McDonald's and Hualian link up
MCDONALD'S has launched a joint venture with Hualian Group, one of the largest supermarket chains in the city.
DuPont to invest more in China
DUPONT will continue to expand its investment in Shanghai if China enters the World Trade Organization.
Russia to sail China-US route
CONTAINER shipping is booming despite the fact that this is traditionally the slack season.
Chevrolet Blazer on the trail
GENERAL Motors (GM) is on time and on target in hiring and training a work force as it prepares to roll off its first Chevrolet Blazer in mid-December.
Dragon Head founds Chinese textiles website
"THE marriage of traditional industry and advanced commercial methods is perfect for the new century," Vice-Mayor Jiang Yiren said last week.
New Nestle bottled water plant built
COMPLETION of the first phase expansion of Nestle Sources Shanghai Ltd plant, which now boasts an annual production capacity of 100 million bottles of water, was announced last week.
ECnet to grow from booming e-business
ECnet Co, from California, a provider of business to business e-commerce enabler for the high-tech manufacturing community, is upbeat on its expansion into the local market.
It's official, Win2000 now on local market
MICROSOFT officially unveiled last Thursday its landmark generation operating system - Windows 2000 Chinese version - in the local market despite the fact that it has already been selling well for almost one month.
Xujiahui offers lots of advantages
BOTH local Shanghainese and foreigners see Xujiahui in the city's southwest Xuhui District as one of Shanghai's best residential areas.
On-line gene data bank a rich research resource
GENETIC researchers across China will for the first time have access to a database of 40 billion genes from May when a new on-line data bank opens in Shanghai.
Discovering quiet luxury downtown
RESIDENTS in Shanghai can see large stocks of high quality properties in the suburbs, but new, high quality ones in the downtown area seem hard to find.
Briefs
Cosmetics JV JAPAN-based Kanebo Co Ltd has completed construction of the plant for its joint venture - Shanghai Kanebo Cosmetics Co - with the local Shanghai Jahua Co. The new production base, with a total investment of 119 million yuan ($14.37 million), will start operations this month to produce Aqua-brand cosmetics for the Asian market. So far, the 113-year-old Kanebo Co, who covers cosmetics, personal care products, clothes to information sciences, has a total of over 20 joint ventures in China. Vacation ontime BRITISH-BASED Freedom Vacations, one of the world's major timeshare vacation company, has opened its Shanghai branch last week. "With the growth of Chinese economy, I am confident that I can have a 1 million membership in the Vacation Owners Club within several years in China," said David Moulds, president of the firm at the opening of the branch. (Star News)
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