Friday the 13th did not play well for Apple today, as the company suspended the sale of its iPhone 4S smartphones in its Chinese retail outlets.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has published its unaudited performance results for first three quarters of 2011, stating that from January to September 2011, its total revenue increased by 18.01% year-over-year to CNY43.983 billion, while its net profit increased by 24.38% year-over-year to CNY1.791 billion.

Chinese home appliances and electronics retailer Gome has published its semi-annual results ended June 30, 2011, stating that its revenue from retail stores increased by 19.8% year-on-year to CNY29.8 billion; and its net profit increased by 30% year-on-year to CNY1.25 billion.

Chinese home appliances and electronics retailer Suning has announced plans to buy 179 million additional shares from Laox, Suning's subsidiary in Japan, at the price of JPY35 per share.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has published its unaudited results for the first quarter of 2011, and it is also the last quarterly report before Chen Xiao, former chairman of Gome, departed the company.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has signed a five-year strategic cooperation agreement with the Japanese home appliances brand Sanyo and the two parties will implement in-depth cooperation in various areas, including information sharing, product development, marketing, sales management, and after-sales services.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome announced that it has acquired an 80% stake in the business-to-consumer home appliances website Coo8.com, but no financial details have been disclosed.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has announced that its board of directors has decided to sue its former executive director Huang Guangyu.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome and Japanese LCD screen maker Sharp have signed a strategic agreement in which Gome eyes sales of CNY6 billion Sharp LCD TVs from July 1 to the end of 2010.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has announced that Chen Xiao, chairman and president of Gome, will no longer hold the position of president and the position is now given to Wang Junzhou, former executive director and executive vice president of the company.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has published its unaudited financial report for the first quarter of 2010, stating that its operating revenue increased by 20.21% year-on-year to CNY11.782 billion; its operating profit increased by 65.7% to CNY532 million; and its net profit increased by 3.42% to CNY333 million.

Chinese home appliances and electronics retailer Gome Electrical Appliance Holdings Limited has published its annual financial report for 2009, stating that its net profit increased by 34.45% year-on-year CNY1.048 billion to CNY1.409 billion; but its revenue decreased by 7.02% to CNY42.667 billion.

According to China's Vsens, the wholly-owned customized terminal subsidiary of China Unicom, its new customized 3G smartphone, XT701, made by Motorola, is now ready for sale.

Beijing No. 2 Secondary Court has issued an indictment to Gome Electrical Appliance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chinese electronics retailer Gome, which has allegedly been involved in a bribery scandal.

Chinese home appliances and electronics retailer Gome has announced that it has signed a franchise license agreement with the 2010 Shanghai World Expo to become the authorized retailer of World Expo-related home appliances.