The world's stock markets are spiralling downwards. The U.S. equity market fell 10 percent last month. Investor terminology calls this a "correction" not a crash. But prospects don't look good. Big investors, banks and financial ...
Tags: Economic Crisis, investment banks
China will continue to be a driver of global economy as it has sufficient investment opportunities and internal resources, a leading Chinese economist said Tuesday. "China will continue to grow economically and continue to be the main ...
China's production of 10 major non-ferrous metals in November grew at a slower pace than a year ago, the top economic planner said Sunday. Output of non-ferrous metals grew 1.4 percent year on year in November, down by 6.5 percentage ...
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Taiwan consumers have continued to show lower expectations about future income and investment as well as general economic situation for the eighth-consecutive month in December, said a survey publicized Monday. The consumer confidence ...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Keep Lowering
NASA's Mars-orbiting MAVEN spacecraft has gathered new evidence which scientists say appears to prove its the sun that has been robbing the red planet of its atmosphere and water. Researchers say solar winds are still stripping Mars of ...
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The global notebook market will face more uncertainty in 2016 as Xiaomi Technology and Huawei will debut in the mature market, and Samsung Electronics has also renewed its interest in it, according to industry sources. As the global ...
Tags: notebook market, Xiaomi, smartphones
China's retail sales of consumer goods will see annual growth of 10.7 percent this year, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) forecast Thursday. The domestic consumer market was stable this year and it gained momentum in recent months, said MOC ...
Restart of nuclear reactors in Japan, growing renewable sources of energy and a slow economy are expected to push down the country's LNG consumption by 2020 by as much as 10.5% from 2014 levels, Eclipse Energy said this week. Japan's LNG ...
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The global market for application processors (AP) will rise 8.54% in 2016, according to Digitimes Research. Growth of demand for applications such as automotive electronics and smartwatches will outperform that for smartphones. The global ...
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California is on the verge of becoming the largest market for zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) in the United States, steered by the state's increasingly stringent ZEV mandate. The directive lends a holistic perspective to the adoption of ...
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Margins for non-integrated styrene monomer producers in Asia shrank to their narrowest in 11 months Monday due to firm feedstock ethylene and tumbling SM market amid weak demand season in the fourth quarter. The margin was calculated at ...
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Fossil fuel companies risk wasting up to $2.2 trillion in the next decade by pursuing projects that could be uneconomic in the face of international action to limit climate change, UK-based financial think-tank Carbon Tracker Initiative ...
Tags: Fossil Fuel, natural gas, oil shale, oil sands
The LED industry is gradually maturing in 2015, with products cost/performance (C/P) ratio becoming increasingly important. Low and mid-power flip chip products are increasingly valued by the industry. To further understand this trend ...
Tags: LED industry, LED chip, Chip Scale Packaging
Air freight volumes were up slightly in September according to the IATA, with freight tonne kilometres (FTK) 1.0% higher compared to a year ago. This was a small improvement on August, when volumes were broadly stable year to year, however, ...
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In first half of 2015, 23 LED strip lights made in China were notified as dangerous products on the EU RAPEX alert system, according to a report by China Quality News Network (CNQ). The number of LED strip lights reported by the EU alert ...