Woori Finance Holdings closes preliminary bidding

Woori Finance Holdings closed its preliminary bidding to privatize the largest financial company in South Korea.


EDF partners with Areva, Chinese firms to build nuclear plant in UK

French utility company Electricite de France (EDF) would be joining forces with Areva and two Chinese nuclear firms to build a nuclear power plant in the UK.

Zimbabwe needs a USD5.3 billion investment and stable policy to boost platinum output - report

A Chamber of Mines report said with enough investment and stable mining policies, South Africa could compete with Russia for the recognition as the second largest platinum producer.

China to sell municipal bonds in efforts to wipe out local government debt

Chinese government think-tank Development Research Center had proposed a lift of the ban to sell bonds in order to reduce its local governments' USD4 trillion debt.


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