THE CHINA

China will continue to be a key, strategic market for Lucent Technologies as it pushes for sustained profitability, according to Patricia Russo, its board chairwoman and chief executive officer.“China holds great promise for us,” she said

The closer economic ties between the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong, as well as the expanding transportation network within Guangdong Province, underpin solid earning prospects for toll road operators, said Chen Chao, chairman of Shenzhen

Bank of China Ltd., the nation’s second largest, said first-quarter profit rose 18 percent on higher demand for loans and more fees from selling financial products in the world’s fastest-growing major economy. Net

Being the first stockbroker to report its earnings, Orient Securities of Shanghai yesterday posted a 2,256 percent jump in 2006 net profit to 933 million yuan.Pre-tax profit for 2006 amounted to 1.27 billion yuan. Total annual

Shenzhen Development Bank said its net profit for the first quarter to March rose 129 percent year-on-year to 535 million yuan (US$69.4 million), “due to ongoing strong business development and efficient management of our spread and

SAN FRANCISCO – The economy is sputtering, but Google Inc.’s profits are still accelerating at a rate that suggests the Internet search leader can remain a marketing magnet even when advertisers and consumers aren’t in a

Kweichow Moutai, the most famous Chinese liquor maker, reported on Friday night a 10.11 percent profit increase in the third quarter from a year ago on booming market demand.The Shanghai-listed company reaped a net profit of

China Coal Energy Company Ltd reported its net profits in the first half of this year edged down 0.5 percent from a year earlier to 3.53 billion yuan ($516 million) on squeezed exports.Earning per share was

SHANGHAI: Though Chinese airliners, particularly China Eastern, have managed to trim their hedging losses thanks to recent rise in oil prices, analysts aver that the worst is still far from over for the beleaguered carrier.The Shanghai-based