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  • Landing a profit after Finding Nemo

    2010-05-17 08:01

    After seven years, four Beijingers successfully tank-breed the clown fish featured in the film

  • SOHO stores shut for selling fake goods

    2010-05-14 07:55

    Phoney products uncovered in spot checks on clothing stores

  • Return balance of prepaid phone cards, telcos told

    2010-05-14 07:55

    Consumers should have the right to use the balance of their prepaid phone cards after the cards expire, the Beijing Consumers' Association said on Thursday.

  • A career brewed by a cuppa

    2010-05-13 07:54

    The love of a good cup of java has brewed many a career change.

  • Coffee shops boom as taste buds improve

    2010-05-13 07:54

    Beijing now has more than 8,000 coffee shops - eight times more than just a decade ago - thanks to the city's people developing a taste for quality brew.

  • Size matters in the bra biz

    2010-05-12 08:02

    International lingerie products are often less popular among Chinese women than local brands, industry insiders said.

  • Putting comfort ahead of style

    2010-05-12 08:02

    While young women often put fashion ahead of comfort, their mothers and grandmothers rarely make such sacrifices, preferring economical but relaxing attire.

  • Women make the best of breasts

    2010-05-12 08:02

    Changes in attitudes have boosted female curves in the city

  • City to get Asia's top e-biz center

    2010-05-12 07:56

    China's top B2C (business-to-consumer) company 360buy.com plans to build the largest e-commerce distribution center in Asia by 2012, overtaking Amazon's facility in Tokyo.

  • Survey shows house prices still too high

    2010-05-12 07:56

    Almost 80 percent of people in Beijing expressed their preference to rent rather than buy a house, given the high property price, according to a recent report by the Beijing Social Facts and Public Opinion Survey Center.

  • Fifth Avenue style shows its origins

    2010-05-11 07:55

    Beijingers can now buy wedding dresses sold on New York's Fifth Avenue at unbelievably low prices - on the sixth floor of Blue Island Tower in Chaoyang district in Beijing.

  • Family's bitter fight over rights to priceless jade

    2010-05-11 07:55

    The grandchildren of the former chief of education in the Republic of China are fighting over about 1,000 pieces of jade and his collections of cultural relics at the city's higher court on Monday.

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