A slowdown in China is the greatest threat to the global economy, Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff told BBC in a curious interview in late September. "The [Chinese] economy is slowing down much more than the official figures show." As the ...
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Every time a year near the end of the U.S. "time" magazine will be named the "twenty-five best inventions", the standard magazine founded in 1923 are surprisingly consistent, is to make the world a better and more intelligent, more ...
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The development will start with two subsea production wells tied back to the FPSO vessel, followed later by six additional production wells. This first phase of development is expected to have annual peak production of 50,000 boe/d from ...
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“Signals & Signposts” updates our thinking by taking into account the impact of the global economic and financial crisis. Over the next four decades, the world’s energy system will see profound developments. Heightened ...
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“This is a good deal for our customers as well as for Shell,” said Mark Williams, Royal Dutch Shell’s Downstream Director. “We will significantly reduce our capital exposure in line with our strategy to concentrate ...
The sale covers Shell’s Geelong Refinery and 870-site retail business - along with its bulk fuels, bitumen, chemicals and part of its lubricants businesses in Australia. It also includes a brand license arrangement and an exclusive ...
Second quarter 2014 summary of unaudited results Royal Dutch Shell’s second quarter 2014 earnings, on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis (see Note 2), were $5.1 billion compared with $2.4 billion for the same quarter a year ago. ...
US-based McBattas Packaging and Printing has installed the Canon imagePRESS C10000VP Color Digital Press to boost its short-run, thick stock capabilities for both printing and packaging needs. The imagePRESSC10000VP Color Digital Press is ...
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The Chinese car market showed extremely strong growth in 2016, growing by 15 percent year-on-year, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) reported here on Friday. "We have raised our China forecast again and now expect a ...
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North American provider of packaging and specialty products Supremex has acquired all of the assets of Durabox Paper, a Canadian manufacturer of specialty corrugated paper boxes. Founded in 2002, Durabox Paper serves customers primarily ...
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A recently published Digitimes Research Special Report notes that combined revenues from Taiwan-based makers' server motherboards, servers, storage and network equipment are expected to grow to NT$558.5 billion (US$17.45 billion) in 2016 ...
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Taiwanese automotive LED module manufacturer Laster Tech will be listed on the local bourse in mid-December 2016, reported Now News. Laster Tech invested in R&D for many years, and accumulated years of experience in implementation, ...
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The global compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market is expected to grow by more than 10% a year over the next six years due to the increase in population and urbanization, a growing demand for passenger and ...
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Chinese-backed electric vehicle developer BYD America has launched the industry’s first all-electric, long-range electric garbage truck, a project jointly developed with Wayne Engineering, the Iowa-based refuse industry equipment ...
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UK-based sustainable packaging provider Petainer has introduced new rental agreements to enable its customers to access its petainerKeg blowing and filling lines. Manufactured from highly engineered advanced polymers, the petainerKeg is a ...
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