3rd China International BPO ConferenceЎ± on Oct 26, 2006.

The correction of China's trade imbalance hinges on the expansion of domestic demand, and the appreciation of the yuan should only support this policy, according to a central bank official.