Those are precisely the sorts of listings many expected Shanghai's international board to attract.

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He was expected to meet business delegates in Shanghai before heading to Beijing.

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Other cities around the world expected to see burgeoning deaths from heat include Toronto, Shanghai, Athens and Madrid, Obasi said.

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Disney in betting that their Shanghai resort will at least be comparable to Tokyo, with its expected Mulan-esque touch to bring in the locals.

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Sabre Industries, which provides wireless towers, monopoles and transmission structures, and Nobao Renewable Energy, a Shanghai-based provider of heat pumps used to cool commercial buildings, did not price as expected.

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In Shanghai, a survey by Soufun.com, a real estate website, found that 80% of home buyers expected prices to drop further next year, but more than half polled said that they would buy a house within that time period.

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