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Kia Forte debuts in Shanghai before China sale

The latest Kia Forte sedan (Furuidi in Chinese) made its Chinese debut at the 2009 Shanghai auto show.

New Benz E-Class sedan to be China made in '10

Mercedes-Benz, the premium division of Daimler AG, has unveiled its all-new E-Class sedan at the 2009 Shanghai auto show.

Taiwan IPI down 26% in March

Source: MOEA, compiled by Digitimes, April 2009

Jianghuai Auto aims to sell 100,000 PVs in '09

This year JAC has started to speed up the implementation of its PV strategy for 2009

TPO to ship SRP-MIP displays in 1Q10

TPO's normal mode (16.8M colors, transmissive)Photo: Company

Industries

ConsumerGoods Manufacturing LifeSciences Technology&Media PublicSector Economy 05/20 Food&Beverage Kraft Foods R&D 05/19 Households Rural home appliance policies key to help sector amid s 05/18 Food&Beverage Regrouping gives birth to new company 05/13 Food&Beverage Bankrupt Sanlu Group's brand fetches US$1.07m at auctio 05/06 Food&Beverage 5 firms purchase Sanlu's shares at auction 05/05 Food&Beverage Focusing on smaller cities part of strategy 04/28 Food&Beverage Tingyi sees higher rural needs 04/27 Households Net profit plunges 04/25 Textile Annual growth of 10% set for textile industry 04/25 Households TCL raises more cash for LCDs 04/25 Food&Beverage Shares surge after Coke reports 04/23 Households INAX has big plans for China market 04/17 Food&Beverage EU hoping to sell more food, drink to China 04/16 Food&Beverage Huiyuan still open to potential investors 04/16 Food&Beverage Sweet return for candy 05/21 Automotive Fiat, Guangzhou Auto plan $626 mln China JV 05/21 Energy Coal-bed methane 05/21 Automotive Geely to sell shares 05/21 Metals&Minerals Wuhan Steel eyes stake in mining group 05/20 Automotive Jet fuel prices go up by 11% 05/20 Energy China, Brazil in oil-loan deal 05/20 Automotive China-built Chevy Spark to hit US market by '11 05/20 Automotive Geely sells $99M in shares to fund acquisitions 05/20 Automotive Harbin Electric to make linear motor freight trains 05/20 Automotive BYD chairman sells shares to overseas investors 05/20 Automotive Dongfeng Visteon setting up new plant in Wuhan 05/20 Automotive VW April China sales rise 21 pct on year 05/19 Automotive PSA optimizes China development strategy 05/19 Energy Largest hydropower plant starts 05/19 Automotive China scores a flying success 04/22 Pharmaceutical Sanofi-aventis invests to expand Beijing plant 04/06 Medical Health care reforms are a shot in the arm 03/20 Pharmaceutical Deal on 3 JVs 03/10 Pharmaceutical Sinovac's Subsidiary Obtains High-Tech Enterprise Statu 03/03 Pharmaceutical Value seen to rise 03/03 Pharmaceutical SFDA Commissioner Shao Mingli meets the Director of Fed 03/02 Pharmaceutical SFDA issues the No.135 announcement of drug administrat 03/02 Pharmaceutical Shijiazhuang Pharma's Vitamin B12 passed EU inspection 03/02 Medical Center for Drug Evaluation of SFDA issues Working Proce 02/27 Pharmaceutical CSPC Sales Revenue hit over 10 Billion yuan in 2008 02/18 Pharmaceutical Prices of some big-size APIs increased 02/13 Pharmaceutical China suspends use of an herbal injection after death r 02/13 Medical SFDA issues Guidelines on the Protection of Traditional 02/12 Pharmaceutical Bayer invests $129mn on Beijing R&D center 02/12 Pharmaceutical Turbulence in the Vitamin C Market in 2009 05/21 Hardware Netbooks popular in slowdown 05/19 Hardware Hynix sets up chip JV with Wuxi company 05/19 Telecommunications Placing hopes on 3G with proceeds 05/19 Consumer Electronics More China enterprises coming to Taiwan for joint procu 05/19 Consumer Electronics Taiwan TV vendors selected for second round of China st 05/19 Consumer Electronics CMO denies selling 8.5G fab equipment to China panel ma 05/19 Consumer Electronics Foxconn subsidiary G-Tech enters touch panel market 05/18 Consumer Electronics LCD driver IC backend capacity tight on material shorta 05/18 Consumer Electronics Epistar DC LED efficiency to reach 150lm/W before 2012 05/18 Consumer Electronics Taiwan market: LCD TV price to increase later in May 05/18 Cyber Economy Shenzhen to Offer Subsidies to Internet Cos 05/18 Cyber Economy Microsoft Ramps Up Hangzhou Operations, Visits Alibaba 05/18 Telecommunications R&D Project Gets Boost 05/18 Telecommunications China Unicom becomes last telco to launch 3G services 05/15 Cyber Economy Bigger profit lifts Tencent to highest 05/21 Tourism Mainland organizes buying teams for Taiwan 05/21 Finance Service Tighter Controls On Lending 05/21 Finance Service Rural finance firms get boost 05/21 Finance Service Foreign financial assets increase 23% 05/21 Finance Service Bank to double its credit cards 05/20 Finance Service Firms ready for launch of GEM 05/20 Finance Service Corporate bond sale nets ABC US$7.3b 05/20 Logistics Model to track used ship deals to be built 05/20 Finance Service Outbound funds may rise if change approved 05/20 Finance Service HSBC, BEA gain vital nod on yuan bonds 05/20 Real Estate Surprise drop in housing data checks market's rise 05/19 Retailing Retail sales take a jump 05/18 Real Estate Gemdale: April Sales Up Nearly 200% YoY 05/18 Real Estate SOHO Scales Back Beijing Land Purchase 05/18 Finance Service Galaxy Securities CEO under arrest 05/21 Investment Index ends lower on investor caution 05/21 Macro Economy PPI drop gives rise to deflation concerns 05/21 Macro Economy SOEs post smaller profit drop of 32.3% 05/20 Macro Economy Subsidy plan to boost sale of appliances and vehicles 05/20 Investment Stocks lower as investors stay cautious 05/20 Investment HK shares rally 3.1%, driven by liquidity 05/20 Investment Stock index climbs to 9-month high 05/20 Trade China to stand up for firms 05/20 Macro Economy Summit provides joint action 05/19 Investment Steel and coal stocks pull up key index 05/19 Macro Economy Plan to create 3m new jobs 05/19 Macro Economy Auditors Uncover No Problems In Package 05/19 Macro Economy Bullish on growth goal 05/19 Investment Boost to Yangtze Power on assets buy 05/18 Macro Economy Stability seen as vital factor

Stocks

03/31 600001 Handan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Announces No Dividend Payment 03/09 000937 JNNY to inject RMB 450 mln into subsidiary 03/09 000937 Hebei Jinniu Energy's net profit surges 182.4% last year 03/09 000930 BBCA Biochemical to Set Int'l Freight Arm 03/09 002024 Suning to build large-scale logistics center in Sichuan 03/09 002024 Suning Appliance Enhances Air Conditioner Market Expansion 03/09 002024 Hasee Computer Breaks up with Suning 03/06 002039 Qianyuan Power Net Profit Flied 766% 03/05 000977 Chinese Government Announces Rural Computer Bidding Results 03/05 000402 The Ritz-Carlton Beijing, Financial Street offers the best guest 03/05 000536 CPT invests in China company through stock swap of four subsidiar 03/05 000528 Chinese mining equipment firm to start production in India

Reports

Global and China Automotive LED Lighting Industry Report, 2008-2009 Global and China Medical Devices Industry Report, 2009 Global and China Automotive Audio & Infotainment Industry Report, 2008-2009 China Financial POS Machine Industry Report, 2009 Company Study of Angel Yeast Co., Ltd, 2009 Global and China Electric Vehicle Li-ion Battery Industry Report, 2008-2009 Africa Telecom Market Report, 2008-2009 China Auto MEMS Pressure Sensor Market Report,2008-2009 China Concrete Machinery Industry Report, 2008-2009 Global and China MEMS Industry Report, 2008-2009

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Investment

Jiuding Invests CNY 80 m in Tianyuan Baotou Tomorrow Technology Co., Ltd Acquired 100% Equity of Lijiang Derun Realty Alcom Solar Equipments Obtained CNY78 mln VC from Govtor Jingbo Holding Takes over Guotong Pipes, Acquiring Chaohu First Plastics HISAP Realizes Overall Listing, All Non-public Additional Shares Subscribed Korea’s Nurien Secures $10 m from Northern Light etc Hunan Publishing Holding Investment Group Plans to Introduce Strategic Investors CoRun Venture Capital Plans to Invest CNY75 m to Fund Establishment of Hangzhou CNAH Mulls Acquisition of East Star Airlines, Setting Foothold in T2 Cities Mangocity Intends to Take over 1Rest, May Complete Deal after Spring Festival

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