Lotte Confectionery has reported a slide in first-half profits after a weak second quarter. For the six months to the end of June, the South Korea-based confectionery maker reported net profit down by 14% on the same period of last year, ...
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The US government has again cut its forecast for corn yields as the impact of the worst drought in the country for 50 years becomes clearer. Washington said the US corn yield is set to be the lowest since 1995-96, sending futures to a ...
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The mass production of the renovated fabrication line is scheduled to start in second half of 2013 Samsung Electronics is planning to invest about $4bn at its chip plant in Austin, Texas to boost capacity of processors used in smartphones ...
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The US International Trade Commission(ITC)announced the result of the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against China-based solar firms on November 7,2012.China-made solar cells will be subject to 14.78-15.97%anti-subsidy tariffs ...
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The China government is likely to impose anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariffs on polysilicon imported from the US,EU and South Korea in January or February 2013,and this will cause China spot market prices for the material to rise ...
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According to data, Japan exported 20,090 tons of H beams in October with average prices of US$788.56/ton FOB in October. In October, South Korea was the largest importer of the Japanese H beam with 6,911 tons with average prices of ...
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Speech by the Chairman of the Autonomous Region Located in the southwest frontier of the People's Republic of China, Tibet serves as an important gateway to South Asia. Tibet is an ethnic minority autonomous region where the Tibetan ...
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The company's Q3 2012 consolidated revenue registered 6% increase, compared to Q2 2011 Chipmaker SK Hynix posted a marginal profit for third quarter 2012 ended 30 September 2012. The South Korea-based company's consolidated third ...
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The job cuts amount to about 5% of TI's nearly 35,000 employees worldwide US based semiconductor firm Texas Instruments (TI) is planning to cut about 1,700 jobs globally to reduce costs as part of its plans to shift focus from ...
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US companies accounted for 57% of worldwide semiconductor R&D spending in 2011 Worldwide investment on semiconductor research and development (R&D) is expected to grow by 10% in 2012 to $53.4bn compared to $48.7bn in 2011, according to IC ...
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Taipei,Oct.5,2012(CENS)--Chairman S.C.Hsu of the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry(TAMI)said he has signed a memorandum of understanding(MOU)in late September with Chairman Wang Ruixiang of the China Machinery Industry Federation on ...
Japanese c-store retailer FamilyMart has opened its first outlets in China's interior. FamilyMart said yesterday (25 June) it had opened three stores in the province of Sichuan in central China. "The current move into the country's ...
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The company shipped 141 million chips in the quarter Chipmaker Qualcomm has reported 18% rise in its revenues to $4.87bn for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2012, compared to $4.11bn it recorded during the corresponding period last year. ...
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(i) GDP Data In 2005, GDP of Tianjin reached 369.762 billion yuan, with per capita GDP of US$ 4,322. The proportions of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries were 3 percent, 55 percent and 42 percent respectively. Growth of GDP ...
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Speech by the Governor Liaoning is an important interface-link between the Chinese Northeastern Economic Zone and Bohai Economic Rim. It is located at the south of the Northeastern region of China; it faces the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea in ...
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