China's listed firms are to be asked to do more to protect the interests of public investors through effective communication, adequate information disclosure and improved corporate transparency, according to guidelines issued yesterday by China Securities Regulatory Committee, the market watchdog.
According to the guidelines, the listed firm

Eighteen Chinese firms made it into this year's Fortune Global 500 list, including two from Taiwan and one from Hong Kong, Daily Economy News reported Thursday.
Wal-Mart of the United States topped the list for the fourth year in a row, followed by BP (No. 2), Exxon Mobil (No. 3), Royal Dutch/Shell Group (No. 4) and General Motors.

Houston Rockets' Chinese centre Yao Ming expects a medal finish for the nation's basketball team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Saddam Hussein could go on trial as early as next month for his alleged role in a massacre 23 years ago, a top judge said Wednesday. He said the ousted president could face the death penalty.
Raid Juhi, chief judge of the Iraq Special Tribunal, said the investigation into the July 8, 1982 massacre in Dujail, a predominantly Shiite vill

SHEFFIELD, England: Veteran Chinese striker Hao Haidong believes he can force his way into Sheffield United's first team and help the English club win promotion to the Premiership.

Vehicle sales in China, the world's No 3 automobile market, increased by almost 10 per cent in the first half of this year, boosted by a much stronger growth in June, according to an industry organization.
Sales of vehicles built in China totalled 2.79 million units between January and June this year, up 9.35 per cent from a year ago, s

Chinese astronomers have built the world's sharpest space solar telescope (SST), which is scheduled to be launched into space in 2008 to observe the macular outburst in the following year.
　　Jin Shengzhen, a leading astronomer who leads the ambitious project, said Tuesday in an exclusive interview with Xinhua, "Our telescope, with the highest c

China's shares opened 8.81 points higher than the previous close and jumped as much as 2.5 per cent in early trade yesterday, stimulated by reports that regulators had worked out a slew of fresh market-boosting measures.
But the rally did not keep its momentum, with Shanghai composite index ending at 1011.50 points, 0.64 per cent down.

Shanghai Goldman Sachs and Allianz of Germany are in talks to pay more than US$1 billion to acquire a stake in Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, the largest State-owned bank here, according to a person with close knowledge of the discussions.
The talks come at a time when some of the biggest financial institutions are rushing in

DEARBORN, Mich. - Kenny Rogers knew what was coming. He doesn't like doing interviews, and obviously doesn't care for cameras. But after his temperamental outburst made national headlines late last month, the    Texas Rangers pitcher realized he would be the center of attention if he showed up at the All-Star game.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - More than 6.5 million of South Africa's 47 million people could be infected with    HIV, according to a government report released Monday, a sharp increase from previous estimates.
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A 2004 Health Department survey of more than 16,000 pregnant women attending ant

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With no major technical snags and a fair weather forecast,    NASA cruised through

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Obese men may be less physically fit than obese women, perhaps because they are more likely to have diabetes or pre-diabetes and tend to have more abdominal fat, Dutch researchers reported Monday.
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A study of 56 morbidly obese men and women waiting for weight-reduction surgery showed that

The Mobile Multimedia Technology Alliance (MMTA), composed of four telecom operators China Unicom, China Telecom, China Mobile, China Netcom equipment providers China Putian, Huawei, ZTE and Vimicro and the China Academy of Telecommunication Research, was founded last October to vitalize independent IPR in the sector.
Its purpose is to inte

Sixty-five people have been killed and 30 are missing following flooding in southwest China's Sichuan province since late last month.