East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet" Rudyard Kipling famously wrote, but a recent high level international conference in Frankfurt, Germany, is determined to prove him wrong, at least with regards healthcare, by ...
Chinese luxury spending is expected to reach 120.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2016, up 3 percent year on year, according to a report on Friday. The growth rate is down from last year's 10 percent as a sluggish economy dampens consumption of ...
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European aircraft manufacturer Airbus Group SE said it expects to deliver its first A350 to Chinese airlines in the second half of next year and is bullish about the country's demand for widebody aircraft, fueled by fast-growing long-haul ...
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The company reiterates fiscal year 2017 GAAP EPS guidance of $4.29 to $4.49, or adjusted EPS1 guidance of $4.15 to $4.35. For fiscal year 2018, the company expects GAAP EPS to be relatively flat to fiscal year 2017 adjusted EPS1. ...
On August 25, Liu Zhenya, Chairman of Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) and Chairman of China Electricity Council (CEC) held talks with Mongolian State Great Hural Chairman (Speaker) Enkhbold ...
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The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened another 160 basis points to 6.7258 against the U.S. dollar Wednesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS). It was the weakest level ...
Xylem Inc has set up a new pump rental and service business in Jebel Ali, Dubai to serve growing demand from the construction and infrastructure sectors, as well as municipal customers, across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The ...
Pump designer and manufacturer, Wanner International, has recently launched the Hydra-Cell Q series of high horsepower quintuplex diaphragm pumps. This is an expansion of the Hydra-Cell range of seal-less high-pressure diaphragm pumps ...
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Plasma etch and deposition equipment maker CORIAL S.A.S. of Bernin, France has announced the availability of hard materials deep etch processes using a new generation of 200mm ICP-RIE (inductively coupled plasma reactive-ion etch) ...
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UK-based process equipment maker Oxford Instruments has announced the development and launch of a silicon carbide (SiC) via plasma etch process using its PlasmaPro100 Polaris etch system. SiC is becoming an increasingly important ...
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In 2015, the global market size of service robots reported USD8.49 billion, surging by 42.2% on a year-on-year basis, and it is expected during 2016-2020 to show an annual average growth rate of 16.5%, which will be mainly driven by: (1) ...
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Australian business attitudes are upbeat as we head into the year-end holiday trading period. According to Dun & Bradstreet’s September Business Expectations Survey, companies are anticipating increased sales, profits, employee ...
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British gin exports have increased in value by 166% since 2000, with exports to the US rising by 553% in the last decade, according to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association's (WTSA) latest annual spirits report. The report details the ...
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Aluminium cans recycler Novelis has confirmed that the UPM Raflatac’s 23 micron Vanish label film is sufficiently light and does not affect the quality of recycled aluminum. The ultra-thin Vanish PET label film, which is proved to ...
Chinese yuan or renminbi (RMB) has been included into the basket of special drawing right (SDR) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since Oct 1, marking a milestone in the internationalization of the RMB. Here are seven things you need ...
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