At the end of last year, securities firms' entrusted assets came to 1.89 trillion yuan, up from 480.2 billion yuan six months earlier, according to data from the Securities Association of China.

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This year, the yuan rose six consecutive months against the dollar, breaking a record.

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Ms. Chen was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison and more than three million yuan in fines, the attorney involved in the case said.

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Sales in the first six months of 2011 rose to 1.78 billion yuan from 1.31 billion.

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