With falling home prices and slowing growth, Beijing already has plenty on its plate. Such challenges are now fueling concerns about how the current Russian currency turmoil will impact the world’s second largest economy, and ...
Tags: Currency Depreciation, home prices, rubble
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that Rupert Stadler, chairman of the board of management at AUDI AG, will deliver a preshow keynote address at the 2015 International CES AsiaTM. The inaugural event will run ...
Tags: 2015 CES, preshow keynote address, Consumer Electronics
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that top executives from Condé Nast, Fox Networks Group, Google, McDonald’s, and The Walt Disney Co. will join the Brand Matters keynote at the 2015 International ...
Parmalat Australia, a subsidiary of Parmalat, has signed an agreement to acquire Longwarry Food Park, which specialises in the production of milk powders, cream cheese, plus fresh and UHT milk products. The stipulated enterprise value of ...
Tags: milk products, cream cheese, Agriculture
China's Ministry of Finance issued its customs duties implementation plan for 2015 on December 17, with the duties in question to become effective as of January 1, 2015. Accordingly, China's export tariffs for pig iron, semi-finished ...
Tags: pig iron, semi-finished steel, wire rod, Metallurgy
Royal Philips NV (PHG) plans to buy medical-imaging company Volcano Corp. (VOL) for $1.2 billion, in one of Philips’ largest acquisitions in years, according to a Bloomberg report. The purchase of San Diego–based Volcano will ...
A latest report from Better Work Vietnam reveals that fire safety initiatives in garment factories in the Southern region of Vietnam are yet to meet national and global standards, despite certain progress. Major garment factories in the ...
The Finance Ministry announced it would lower import tariffs on some goods including camera lens from January 1 to support industrial development and to refine the trade mix. The ministry said applocable imports included manufacturing ...
Tags: Import Tariffs, Camera Lenses
BowTech Archery has named two new directors to its leadership team. John Hernandez has assumed the new position of director of vertical bows and and Sheila Gallagher has joined the company as director of sales. Both began working in their ...
Tags: leadership team, Sporting Goods
China's lottery sales in October hit 32.7 billion yuan ($5.34 billion), up 20.3 percent year on year, the Finance Ministry said Thursday. In the first ten months of 2014, total lottery sales stood at 312.11 billion yuan, up 24 percent from ...
Tags: China's Lottery, lottery sales
Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) says that its board of directors has appointed William Weissman to the permanent ...
Singapore’s Olam International has agreed to acquire the global cocoa business of Archer Daniels Midland Company, in a $1.3bn deal. This new development is expected to enhance Olam's chocolate and cocoa businesses, in an effort ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is helping Arkansas install, upgrade and replace water infrastructure by recently awarding over $13.5 million. Arkansas Natural Resource Commission will use the funds primarily to provide loan ...
The BPIF are delighted to announce Charles Jarrold as their new CEO effective from January 5th 2015. Charles has been involved in the print and media sector since the early 1990s. Qualifying as an accountant with Ernst and Young, he ...
Tags: print, media sector, Office Supplies
Industrial Revolution, manufacturer and distributor of essential and reliable outdoor accessories from brands such as UCO, Morakniv, Esbit, and Light My Fire, has hired Anita Rodgers as vice president of finance. “Five years of ...
Tags: outdoor industry, Sporting Goods