Plans by real estate companies to raise capital through share issues face a moratorium amid the government's efforts to curb run-away housing prices. Stock issue plans submitted by 45 such companies, amounting to 110 billion yuan ($16 bill...
Just ten days ago, Li Yang, a company executive in Beijing, felt really excited about grabbing an apartment among over 2,000 potential buyers. But now, he is wondering if he should break the contract with the property developer. The govern...
China's top housing authority has pledged to punish property developers who deliberately raise housing prices by delaying proposed sales dates - the latest move by the government to cool the red-hot real estate market. The rule was issued...
The recent government measures to cool the red-hot property market will not slow economic growth or lead to a significant rise in the bad debts of lenders, a central bank adviser said on Tuesday. Li Daokui, a member of the central bank's m...
In a rare incursion by baseball into what has traditionally been a football-oriented event, Major League Baseball will have a float in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena on New Year's Day. The parade precedes the 96th Rose B...
From June 9-25, the Brewers' left-handed relief specialist recorded 15 consecutive outs via strikeout, the longest such streak in franchise history. Ben Sheets recorded 10 straight outs via whiffs in 2008. To be clear: Stetter didn't retir...
The effect of a recessionary economy on the game was a great concern coming into the season. The game, like nearly all facets of American life, was bound to suffer somewhat, but the general economic difficulties did not do fundamental dama...
This is the fourth installment in my current series in which I am attempting to name what I feel are the top ten players in the history of each MLB franchise. The Marlins, despite their brief tenure, have enjoyed two World Series titles, a...
Joe Smith, of The St. Petersburg Times, reports Tampa Bay Rays IF Reid Brignac is in Mexico, where he's playing winter ball, and he is trying to improve defensively at second and refine his pitch selection at the plate while diversifying h...
The World Umpires Association was certified by the National Labor Relation board on Feb. 24, 2000, and became the negotiating arm of the umpires. Its first president was John Hirschbeck, who was replaced by veteran umpire Joe West this pas...
Major League Baseball and the World Umpires Association have tentatively agreed on a new five-year contract through Dec. 31, 2014. The old deal was set to expire this Dec. 31 and the new one is expected to be ratified by the middle of Janu...
continued into the season as the Wildcats kept winning, critics attacking his in-your-face style of coaching, the way his players called him Frank instead of Coach, even for his big suits and slick hair. I'm a human being, Martin said. I'd...
It's not like it's something new for me. Fiery and demanding, Martin got his start at Miami-area high schools, spending 15 years there before entering the college ranks as an assistant at Northeastern. He joined Huggins' staff at Cincinnat...
Molding the program in his own us-against-the-world image, Martin has No. 12 Kansas State off to its best start in years with a foundation to keep it going for many more to come. This underdog is quite a bulldog. That's who I am. I'm used...
Molding the program in his own us-against-the-world image, Martin has No. 12 Kansas State off to its best start in years with a foundation to keep it going for many more to come. This underdog is quite a bulldog. That's who I am. I'm used...