Thai food manufacturer Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) is to acquire China meat and ready-to-eat foods producer Chia Tai Food Enterprise in a deal worth THB483m (US$15.8m). In a filing to the Thailand stock exchange, the company said the ...
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China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., or Sinopec, raised its ex-works price for polypropylene in East China by Yuan 200/mt ($31.80/mt), or 1.9%, to Yuan 11,000/mt Friday, a company source said. On an import parity basis, the new price is ...
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Due to fluctuating demand in Europe, China-based solar module firms Yingli, Suntech and Trina Solar saw shipments in third-quarter 2012 decrease by 16.9%, 10%, and 9% respectively. Jinko Solar, on the other hand, benefitted from domestic ...
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The price in the solar supply chain has been relatively stable since the second half of the fourth quarter in 2012. However, due to the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation on polysilicon firms by the China government, China-based ...
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Taiwan-based tier-one solar cell firms plan to increase prices by 5-10%. According to downstream solar firms in Taiwan, solar cell makers previously did try to increase prices in the second half of 2012 but in the end were not successful. ...
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Food and drink deals, particularly the acquisition of Weetabix by China's Bright Food Group, dominated large-scale merger and acquisition activity in the UK in 2012, a new report by Experian shows. Food and drink was the most active ...
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IDG News Service - China has punished six companies, including Samsung and LG, for manipulating LCD panel prices in the country, and ordered them to pay a total of $56 million in fines. Samsung, LG, and four Taiwanese companies ...
Faced with the increasingly grim overseas market environment, what is our challenge and what is our advantage? Where are the barriers and opportunities? How to restructure and develop? From December 26, 2012 to 27, Baosteel holds 2012 ...
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On December 31, 2012, Shanghai Brand-name Recommendation Committee officially announces 2012 Shanghai brand name products and services recommended list. Five Baosteel projects are selected. It is understood that Shanghai brand-name ...
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IDG News Service - Lenovo is reorganizing its operations into two business groups, in an apparent move to leverage the company's ThinkPad brand to better compete in the market. The reorganization, which will be completed on April 1, seeks ...
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IDG News Service - Google has quietly shut down a search function that helped users in China navigate past the country's censorship systems, after authorities had tried to block the feature. Launched at the end of May, the function worked ...
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Computerworld - LAS VEGAS -- Lenovo showed off several smartphones on Sunday at International CES that recently went on sale in China, a prelude to a rumored Intel-based IdeaPhone K900 smartphone. The existing Lenovo smartphones are all ...
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The Lenovo Environment Affairs and Specifications Communication Conference 2012, organized by Lenovo Group and sponsored by SGS, was successfully held in Shanghai and Shenzhen in Oct 2012. Over 500 representatives from Lenovo suppliers ...
CLP(China Light and Power)has ordered more than 100 UltraTEV Monitor systems from EA Technology,to monitor Partial Discharge(PD)activity in 33 and 11kV switchboards serving 2.3 million customers in Hong Kong. EA Technology,the ...
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China Knowledge reported that China's total logistics expense grew 11.9%YoY to CNY 8 trillion in the first eleven months of this year. According to figures from the National Development and Reform Commission,the growth rate was 0.4 ...