China's central bank has said it is planning to upgrade its financial risk assessment framework which will be launched next year, in a bid to ward off financial risks. The capital adequacy ratio, a measure of an institution's ability to ...
Tags: New Financial Risk
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
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has signed an agreement with China to set up a clearing hub for the Chinese currency Yuan or Renminbi, local UAE media reported on Sunday. The UAE clearing hub for the Chinese currency, which will satisfy ...
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China's central bank has vowed to continue preferential financial policies to support Tibet for the next five years. The People's Bank of China promised more direct financing and financial bonds to facilitate small and medium enterprises ...
The central bank on Tuesday announced plans to introduce green bonds to allow financial institutions to raise funds for green projects. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) said the green bond will widen financing channels for projects in ...
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The State Council announced Wednesday that it supported the development of direct financing to reduce production costs for enterprises. Through direct financing, enterprises can get funds from the capital market by issuing shares or ...
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he Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced on Friday it would expand the size of its asset purchasing program while maintaining the same size of the monetary base, in a bid to drive wages higher and boost business spending, two mainstays of the ...
Tags: Bank of Japan Unveils, Increase Wages, Business Spending
Rollprint Packaging Products launches Triad, a new high-barrier, solvent-free overwrap which has been developed using the company’s proprietary metallocene-based sealant chemistry. The sealant layer bonds to foil -- which can be ...
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Supporters from around the world come together in St. Paul, Minnesota for 15th annual So The World May Hear Awards Gala in 2015. [Photo/starkeyhearingfoundation.org] Fifth-grader Xie Wen'an lost his hearing at an early age. Although he ...
Brazilian food company BRF has been recognized for its sustainability efforts by including it in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) index, which was launched in June 2014. The ESG index was launched by Euronext which is a ...
Chinese LED manufacturer Honglitronic recently announced the company will release 300 million non-public offering shares to raise RMB 725 million (US $116 million). The purposes of this round of financing is mainly for the construction of ...
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Top Taiwanese LED manufacturers Everlight and Epistar revenues for second quarter of 2015 were impacted by trending low LED prices on the market, according to a China Times report. Even though Epistar revenues made a turnaround in second ...
Jijun Feng and Ryoichi Akimoto based in China and Japan have developed low-threshold green and green-yellow laser diodes (LDs) based on a beryllium zinc cadmium selenide (BeZnCdSe) quantum well [Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, p161101, 2015]. ...
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Alaskan legislators on Wednesday approved the state's buyout of TransCanada's interest in the Alaska LNG Project. The state House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve funds for the acquisition, which was proposed by Governor Bill ...
Tags: Alaska LNG, TransCanada, oil revenues
Touch panel maker TPK has announced net loss of NT$19.4 billion (US$600 million), or loss per share of NT$55.15 for the third quarter of 2015. The operating loss was primarily attributable to one-off asset impairment charges on ...
Tags: 3Q15, loss, touch panel, TPK