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Dow up for a fourth day, turns positive for 2011

Business | Securities
2011-9-1

IT'S a quiet end to a wild month for financial markets. Stocks edged higher yesterday on a report that factory orders surged in July. The Dow Jones industrial average turned higher for the year. The Dow's four-day...

Natural gas rises, crude oil edges lower

Business | Energy
2011-9-1

THE price of natural gas, a major energy source for power plants, jumped nearly 4 percent yesterday as power started to come back in the US East following widespread outages caused by Hurricane Irene. In other...

US states struggle in hurricane aftermath

| World
2011-9-1

STATES along the US East Coast struggled yesterday with the after-effects of Irene, the destructive hurricane-turned-tropical storm, with homes and businesses still threatened with flooding and more than 2 million...

Child brides 'more likely to face mental disorder'

| World
2011-9-1

CHILD brides more often face psychiatric disorders than women who marry after the age of 18, according to the first study to try to gauge the mental toll of child marriage, which is already tied to health problems. ...

20 injured as tide rushes in

| National
2011-9-1

Jail terms for fatal high-rise fire upheld

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-1

THE appeals of eight people who were sentenced to jail for their part in last year's deadly blaze that killed 58 people in a downtown high-rise residential building were rejected yesterday by the Shanghai Higher People's...

Furniture checks will improve in wake of scandal

Metro | Consumer rights
2011-9-1

IN the wake of a big scandal, local authorities will strengthen inspections of imported furniture, giving particular scrutiny to their materials and place of origin. Officials admitted that the inspection process...

It's 'good riddance' to summer's scorchers

Metro | Weather
2011-9-1

SHANGHAI'S sweltering heat of summer likely is gone, as no days with highs exceeding 35 degrees Celsius are forecast for September, forecasters said yesterday. The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau said the temperatures...

Shanghai moms pretty happy

Metro | Health
2011-9-1

SHANGHAI mothers are the third-happiest moms on the Chinese mainland, after those in Yunnan Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, according to a survey about pressure from work, life and child raising. The...

Oil firm says leaks are fixed

| National
2011-9-1

CHINA'S maritime authority is to "strictly verify" a report submitted by ConocoPhillips yesterday showing that the oil producer has met a requirement to seal the sources of two oil spills that began in June. The...