A new taxation pact between Taiwan and the mainland will save businesses on either side of the Strait billions of New Taiwan dollars a year and provide a powerful boost to the island's revenue, its financial agency said Tuesday. The ...
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Over 6,400 toy guns violating New York laws were sold from 2012 to 2014. Walmart, Sears and Amazon are among several New York-based retailers that have agreed to keep realistic toy guns off their shelves. The NY Times reports that the ...
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The state governments of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have requested the Central Ministry of Finance to increase import duty on raw silk from the current 10 per cent to 30 per cent or at least to 15 per cent. In a written reply to Lok ...
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The Chinese government spent 109.5 billion yuan (17.9 bln US dollars) aiding people who can't afford medical services during the 2009-2014 period, an official said on Wednesday. Government spending on medical aid rose by an annual average ...
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Renewable energy statistics, viewed in isolation, sketch a misleading picture of wind and solar energy growth in China. According to the Energy Information Agency, China's total installed wind and solar electricity capacity was 7% in ...
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A guideline for China's Internet finance drafted by the central bank and other financial regulators will soon be released, said a central bank official on Sunday at a Shanghai forum. The guideline seeks to "promote the healthy development ...
"I don't think we should pay too much attention to the fluctuation of the Chinese stock markets. It's not the most important part of the Chinese economy. What's more important is the fundamentals of the Chinese economic growth," renowned ...
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the foreign buyers to raise the price of garment products, saying that this money would be spent for further welfare of the country's four million readymade garment (RMG) workers, the ...
Tags: aaparel and clothing, garment products, readymade garment export
Beginning next year, the textile industry in Taiwan will have to mandatorily take energy conservation measures, as per a directive of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), according to local media reports. In its effort to improve ...
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The Government of India will soon come out with an interest subvention (subsidy) scheme for exporters, commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. Speaking at a function in New Delhi, Sitharaman said the soon to be ...
Homemade is recalling pickle and sauce products as they might have failed to meet safe processing guidelines, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. The recall has been initiated after a bottle of Homemade Bread and Butter ...
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Murry’s is recalling close to 20,232 pounds of gluten-free breaded chicken nugget product as it may have been contaminated with Staphylococcal enterotoxin, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and ...
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Blue Bell Creameries, whose products were found to be linked with the recent Listeria outbreak in the US, is receiving a significant amount in investment from Texas business investor Sid Bass. The investment will be used to bring back ...
Welsh government has unveiled plans for a new legislation that will mandate a minimum alcohol price, preventing liquor to be sold for less than 50p per unit. The move comes in the wake of a research commissioned by Welsh Government in ...
Tags: agricultural products, beverage, alcohol
The Pakistani government has constituted a high level committee to bring about a ‘Policy Action Plan’ to redress the impediments confronted by the textile industry in increasing its exports, the media has reported. The ...