Surrender value of four listed insurance companies in China reached CNY 34.3 billion in the first quarter of 2013, growing 40% to 100% over a year earlier. Surrender value of China Life hit CNY 20.088 billion, surging 102.6%, and the ...
Total supply of land for state-owned construction reached 123,000 hectares in China in the first quarter of 2013, growing 7.6% over a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Land and Resources. Supply of land for mining warehouses, ...
Tags: Estate Land, construction
Taiwan smart phone maker HTC predicted a growth of 63.6% for its operating revenue in the second quarter, because of the robust market demand for HTC One. The company believed that the figure will reach TWD 70 billion or USD 2.37 billion, ...
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The Archos GamePad is a tablet designed specifically for playing games—one of several others coming out some time this year, including the Wikipad, NVidia's Project Shield, and the Razer Edge Pro. The GamePad combines the features of ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, GamePad, smartphone
Smart phones are fast replacing home computers for many daily online activities. But 39 percent of the more than 100 million American adult smart phone owners failed to take even minimal security measures to protect their phone, the latest ...
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Think video streaming, from services such as Amazon and Netflix, is killing physical discs? Not quite yet, according to the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), which reports that Blu-ray sales were 28.5 percent higher in the first quarter of ...
Tags: Blu-Ray Discs, Consumer Electronics, DVR
A hot summer forecast—and air-conditioner prices that are going up with the mercury—could mean an early run on window units. But you needn't wait and sweat it out: Consumer Reports testers just named 15 top room air conditioners ...
May 3, 2013 - Saying it will enable its engineers to design, develop and deliver new products faster than ever, GE announced the opening of its $1.5-million, 17,000-sf New Product Introduction (NPI) Accelerator Lab at the business' HQ in ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
The power industry will spend over $22.8 billion in 2014 for equipment and chemicals to transport, treat and control water and wastewater. This is the conclusion reached by McIlvaine through aggregating forecasts in nine of its market ...
Imports of tropical lumber to the EU fell by 13% last year to 996,000 m3 and thereby dropped below the 1m m3 mark for the first time. Information from the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) shows that even in 2009, when the ...
Tags: Lumber, Construction
Building activity in the USA, particularly apartment construction, increased following a rise in demand in February 2013. Building starts, according to US Census Bureau, increased in the twelve months up to and including March by 7% ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), on behalf of the American National Standard Lighting Group (ANSLG), published ANSI/ANSLG C78.43 American National Standard for Electric Lamps—Single-Ended Metal Halide Lamps. ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported selected financial metrics and business highlights for first-quarter 2013 (excluding revenue and earnings, due to the firm's ongoing ...
Solar demand in major markets in Europe continues to grow steadily as governments lower incentives. In the first quarter of 2013, total new solar installations in Germany, Italy, and the UK reached 2GW, accounting for 30% of global new ...
Tags: Solar
The supplier base for PV inverters further fragmented in 2012, with the total market share of the 10 largest suppliers falling by more than four percentage points, according to IHS. This was partly due to strong growth in demand from ...
Tags: PV inverter, Lights, Lighting