This was supposed to be the diamond decade. Back in 2010, De Beers executives were touting that the coming 10 years would bring unprecedented demand and growth to the industry. Almost halfway through, it feels anything but, especially for ...
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China will focus on boosting economic growth quality and efficiency in 2015 and stick to the theme of seeking progress while maintaining stability, according to a high-level meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Friday. China ...
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China's non-manufacturing sector activity showed a slight improvement in November, as new export orders and employment added stabilizers to the economy. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the non-manufacturing sector came in at 53.9 ...
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Stressing the major impact hunting and recreational shooting have on Oregon's economy, a broad group of local and regional leaders representing sporting organizations, small businesses and retailers today announced the launch of Hunting ...
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Politicians from the three main political parties had a spirited debate last night on the future of intellectual property policy after the General Election. Panellists from the political parties were Mike Weatherley MP (Conservative), Iain ...
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is giving fuel-conscious fleets two more SmartWay-verified retread products to help reduce their operating costs. Goodyear’s G392A SSD UniCircle and G394A SST UniCircle wide-base retread products recently ...
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Japanese retail packaging is as culturally unique to Japan as its language, traditional dress and customs, and it took four days at Tokyo Pack 2014 to begin to make sense of characteristic traits in pack construction and consumer ...
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Northern Ireland is planning to introduce Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol, in order to reduce the harmful effects caused by alcohol consumption. The move is based on a research conducted by the University of Sheffield, and ...
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More consumers "shopped small" on Saturday, but spent less money on average than a year ago, according to the results from the Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey, released today by the National Federation of Independent ...
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Bank of China (BOC) predicted in a report on Tuesday that China's GDP will expand by around 7.2 percent in 2015, lower than the target set for this year. It is one of few public predictions made by a major state firm indicating that the ...
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On November 25, the 7th China Annual International Energy Conservation Competition awarding ceremony was hold in Beijing. C&C trucks with Yuchai power won the champion of 6*4 tractor group and LNG tractor group. C&C K version truck was ...
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The Government of Pakistan will provide complete support to the textile industry and not allow it to shut down, as it is the backbone of the national economy, Punjab's chief minister Shahbaz Sharif said to a delegation of industrialists ...
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According to data released by the three largest economy contraction yesterday,encumbered by the weak manufacturing in Germany, France and Italy, the eurozone manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) November final value fell to 50.1, ...
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The ISM is the important data announced by the institute for supply management that leading indicator of economic health. According to ISM,business can quickly respond to market conditions. It can also reflect the degree of economic ...
Brazil is set to recommence meat exports to Saudi Arabia and China by the end of this year, Brazil’s agriculture minister Neri Geller said. This announcement follows China's decision to remove its ban on Brazilian beef and speed up ...
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