Other competitors in the services sector include: Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. (KW), HFF (HF), and E-House ( China) Holdings Limited (ADR) (EJ).
We gave special honors to Philweb of the Philippines (top profitability, based on operating income as a share of sales), to Royal Ceramics Lanka of Sri Lanka (return on investment, a near quintupling) and to E-House (China), the real-estate brokerage, for overall best composite score.
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House prices in China rose by 9.1% in the year to September, compared with a 12.4% rise in May.
Average house prices across China are rising at an annual rate of 8%, with double-digit gains in some cities, such as Shenzhen and Beijing.
According to the Reuters news agency, which carries out its own study of house prices in China, the cost of an average home in the mainland's 70 major cities fell 1.2% in April, extending an 0.7% slide in March.
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The House votes Wednesday on granting China the PNTR status, which would drop a variety of trade barriers between China and the United States.
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China's house prices, for instance, have started falling (see article).
China's house prices are edging back up now, with SouFun data showing average prices up 0.03% year on year in January, ending eight months of declines.
Today, the same coalition is pushing for permanent normal trade with China, with the House Ways and Means Committee approving the proposal yesterday.
White House officials said the plant in China was to meant to increase sales in China and across Asia and has strengthened the financial bottom line of the company's U.S. operations.
Accordingly, China Ting Group has entered into a license agreement with ITG to develop "Burlington House Retail" as a freestanding home furnishings store concept in China.
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Shares in Burberry rose after the fashion house calmed worries about slowing demand in China by posting better-than-forecast results.
Last month, Mr. Yang arrived at a Beijing luxury hotel and made his way into the packed salesroom of Poly, China's biggest auction house.
The publishing house reportedly retorted that geographically speaking, north China is correct.
The popularity of social network games, like "Happy Farm" or "House Buying, " is growing rapidly in China, but virtual sales from these games still generate only modest revenues.
Also on Wednesday, the White House released a statement saying that Obama will visit China this year.
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Antique jewellery and collections of china and ceramics were also stolen from the house.
The return is a clever move by Mr. Pinault, who recently won the honor of seeing Christie's become the only foreign auction house allowed to set up a wholly owned business in China.
Xing Wang, the creator of Xiaonei which Renren acquired and built into its social networking house, is now running a GroupOn-type model in China, Meituan.
China's banks should also be able to withstand falling house prices better than their American counterparts.
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But even Barack Obama delayed a meeting in the White House until February, to avoid spoiling the mood for his trip to China last year.
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The House is to vote at midweek on granting permanent normal trading relations to China as part of that nation's bid to join the World Trade Organization.
The People's Republic of China won a big victory late last month, as the House of Representatives voted to grant it permanent normal trade relations when it enters the World Trade Organization.
Trade agreements fall under the jurisdiction of the Ways and Means Committee, which is scheduled to vote on PNTR for China on Wednesday, before advancing the trade bill to the full House of Representatives.
Mr Zhang, 61, directed some of China's most successful modern martial arts films, including Hero and House of Flying Daggers.
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The beam of Xiao's house in Mianzhu City in Sichuan province collapsed during the quake, trapping him, China's state-run television CCTV said.
Retailers rely largely on trade association initiatives, independent third-party assessors and their own in-house auditors to monitor suppliers in Bangladesh, the second-largest clothing exporter after China.
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