From January to September in 2015, EU’s imports & exports value was USD 2936.42 billion, down 14.3%. Exports value was USD 1490.42 billion, down 12.7% and imports value was USD 1446.0 billion, down 15.8%. EU’s trade surplus was ...
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According to figures published by IDC, in the fourth quarter of 2015 over 14 million tablets were shipped to Western Europe as the market volume declined 10.1% on year. In value terms, however, the decline was only 1.8% on year, thanks to ...
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China's independent refiners nearly doubled their gasoil and gasoline production in January and output is expected to remain at high levels going forward as they maintain strong run rates, set up reformers, and continue to process light ...
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LightCounting has released a report 'Market Opportunity for Optical Integration Technologies, Including Silicon Photonics' giving an analysis of the potential impact of integration technologies on the market for optical transceiver module ...
Despite the holiday season, worldwide tablet shipments declined 13.7% on year to 65.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to IDC. Total tablet shipments for 2015 were 206.8 million units, down 10.1% on year. Despite ...
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Ford Motor Company is changing its method for reporting pension and other postretirement employee benefits (OPEB) to provide a clearer view of Ford's operating performance and segment results. "Ford has delivered consistently strong ...
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Two of China's largest home appliances manufacturers are predicting huge losses for 2015. Sichuan Changhong Electric Co Ltd has forecast it will slip 1.97 billion yuan ($300.3 million) into the red, a staggering 3,455 percent fall ...
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China's apparent oil demand in 2015 grew 5.8% year on year to 11.11 million b/d, the fastest pace since 2011, despite the country's economy growing at the slowest rate since 1990, Platts calculations based on recently released official data ...
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Thanks to tireless promotion by top Chinese leaders, the country's railway industry has seen another year of good harvest in overseas markets in 2015, culminating in the launch of a railway project in Asia and the start of another in Europe ...
In China's financial hub Shanghai, kitchen stoves now use a new energy source: shale gas, a clean energy that travels more than 1,600 kilometers to the city's homes via a series of pipelines. China has recently made breakthroughs in shale ...
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U.S.-based General Electric has won a contract to supply turbines to the Wudongde hydropower plant located in southwest China. The company will provide six turbine-generator sets and related equipment, accounting for half of the project's ...
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China is going to be the third-largest contributor to UN regular budget 2016-2018, with its assessed contribution accounting for 7.9 percent, said a senior Chinese diplomat Wednesday. The Chinese contribution to the total UN membership ...
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has produced more than 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas this year, ranking second in the country following Shaanxi Province. According to the latest statistics from the region's ...
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The State Council announced Wednesday that it supported the development of direct financing to reduce production costs for enterprises. Through direct financing, enterprises can get funds from the capital market by issuing shares or ...
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Experts believe that China's service industry will keep up high growth levels in the next few years. Liu Yuanchun, a dean at Renmin University of China, predicts an 8-percent growth rate for the sector. "There is no problem for China to ...