Finance

• - Rate Hikes Around the Corner
• - China Acts to Cool Credit Expansion
• - Nuclear Firm to Rope in New Strategic Investors
• - Chinese Shares Hit 7-month Low Thursday
• - Chinese Shares Drop to 6-month Low
• - Sany Heavy Mulls HK IPO
• - Opening Futures Key for Growth
• - 12 Listed Banks' Property Loans Total 5 Tln Yuan
• - Banks Ramping up Agricultural Lending This Year
• - Catastrophe Insurance in the Works

• - Expert Warns on Hot Money
• - Banks Can Refuse 3rd-home Loans
• - China to Issue US$2 Bln Book-entry T-bonds Next Week
• - Exchange Rate Largest Concern for Chinese Exporters
• - Futures Rise on Trading Debut
• - Suspended Death for Ex-CDB Exec
• - Int'l Board Likely to Debut in Shanghai This Year
• - New Lending Slows on Gov't Curbs
• - Large Caps Stay in Shadows
• - Regulator to Ban Lending to Speculative Home Buyers

• - Snow: Let China Decide on RMB
• - China Life to Buy Bonds
• - US Expert Calls China's Index Futures Launch Historic
• - China to Boost Financial Support to Cultural Industries
• - China Unveils Stock Index Futures in Shanghai
• - Geithner Heads to Beijing for Talks
• - China Construction Bank Expands Global Footprint
• - New Credit May Exceed Gov't Target
• - Big Lenders Get Stringent on Mortgage Loans
• - China Takes Gradual Approach to Financial Liberalization