Business -- February 13, 2006

• 3 Italia IPO deferred: Hutchison
• Air China passengers to log on mid-flight
• China's railways transport 1.154 bln passengers in 2005
• China's oil consumption up 5.4 percent to 7.0 percent in 2006
• Chinese government to take back right of pilotage from companies

• China, G8 discuss global growth, trade
• Doha talks must succeed: South African president
• Experts: China's urban poverty worsens
• Environmentally-friendly car set to rev up Chinese market
• Export of high-tech products soaring

• Guangdong expected to be major petro-chemical refining base in Asia
• G8 upbeat about global growth, grappling with energy security
• HK becomes Shanghai's largest source of investment
• Italy says Russian gas supply to fall 16.2 percent
• NW China city to introduce US$1.3 bln of foreign investment

• Polluting monster disappears from Shanghai's skyline
• Retail sales set to hit 10 trillion yuan by 2010
• Three Gorges power project generates 100 bln kwh of electricity
• World Bank recommends China's large SOEs to pay dividends to central government