Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods in September 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China 2013-10-21 08:49:33 In September 2013, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 2,065.3 billion yuan, up by 13.3 percent year-on-year ...
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In the first three quarters of 2013, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council committed to the general tone of making progress while ensuring the stability, stabilized the macro-economic policies, made innovation on the ...
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Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, has been selected by the government of the city of Buenos Aires to renew its street lighting system with LED technology. Philips will replace the majority of the 125,000 existing street lights ...
Philips has been commissioned by the City of Buenos Aires to replace 125,000 of its street lights with LED luminaires. 10,000 luminaires have already been installed to date in the large-scale three-year project and it is estimated that ...
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Airports are benefitting from the sustainable growth in the aerospace industry. They are increasingly developing into retail centers and will become even more closely integrated into urban areas in the future. At the same time, capacity ...
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In the bike-loving Netherlands, electric bicycles now account for one-third of bicycle spending. The e-bike is encroaching on the Vespa in Rome, and multiplying on the steep roads of Lausanne. Globally, the production of electric bicycles ...
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) today released its “Cities as a Lab: Designing the Innovation Economy” report that demonstrates how design can foster innovative approaches to American cities’ changing needs. ...
Chinese scientists announced on Monday that they have developed a type of nanomaterial which can catalyze algae masses growing on water surfaces into inorganic earth. Chinese lakes are often plagued by catastrophic outbreaks of blue-green ...
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Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods in August 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China 2013-09-10 16:36:06 In August 2013, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 1,888.6 billion yuan, up by 13.4 percent year-on-year (nominal ...
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Companies in China, whose tainted milk powder scandal in 2008 left six dead and more than 300,000 sick, are vaunting tie-ups with French dairies to shore up their image but some fear this could backfire for Paris. Chinese firm Biostime ...
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China's Cabinet is throwing more support behind small and micro-sized businesses by emphasizing more financing innovation and credit for the cash-thirsty private sector. 8 detailed targets have been released by the State Council, ...
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The frigid temps in your office during the summer months might be to blame for the latest round of colds circulating your cubicles. If you're among the many gainfully employed Americans who blame work for their poor health, it turns out ...
Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods in July 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China 2013-08-09 15:54:20 In July 2013, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 1,851.3 billion yuan, up by 13.2 percent year-on-year (nominal ...
Construction expenditures in China are expected to rise 8.5 percent per annum in real terms through 2017. Ongoing urbanization and industrialization, rising income levels, further population and household growth, and the government’s ...
Japanese carmaker Honda will start testing the Micro Commuter Prototype β electric vehicle (EV) in collaboration with the Japan's City of Saitama during fall 2013. Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) ...
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