OPEC ministers meeting in Vienna Friday reached an expected agreement to maintain the group's current crude production limits, leaving their combined output ceiling at 30 million b/d. Ministers had widely signaled their happiness with ...
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The Myanmar-China natural gas pipeline has been completed and is ready for trial operations, and a parallel oil pipeline is 94% complete, state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. said Friday on its website. The 12 Bcm/year gas pipeline ...
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When Larry Goodwin was stung to death by thousands of Africanized honey bees on June 1, the story had a near-fiction quality for many Americans. Goodwin, 62 years old, who farmed near Waco, Texas, was killed when he disturbed a hive while ...
Because of the yen weakness, Apple raised the price of some products in Japan, especially iPad and iPod. The 16GB iPad will rise to 49800 yen, about $493, price at 42800 yen before. The price of iPod will be 4800 yen and before is 4800 yen. ...
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MOTOROLA's high-tech smart phones will publish Moto X to compete with Samsung and Apple. The main difference with the iPhone 5 and the Galaxy S4 is the intelligent sensor. On Thursday (May 30), the subsidiary of Google, MOTOROLA director ...
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British real estate developer Barratt Homes has cast eye on Chinese clients. People close to it said recently that a building in the Canary Wharf, London drew rising attention of it because up to 75 percent of the owners of apartments ...
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Foreign media reports said that although WhatsApp, WeChat, Line as well as Skype and Tango have squeezed into the IM and VoIP application market, China Mobile Ltd. (SEHK: 0941 and NYSE: CHL) is still determined in launching independently ...
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Samsung Electronics announced the Galaxy S4 mini smartphone, which has a larger screen and a better camera than its predecessor, the Galaxy S III mini. The introduction of a pared down version of the Galaxy S4 is in line with Samsung's ...
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It’s reported that the Chinese steel industry posted falling gross profits for the first four months of this year, according to Wang Xiaoqi, deputy chairman of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA). The monthly figures were ...
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Lynn Bragg, President of the Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is to present a conference paper at Glassman America 2013 - the leading event for the hollow and container glass manufacturing industry. Glassman America 2013 will take place ...
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Canada's H2O Innovation Inc has decided to withdraw from its joint venture in India. H2O Innovation India Ltd was set up three years ago in a joint venture with India's Chembond Chemicals Ltd to produce and sell water treatment systems for ...
Bulgaria, located in Southeastern Europe, is being eyed by Chinese businessmen for setting up their textile manufacturing units, according to a report by Bulgarian newspaper Standart. The report says several businessmen from Shaoxing city ...
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Sequential Brands Group announced that Caribbean Joe sportswear and activewear is launching in Japan this season with licensing partner Minoya Company Ltd. ("Minoya") Minoya is a leading apparel manufacturer in Asia, distributing more ...
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Stages Cycling has released a firmware update for its Stages power meter. The company said the update corrects issues that have emerged as more consumers use the crank-based meter with a variety of head units and other equipment; in ...
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In putting together this year's special report on kitchen remodeling trends, Consumer Reports spoke to designers, architects, remodeling contractors, among other professionals. But we also checked in with our Facebook fans to learn what ...