Renewable energy subsidies have been a politically popular program over the past decade. These subsidies have led to explosive growth in wind power installations across the United States, especially in the Midwest and Texas. But do these ...
Tackling excess capacity will be one of the top tasks on China's economic agenda in 2014, as the issue becomes a major challenge to maintaining the pace and quality of economic growth. "The Chinese economy still faces downward pressure ...
Tags: Slashing Capacity, Mineral
Agria Corporation, an international agricultural company with operations in China, South America, New Zealand and Australia, announced that it has entered an agreement to establish the China National (Yangling) Plant Variety Rights Trading ...
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As the Chinese economy firms with recent upbeat data, analysts expect a reform package to be unveiled in a key plenum this weekend to bring changes not only to China but to reinvigorate the global economy, which has been in a slow recovery. ...
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The German economy is on the verge of an upturn driven by domestic demand. The improving global economic climate and decreasing uncertainty are fuelling investment. Private consumption is benefitting from favourable employment and income ...
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced today that Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, and Director of the Initiative on Value and Innovation in Health Care, Brookings Institution, will join the Board of ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use, Johnson
The US economy is at risk of getting seriously dented due to the US budget dispute. Admittedly, the direct economic consequences of the government shutdown will probably be next to negligible. "However, the strain on the economy should be ...
This afternoon, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman reached out to a broad cross-section of stakeholders to join him on a call to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. As U.S. negotiators press forward to complete a ...
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The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) is warning that a plan to ban trucks on Provencher Blvd., in whole or in part, will hurt the province's trucking industry and economy. The city is looking to restrict truck access to the ...
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Tech companies are hanging onto record amounts of cash, and industry watchers want to see more of it reinvested in the companies or distributed to shareholders. FactSet, a financial research firm, tallied all the cash and marketable ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, webservice
The Origin Africa Designer Showcase took center stage at the AGOA Forum gala dinner in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Origin Africa Designer Showcase is a fashion show to express the innovation, resourcefulness and creativity of African ...
Tags: Textile, AGOA Forum
After deteriorating for a number of years the fiscal policy situation in the USA stabilised recently ; but risks remain. More economic policy adjustments will be required in the future as a result. In the latest issue of the CESifo Forum ...
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“It’s been a very productive week”, said EU Chief Negotiator Ignacio Garcia-Bercero coming out of the talks. “We have been striving already for many months to prepare the ground for an ambitious trade and investment ...
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In the first half of 2013, faced with the complicated and volatile economic environment at home and abroad, the Central Party Committee and the State Council have committed to the general tone of making progress while ensuring the ...
THE dollar followed a stronger gold price higher in Asia yesterday in a jittery session, with traders awaiting comments by the US central bank on the outlook for the economy. Late yesterday, the dollar was at US91.83c, up US1.25c from ...
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