… about 58,000 in December. Private-sector payrolls fell by 13,000, the biggest decline in more than four years. A separate survey of households showed employment plunging by 436,000, marking the biggest decline in five years. The number of unemployed adults rose by 474,000, pushing the unemployment rate up to 5.0% from 4.7%.

… quoting a source at CCTV. According to the report, CCTV will offer one high definition channel and four other channels during the trial.

… the gold at the Pan American Games in July, she thought she would be heading to China in 2008. But four months later, she has not qualified to compete in Beijing.

… asked six questions to more than 1.55 million people about their opinions on the proposal on four major news portals and the official Website of the nation's top economic planning body since last Friday.

… of the year-long program "the Year of China" in Russia.

… project.

… detector, a high-energy solar particle detector and a low-energy ion detector.

A GANG of seven were given jail terms ranging from life imprisonment to four years for making and selling a drug known as Yaba, according to a court in south China's Guangdong Province.

… October 24 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province.

… October 24 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- It's early November and Christmas is still seven weeks off. But I'm thinking we may be seeing an after-Christmas sale now, at least in some financial and bank stocks. …

… Financial estimated a profit of 8 cents a share on revenue of $987 million. Kindred raised its fourth-quarter profit outlook from continuing operations to a range of 46 cents to 51 cents a share, up from a range of 41 cents to 46 cents a share.

With all kinds of conferences and exhibitions being held in Beijing, both five-star and four-star hotels have reached more than 95% occupancy rates, and lower level hotels almost average 90%.

… 1 cent, per-share FFO of 47 cents and revenue of $184 million. UDR called Wall Street forecasts of fourth-quarter per-share FFO of 50 cents "reasonable," assuming 7 cents to 8 cents in gains on sales in its RE3 unit.

… expected earnings of 23 cents a share on revenue of $102 million. Looking ahead, Novatel expects fourth-quarter earnings of 31 cents a share on revenue of $120 million. Excluding share-based compensation, Novatel expects fourth-quarter earnings of 34 cents a share.

… October 24 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province.

… October 24 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province.

… October 24 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province.

… October 24 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province.

… 5 to November 7, will pay interest twice a year with an anual yield of 4.49%. The sale is the fourth tranche of a total US$200 billion sale of treasury bonds announced by the ministry in September. The sale is intended to reduce liquidity and ease economic overheating. Wang Guogang, a financial expert at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that such a move should in theory have the same effect as a 0.5% raise in the bank reserve requirement.

… 5 to November 7, will pay interest twice a year with an anual yield of 4.49%. The sale is the fourth tranche of a total US$200 billion sale of treasury bonds announced by the ministry in September. The sale is intended to reduce liquidity and ease economic overheating. Wang Guogang, a financial expert at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that such a move should in theory have the same effect as a 0.5% raise in the bank reserve requirement.

… a share, a year earlier. Sales fell 11% to $210 million, hurt by the cessation of production at four paper mills. Income from continuing operations came in at 4 cents a share compared with a loss of 13 cents a share a year earlier.

TWO people were killed and four others were injured after a construction site collapsed in Beijing on Saturday.

… Xinzhou City, when 16 people were working underground. Seven miners escaped. Rescuers found four bodies on Friday. Shanxi Jinle Coal Mine Industrial Co Ltd owned the mine. It had been shut for some time and the 16 people were doing repair work when the collapse happened.

… October 24 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province.

TWO people were killed and four others were injured after a construction site collapsed in Beijing on Saturday.

… Xinzhou City, when 16 people were working underground. Seven miners escaped. Rescuers found four bodies on Friday. Shanxi Jinle Coal Mine Industrial Co Ltd owned the mine. It had been shut for some time and the 16 people were doing repair work when the collapse happened.

… October 24 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province.

Forty-four mostly foreign businessmen have reported being drugged and robbed by sex workers in a Hong Kong red-light district over the last three years, police said Sunday.

… yuan. Volumes were heavy, with nearly 900 million shares having exchanged hands. The company sold four billion yuan-denominated A shares in October to raise 66.8 billion yuan, making the IPO the biggest domestic issue in China to date.