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Goldman sells final stake in China’s ICBC

Monday, May 20, 2013

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Customers leave a branch of ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) in Beijing on December 13, 2011

Goldman Sachs is selling the rest of its Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) stake, worth around US$1.1 billion, in a move to exit an investment it made into the bank seven years ago.

Chinese workers jailed for high-rise demo in Singapore

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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A Singapore officer (R) assists a mainland Chinese worker down from a crane after a protesti, December 6, 2012

A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced two Chinese workers to four weeks in jail each for staging a high-rise protest atop construction cranes in December, local media reported.

SinoPac shares up on selling 20% stake to ICBC

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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Customers use ATMs at a  branch of ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) in Beijing, in 2011

Share prices on Taiwan's SinoPac Financial Holdings rose Wednesday after it announced plans to sell a 20 percent stake to the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the mainland's biggest lender.

China’s ICBC shares down after slower profit growth

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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Customers are seen outside an ICBC branch in Beijing, on December 13, 2011

Shares in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the nation's biggest lender by assets, fell in Hong Kong on Thursday after it reported a slowdown in profit growth for 2012.

China banks report slower profit growth in 2012

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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A member of staff counts Chinese yuan banknotes in Taipei on February 6, 2013

Two of China's biggest banks recorded weaker profit growth last year, according to annual reports released Tuesday, as a slowdown in the world's second largest economy hit loan demand.

China Construction Bank profit up 14.1%

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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People walk past advertising for China Construction Bank, in Hong Kong, on August 23, 2010

China Construction Bank, one of the country's top four lenders, said its net profit rose 14.1 percent year-on-year in 2012, lifted by growth in net interest income.

Taiwan, China agree to further bank investments

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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China's Fan Wenzhong (left) and Taiwan's Kui Hsien-nung atttend a a news conference in Taipei on April 1, 2013

Taiwan and China on Monday agreed to further ease investment caps in each other's financial institutions, in the latest sign of warming ties between the two former rivals, officials said.

Brazil, China to ink deal on trade in national currency

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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Brazilian Minister of Industry and Commerce Fernando Pimentel (R), at a press conference in Brasilia on October 4, 2012

Brazil hopes to sign a bilateral accord with China to promote trade in their national currencies at next week's BRICS summit of the world's five emerging powers, Trade and Industry Minister Fernando Pimentel said Thursday.

China expects headway on BRICS bank at Durban summit

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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The newly-elected Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 17, 2013

China expects progress towards creation of a development bank and a joint foreign reserves fund at the BRICS summit of five emerging powers in South Africa, President Xi Jinping said in remarks released here Wednesday.

China “fully prepared” for currency war: banker

Saturday, March 2, 2013

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Yi Gang, deputy governor of China's central bank, pictured in Tokyo on October 14, 2012

A top Chinese banker said Beijing is "fully prepared" for a currency war as he urged the world to abide by a consensus reached by the G20 to avert confrontation, state media reported on Saturday.

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