China's "new normal" economy, although growing at a slower pace, actually added value last year as more jobs were created, inflation was under control, and trade rose, said a senior official at the National Bureau of Statistics yesterday. ...
According to a new report from Tractica, the global wearable devices market will grow from 17.0 million device shipments in 2013 to 187.2 million units annually by 2020, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34 percent. The ...
Tags: Wearable Device, Sporting Goods
U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 4 percent year on year to $6.11 billion in December, closing the year on a downer. December's sales total was the weakest since 2011 and followed a 6.2 percent decline for stores in November; still, ...
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The shipment growth of China's smart connected devices (SCD), including PCs, tablets and smartphones, will slow down in 2015, according to market intelligence firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Combined shipments in 2015 will rise ...
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China's economy is likely to expand at a slower pace of 7 percent in 2015 and 7.3 percent this year, a government think tank said in a report on Monday. Due to factors such as overcapacity in some manufacturing industries, the country's GDP ...
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Fonterra, New Zealand's dairy co-operative, has reduced the price it expects to pay farmers for milk, in response to the declining dairy prices in the international market. The price has been reduced to also deal with the glut in ...
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India's share has been slowly and steadily increasing in total textile (non-apparel) and apparel imports made by the US in recent years. In 2012, the US imported $2.854 billion worth of textiles from India, which accounted for ...
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China's manufacturing sector expanded in August but at a significantly slower pace, as production rates and new orders softened. The Flash China Manufacturing PMI, published by HSBC in conjunction with Markit Economics, fell 1.4 points to ...
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According to data released by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) on September 15, as of the end of August (August 31) the composite steel price index (CSPI) for the Chinese domestic market was at 90.63 points, down 1.25 points or ...
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As of August 25, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 109.34 million mt, up 0.54 million mt or 0.5 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on August 26. As of the same date, the Xinhua-China ...
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International demand on the rise, especially in Asia, says VDMA survey, but domestic markets still drag. The European machine vision (MV) industry is in “an excellent condition”, according to the German VDMA’s latest ...
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Worldwide airline share prices fell 2% in July compared to June, but in line with performance of the broader market. Initial Q2 financial results show strong gains for US airlines' performance, but declines in Asia Pacific due to cargo ...
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Indian data released on Tuesday showed that consumer price inflation rose in July and in its previous month, factory output grew at a slower pace. This could dampen hopes of an early economic turnaround and increase the pressure on ...
Airline profit expectations for the year ahead are positive even though recent improvements in financial performance have paused, according to IATA's quarterly survey of airline CFO and heads of cargo in July. Recent past financial ...
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China looks back on nearly 5000 years of continued history tremendously rich on innovation and scientific achievements. For centuries the Chinese had been at the forefront of humanity's intellectual and technological progress and often far ...
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