Chirac charm nets US$5b in PRC deals
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French companies were counting some US$5 billion in spoils after French President Jacques Chirac used an official visit to China to boost economic ties in a bid to prevent France from being left behind in the ...
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HONG KONG China Power International Development has raised 2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars, or $320.6 million, in an initial public offering, bankers said, after pricing its shares at a discount to rivals and selling a stake to Singapore&#39;s state-run
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French President Jacques Chirac said his country is willing to further strengthen cooperation with China, his spokesman told reporters on Monday.
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French companies and farmers have reeled in deals reportedly worth up to five billion euros (dollars) in China during a state visit to the country by President Jacques Chirac, but executives were said to be disappointed that bigger business was not won.
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French President Jacques Chirac started a state visit to China Saturday. President Chirac is an old friend of China. On his visit to China seven years ago he established the all-round strategic partnership
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BEIJING -- French President Jacques Chirac hailed business deals worth 4 billion euros Sunday as a sign that a state visit to China intended to improve economic ties had been a success.
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German investment in China is huge -- but is it losing its edge? France hopes to strengthen its business foothold in the vast Asian economy with a visit by President Jacques Chirac starting on Monday.
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President Jacques Chirac has expressed the hope that his upcoming visit to China would further boost the Sino-French partnership. &quot;Our partnership is built on a shared view of the world, which is multipolar
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French companies and farmers have reeled in deals reportedly worth up to five billion euros (dollars) in China during a state visit to the country by President Jacques Chirac, but executives were said to be ...
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French media and telecommunications group Vivendi said Friday it had arranged a 3.5-billion-euro (5.15-billion-dollar) credit line to fund US and French acquisitions.
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China has decided to raise its benchmark one-year lending rate to 5.58 percent from 5.31 percent with effect, the first such move in nearly a decade, the central bank said on its website.
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French President Jacques Chirac visited ventures by his countrymen in the business hub of Shanghai Tuesday as he wrapped up a China trade mission that yielded big contracts but failed to cinch a hoped-for deal ...
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The deal is a dramatic sign of the ongoing transformation of the still nominally communist People's Republic of China into an increasingly outward-looking nation integrating itself into the world economy.-The Washington Post
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Tourist spending jumped nearly 5 percent last year, pumping an estimated $5 billion into the District's economy and cementing tourism as one of the key economic drivers in the city, according to a survey released yesterday.
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The yen held near a five-year high versus  the dollar on Monday following comments by European Central  Bank (ECB) officials last week seen as urging China to revalue  its yuan currency.
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Standard Chartered has agreed to buy US$1.5 billion (HK$11.7 billion) worth of loans from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) to beef up its project finance operation.
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France is willing to further promote friendly ties with China and with the Chinese people, said French President Jacques Chirac in Beijing Sunday evening.