China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 10.7 percent in the first three quarters of 2006, down 0.2 percentage points from the first half year, a spokesman with the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday in Beijing.

The pressure brought about by China's fast investment and lending growth has been relieved to some extent and the national economy is heading in the intended direction, according to a document released from a State Council executive meeting on Wednesday.

The U.S. commercial real-estate cycle appears to have reached its peak and will begin pulling back in 2007, according to a new survey of industry executives, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Arbitrations made by China on international trade disputes are accepted and enforced in more than 20 countries and regions including the United States and Japan, China's key trade partners, chief of the country's trade promotion council said Wednesday.

The European Commission (EC), the executive agency of the European Union (EU), has put forward a proposal to open EU postal markets fully to competition by 2009, the EC announced on Wednesday.

Beijing received 2,847,000 overseas visitors in the first three quarters of this year, up 6.2 percent on last year, the municipal statistics bureau said on Wednesday.

The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) is close to finalizing a plan with banking regulators to transform it into a joint stock company, according to Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China.

Terry Semel, Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo Inc., said he was dissatisfied with his company's financial performance after the company saw its net income drop by 38 percent.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased last week but stockpiles of winter fuel and gasoline declined, the Energy Department reported Wednesday.

An Australian mining firm is planning to open a uranium mine in Zambia's Southern province, Zambia News and Information Services reported Wednesday.