The outline for China’s 13th five-year plan isn’t exactly summer beach reading: The 65,858-character document, which lays out in broad terms how China’s leaders want the country’s economy to develop between now and ...
Tags: five-year plan, political economy
Intersil has unveiled the ISL78693, a 3.6V single-cell battery charger that extends the life of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries used in automotive emergency call (eCall) systems. The ISL78693 battery charger offers up to 4x ...
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China's overseas direct investment is estimated to soar 40 percent to a record $189 billion in 2016 from the previous year, according to a study released by the US consultancy Rhodium Group and Berlin-based Mercatur Institute for China ...
China’s insurance regulator on Tuesday announced a ban on insurers acquiring listed firms in concert with non-insurance parties, in a latest move to limit insurance assets invested in equity markets. According to new rules set by ...
Last week we reported on an LG smartwatch passing through the USA’s comms regulator – and now two more have followed suit. On Friday, we wrote about a mystery device with the model number W280 becoming certified by the Federal ...
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Santo based Texas Best Proteins has recalled 12.6 tons of products containing farm-to-market Cajun-style rice owing to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service ...
Insiders say there's a silver lining to stagnant box office takes in 2016. Box office takes for China's film industry remained stagnant in 2016, but most industry insiders see it as a blessing in disguise. Last year's box-office total was ...
Tags: Film Industry, Turning Point
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has come up with new guidance documents relating to the safety of novel and traditional food from third countries. According to EFSA, the fresh regulation has been made in an attempt to ensure the ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will launch an inquiry to look into competition and fair trading aspects in the dairy industry. Its dairy industry inquiry will investigate competition among milk processors, ...
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US-based dairy-free firm Tofutti Brands has started a review of its strategic alternatives that include operating as a standalone or a possible sale or forming a new business combination. For the review, the company has retained BDA ...
The Australian Government should confirm it will support a mandatory code covering payment terms for small trucking businesses, the CEO of the Australian Trucking Association Christopher Melham has said. Mr Melham was responding to the ...
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The drop in China's outstanding foreign debt narrowed in the first quarter of the year, with improving structure and rebounding intercompany loans, data from the country's forex regulator showed Thursday. The debt settled at 1.36 trillion ...
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Volkswagen has secured approval from Germany’s federal motor transport authority, Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA), to fix emissions software on several models. The company has already sent a letter to all of the affected owners, ...
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South African competition commission has given conditional approval of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $100bn acquisition of SABMiller. The Commission has given to the recommendations to the Competition Tribunal following an investigation ...
The European Commission is likely to approve the proposed merger of AB InBev and SABMiller, following the companies' efforts to address the regulator's competition concerns. AB InBev had planned sale of several brands such as Peroni, ...
Tags: European Commission, beer, brewer