INGOLSTADT - Audi is planning the biggest investment programme in the company's history, investing some 11.6 billion euros (about $15 billion) between 2011 and 2015 in new products and hiring around 1,200 experts to bolster electro-mobility and lightweight construction, the carmaker has announced.

BEIJING - In a move aimed at presenting "true picture" of the country to the world, China will give more funds to media outlets, particularly those targeting overseas readers, in the next 10 years.