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China factory sector shrinks, IMF finds world worried

China's factory sector shrank for the first time in a year in July, a survey showed on Thursday, feeding worries among the country's main trading partners that its growth is unsustainable and could lead to a slump.

Blogger Exposes Fake Apple Store in China

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An American blogger living in China has exposed fake Apple stores thriving in the country. The fake Apple Store in Kunming, the capital of southwestern Yunnan province, looked exactly like those genuine retail stores run directly by the consumer electronics giant, and even the liveried employees believed that they were Apple employees.
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IMF says property bubble in China a concern

The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it remains concerned with the potential for a property price bubble in China even though the country's elevated inflation rate may peak within the next month or two.
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A Fake Apple Store? What Would Steve Jobs Say?

The Chinese are recognized world wide for their skill of producing stylish counterfeit designer bags and sunglasses but who would have imagined a fake Apple Store equipped with a 'genius bar', spiral staircase and Apple Store trademark wall to wall glass windows? You don't need to. An expat stumbled into three in China's southwest providence of Kunming.
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ASEAN, China to Avoid Costly War in South China Sea

ASEAN countries and China say that meetings at a recent ASEAN forum resulted in the establishment of more specific guidelines on how to deal with the South China Sea dispute that has mounted over the past few months.
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Apple rolls out new Macs, shares set record

Apple Inc shares flirted with a record $400 on Wednesday, a day after the world's most valuable technology company posted blockbuster results and triggered a spate of brokerage upgrades.
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Mass Weddings Throughout the World [PICTURES]

These aren't production stills from a film adaptation of Mao II - real mass weddings take place all over the globe several times a year, and not just among cults.These days, many choose to participate in mass weddings to share the financial burden of the tying the knot.Or, in the case of October's mass wedding in China, so that more people can take advantage of fleeting symbolic good fortune: 60 couples were married at 10:10 in the morning October 10, 2010 - the tenth day of the ...
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Investors Applaud Apple's Momentum

Apple reported its best-ever results in its fiscal third quarter Tuesday. On Wednesday investors applauded by driving Apple's stock to near it's all-time high.
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Rupert Murdoch, Wendi Deng & Children: See Wendi's Amazing Transformation [PHOTOS]

Wendi Deng Murdoch grabbed worldwide attention on Tuesday when she acted as a human shield between her husband, Rupert Murdoch, and a shaving cream pie thrown by a protestor at Murdoch's parliamentary hearing, which probed the hacking scandal at News Corp, Rupert's publishing empire.The heroic act has earned her the nicknake of Wonder Wendi, with millions worldwide wondering who this woman is.42 to her husband's 80, Wendi Deng has been married to Rupert Murdoch s...
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Apple shares set record

Apple Inc shares flirted with a record $400 on Wednesday, a day after the world's most valuable technology company posted blockbuster results and triggered a spate of brokerage upgrades.
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Who is Wendi Deng? Murdoch’s Mysterious Pie-Blocking Wife

In her Charlies Angles moment, Wendi Deng defended her husband, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, from pie-throwing assailant Jonnie Marbles at Tuesday's appearance with a parliamentary committee in London over the phone-hacking scandal at News of the World.
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Yahoo revenue dips in second quarter

Yahoo Inc plugged some of the holes that were weakening its Internet search business in the second quarter, but revealed new challenges that hurt its display advertising business.

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