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Sinopec to pay compensation over pipeline blast Chinese state-owned oil giant Sinopec will pay compensation over a November pipeline explosion at its facility in the city of Qingdao that killed dozens of people and caused losses of more than $100 million.

14 January 2014

Kazakhstan has seen 600% growth in prices for housing in the last 12 years As of November 2013, price in Astana, the country’s capital city, stood at $1687 per square meter.

13 January 2014

Li's Power Assets to spin off HK unit Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man, is to spin off his electricity assets in Hong Kong through an initial public offering worth up to HK$27.9 billion ($3.6 billion) and will sell a large chunk to a Chinese state-owned power company.

13 January 2014

Toyota aims to produce more than 10 million autos in 2014 Toyota Motor is aiming to produce more than 10 million vehicles in 2014, a bullish target that could boost other industries in Japan, a report said Saturday.

12 January 2014

Singapore monitoring new forms of illicit financing Asian financial hub Singapore on Friday said it was scrutinising trade in virtual currencies such Bitcoin, precious stones and metals to forestall new forms of illicit financing by criminals and terrorists.

12 January 2014

IMF's Lagarde: uncertainty over health of European banks International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Thursday that questions marks remain over the health of Europe's banks and that coming stress tests are a chance to build confidence in them.

10 January 2014

Taiwan's Pegatron may get half iPhone 6 orders: report Taiwan's Pegatron Corp, an assembler of Apple's iPhone 5C, is expected to win half of the orders from the US tech giant for its next smartphone model.

10 January 2014

China has world's most outbound tourists: report Nearly 100 million Chinese tourists visited foreign countries last year, and they are likely to extend their lead as the world's biggest-spending travellers, state media reported Thursday.

09 January 2014

Most China execs say cannot work with Japan firms: poll About 60 percent of Chinese corporate leaders say they cannot do business with Japanese firms because of thorny relations between the two countries.

09 January 2014

TENGRI LIFE

TENGRI TRAVEL

Almaty beats all Asia in Top 10 cities to visit in 2014 Almaty is the most 'alluring city' in Kazakhstan and number 7 of the Top 10 cities to visit in 2014 according to The Rough Guide.

08 January 2014

China box office revenue hits $3.6 bn in 2013: report China's box office takings leaped to $3.6 billion last year, up 27.5 percent on 2012, as nearly 14 screens were added every day to the world's second-largest film market.

08 January 2014

Air Astana mulls launching Internet in aircraft Air Astana is considering the possibility of making the Internet available on-board its aircraft.

08 January 2014

China to allow game console sales through FTZ China has formally authorised game consoles made in a new Shanghai free-trade zone to be sold in the country, potentially opening its lucrative market up to the likes of Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's XBox.

08 January 2014

KazAgro borrows $100 million from Royal Bank of Scotland KazAgro National Company has borrowed $100 million from the Royal Bank of Scotland.

06 January 2014

Kazakhstan to increase export via Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad Kazakhstan has expressed interest in exporting goods via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad that will be launched sometime next year.

06 January 2014

Chinese tycoon wants to 'rebuild' New York Times A Chinese tycoon said Monday he is serious about buying the New York Times and wants to work on "rebuilding its credibility and influence" by reforming its award-winning coverage of China.

06 January 2014

2014 year of 'hard truths' for British economy: Osborne British finance minister George Osborne will warn that 2014 is to be the year of "hard truths" and public spending cuts when he sets out his plans for the year ahead.

06 January 2014

Blackberry sues company for violating keyboard patent Blackberry Ltd. said Friday it had filed a suit in a California court against Los Angeles firm Typo Products for violating its patents with a Blackberry-like keyboard made for Apple's iPhone.

05 January 2014

Kazakhstan banks to start transition to Basel III in 2015 Kazakhstan banks will start transitioning to Basel III standards starting from January 2015.

05 January 2014