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Turnover totaled HK$69.5 billion ($8.91 billion), compared with Thursday's HK$65.98 billion ($8.46 billion).
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has unveiled the iPad, a tablet-style computer that resembles the iPhone, but larger.
The plan to turn China's tropical southern island of Hainan into an international tourist resort by 2020 has already started nudging property prices skywards, according to media reports.
British supermodel Kate Moss poses during the launch of a new collection of Longchamp bags that she designed, in Paris January 27, 2010.
Actress Katie Holmes arrives for the premiere of "The Romantics" during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Park City.
According to the draft of this law by experts, eating dogs and cats will be illegal and those who violate it will be held in dentention.