FormFactor Inc of Livermore, CA, USA (which provides wafer test technologies and expertise) has agreed to acquire Cascade Microtech Inc of Beaverton, OR, USA (which provides equipment enabling precision contact, electrical measurement and ...
Tags: LED devices, wafer
On the 30th December 2015, GRENERGY formalized the sale of its two last solar photovoltaic plants in Spain, both producing under decree 9/2013 of July 12 which establishes the new remuneration system for renewable energy replacing decrees ...
Tags: PV Projects, Sloar Cell
A slew of factors is persuading companies to expand abroad to access the global market Rising costs and steep anti-dumping duties in the United States and Europe, coupled with a desire to expand overseas, are increasingly driving major ...
Tags: Solar Panel, Solar Energy Products
The world's stock markets are spiralling downwards. The U.S. equity market fell 10 percent last month. Investor terminology calls this a "correction" not a crash. But prospects don't look good. Big investors, banks and financial ...
Tags: Economic Crisis, investment banks
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday raised alarm of Djibouti's continuing public debt and budgetary deficit. "Expenses relating to public investments have exerted considerable pressure on the budget and external debt," IMF ...
Tags: IMF, Public Debt, Budgetary Deficit
China's outstanding foreign debt settled at 1.53 trillion U.S. dollars by the end of September, data from the country's forex regulator showed on Wednesday. Most of the debt owed to foreign creditors resulted from short-term borrowing, as ...
Tags: External Debt
The Chinese government's leading think-tank has released a new study downplaying concerns about the level of debt being held by local governments, suggesting that more spending needs to take place to cope with social issues. On the heels ...
Tags: People's Livelihoods
It's being reported Hon Hai Precision Industry, aka Foxconn, may be prepared to spend around 2.5 billion U.S. dollars to acquire Sharp Electronics. The proposed price is said to be about 50 percent higher than Sharp's current market ...
US based auto parts maker LKQ has entered into an agreement to acquire Rhiag-Inter Auto Parts for €1.04bn to expand its presence in European market. Rhiag-Inter Auto Parts is pan-European business-to-business distributor of ...
Tags: LKQ, Rhiag-Inter Auto Parts, Auto
Chinese legislators on Thursday urged intensified efforts to keep local government debt under control, warning against potential default in the future. Legislators made the comments when attending a panel discussion of the ongoing ...
Tags: Local Gov't Debt
China's latest efforts to stimulate its economy by deepening structural reform will produce rich "dividends" shared within China's borders and across the world. While the effectiveness of traditional demand-side policy support lessens, ...
Tags: Structural Reform, PRO-growth
China will continue to actively destock its massive property inventory over concerns that the ailing housing market could derail the economy. Along with cutting overcapacity and tackling debt, destocking will be a major task in 2016, ...
The priorities set out by Chinese leaders at a key economic meeting have prompted strong interest among foreign media organizations. The Central Economic Work Conference, which was held here from Friday to Monday, reviewed China's ...
In a bid to support public-private partnership projects, China will provide rewards instead of subsidies in a pilot scheme starting from next year. The Ministry of Finance said private partners in the PPP demonstration projects will be ...
Tags: PPP Projects, China
The Japanese government is set to announce a record-high budget of some 96.7 trillion yen (798 billion U.S. dollars) for the next fiscal year to cope with the nation's dire demographic circumstances and related welfare costs, government ...
Tags: Japanese Gov, Budget