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TO THE POINT: Foreign investment banks are increasingly looking to China's vibrant merger and acquisition deals. To cope with do-mestic headaches such as power shortages and soaring international iron ore prices, the Chinese Government raised the on-grid coal-fired power prices and coke export tariff rates. Recent vehicle tax rate hikes may not be instrumental in depressing the sales of large-capac-ity cars. China Unicom is gearing up to challenge the dominance of China Mobile by pumping huge investments into developing a 3G net-work.