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The Edmonton Oilers and the Chicago Blackhawks face off in Western Conference play. Edmonton went 49-27-6 overall and 36-12-5 in home games a season ago. Goalies for the Oilers averaged 25.3 saves ...

Zheng Shanjie, chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, pledged a raft of actions to bolster the ...

Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Zheng Shanjie told a press conference the government planned to issue 200 billion yuan ($28.3 billion) in advance budget spending ...

A vice NDRC chairman said at the same press conference that China's economic growth remained "generally stable" over the first three quarters. ($1 = 7.0805 Chinese yuan) - Reuters ...

Edmonton went 49-27-6 overall and 36-12-5 in home games a season ago. Goalies for the Oilers averaged 25.3 saves per game last season while allowing 2.9 goals per game. Chicago had a 23-53-6 ...