BEIJING-Signs of more appetite in China for steel and other materials and equipment used in construction add to evidence of an economic rebound, but one driven by a return to ramped-up spending on infrastructure and heavy industry the ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), especially in the garment sector, has created around 20,000 new jobs in Myanmar (previously Burma), according to Government data. During the first five months of the fiscal year 2013-14, ...
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The US government made 12,444 requests for data about 40,322 Yahoo users, the web firm has revealed in its first annual transparency report. The report marks a more detailed account of what world governments have requested from Yahoo, ...
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Yahoo received more than 30,000 requests from seventeen different countries around the world for user data in the first half of this year, resulting in more than 25,000 instances of data disclosure, it said Friday in its first transparency ...
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Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said on Friday that the company would move ahead with its lawsuit against the U.S. government, seeking permission to release more information on demands Microsoft receives from the National Security ...
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Google said Thursday it will by default encrypt data warehoused in its Cloud Storage service. The server-side encryption is now active for all new data written to Cloud Storage, and older data will be encrypted in the coming months, wrote ...
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Some level of government surveillance is “essential” if the nation is to minimize the incidence of terrorist strikes like the Boston Marathon bombing, according to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. In a rare interview with CBS This ...
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China's apparent oil demand in July rose 6.6% year on year to 41.52 million mt or an average 9.82 million b/d, according to Platts' estimates based on recently released preliminary government data. Apparent oil demand was, however, 1.7% ...
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India's industrial production indicated a contraction of 2.2 percent year on year in June this year, according to government data released on August 12. A cumulative year-on-year decline of 1.1 percent was observed for the April-June ...
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The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) reported that based on US Government data, steel exports declined in June compared to May by 8.5 percent. "Exports declined in every major steel export market in June, with over 86 ...
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Manufacturing and service surveys showed increased expansion in July while business expectations rose, evidence that China’s economic slowdown may be stabilizing, Bloomberg reported. The non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ ...
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Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in July, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.4 percent from 7.6 percent in June, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The unemployment rate in July was the lowest ...
China's apparent oil demand in June surged 11.7% year on year to 40.89 million mt, or an average 9.99 million b/d, according to Platts' estimates Monday, based on the latest preliminary government data. This is the highest growth rate ...
Tags: Chemicals, oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China's holdings of US Treasuries increased further in May, rising to a record high of US$1.316 trillion, according to data released by the US Department of Treasury. China continues to be the largest holder of US Treasuries as the ...
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The government's Open Standards Principles is one of a number of factors - including G-Cloud, that'll help it achieve a target of reaching a quarter of all ICT procurement contracts being provided to small and medium-sized enterprises ...
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