The Chinese transport sector is poised to attract 2.6 trillion yuan ($425 billion) of investment for this year as authorities strive to accelerate infrastructure construction. "The transport sector showed signs of improvement in the first ...
China's top 100 retailers saw combined sales jump 26.2 percent year on year to 3.37 trillion yuan (544 billion U.S. dollars) in 2014, an industry association official said Thursday. Wang Yao, vice president of China General Chamber of ...
Tags: e-commerce, Online sales, online-sales growth, physical stores
The winners of the most prestige product design awards, Red Dot, were unveiled in June in Germany. The design experts of international repute comprised the Red Dot jury , and the composition changes every year. To avoid conflicts of ...
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Belgium based women’s lingerie retailer Van de Velde reported a 6.0 per cent year over year sales hike in the first half of 2015 ended June 30, 2015. An interim report informed that its turnover rose 6.0 per cent from €107.0 ...
Participants running on behalf of more than 200 non-profit organizations raised $28.3 million for charity this year in the 119th running of the Boston Marathon. The race raised 38.4 million for charity in 2014, the year following the Boston ...
Bhilwara based textile major Sangam (India) has launched women’s branded apparel category under the name of ‘Channel Nine’. Through this initiative, Sangam which has been supplying fabrics to garments manufacturers, has ...
Blue Gold's 2012 drilling program will focus primarily on testing the Main Target, a 1,400 metre by 500 metre zone of gold-copper mineralization associated with monzonite porphyry bodies. A total of 43 holes, averaging only 180 metres in ...
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ATLANTA — Strong upholstery and dining room business and larger sales tickets helped Havertys to a 7.2% second-quarter sales gain and a 4.8% same-store sales increase, the company reported. For the quarter ended June 30, the Top 100 ...
Tags: dining room, furniture
On May 1, 2012, residents of Albany and Avon, Minnesota, were delayed from delivering May Day baskets when a sudden storm dropped buckets of rain on the towns. The May Day storm brought 2 to 3 inches of rain in one hour. It was a minor ...
On June 18, the DOC issued a preliminary All-China rate of 363.31%, which would apply to all Chinese manufacturers that do not qualify for a lower separate duty rate. This rate would apply to shipments made from April 1, 2014 through Sept. ...
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According to a new forecast report by Ovum, FTTx optics will reach a new record level in 2015, following a record-breaking 2014. The report forecasts that FTTx optical components revenue will exceed $1bn this year, up almost 5% from $953m ...
Russia-based Internet service providers, along with growing demand for hardware used in data centers, have resumed placement of orders with Taiwan-based PC and server vendors/makers, according to these vendors/makers. The Russia market ...
China has the world's longest HSR network with over 16,000 km of track in service as of December 2014, which is more than the rest of the world's high speed rail tracks combined. China's high speed rail system also includes the world's ...
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Many Chinese prefer to spend more money to get healthcare and treatment overseas. And the number has increased to 40 million in the past 6 years. In 2013, they spent $48.3 billion on overseas healthcare. More and more Chinese pay visits ...
Tags: healthcare, treatment, medical device