As the Chinese economy firms with recent upbeat data, analysts expect a reform package to be unveiled in a key plenum this weekend to bring changes not only to China but to reinvigorate the global economy, which has been in a slow recovery. ...
Tags: China's Reform
Voith has received an order for the modernization of the Mount Coffee hydropower plant at the St. Paul River in Liberia, West Africa: The company will modernize Francis turbines of the power plant and deliver new generators, the control ...
What happens if US loses California food production? Cotton growers huddle to glean variety info for 2014 Is the wine shortage a false alarm? One of the fascinating and little-promoted aspects of agriculture is the amount of natural ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Today, at the Golden Harvest Farms in Valatie, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer toured the farm's distillery and unveiled a new plan to boost the sales for New York’s over 20 existing hard apple cider producers and allow the over 650 ...
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Opening the conference “Bangladesh 2013: The Rising Demand for Labour Standards”, ILO Deputy Director General Gilbert Houngbo called for faster implementation of the new labour law to protect workers after the Rana Plaza ...
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Dominion Packaging has announced the construction of a new manufacturing facility in Henrico county with an investment of around $45m. The company, which produces packaging solutions for customers in the tobacco, quick service restaurant ...
Calhoun, Ga.-based Mohawk Industries Inc.'s Summerville, Ga., facility expansion recently was honored with a "Deal of the Year" award in the category for communities with a population under 50,000. Presented by the Georgia Economic ...
Honeywell announced it will establish a new manufacturing campus in Zhangjiagang, China, to support growing demand in Asia for energy technology and advanced materials produced by its Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT) business. ...
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Judging by the designer shoes this young Chinese entrepreneur is sporting, his business, a cozy Italian restaurant in an upscale Shanghai neighborhood, must be doing rather well. The new car parked outside reinforces that observation. On ...
Tags: Bank Loans, Innovation
The Yukon, one of Canada's northern territories, hopes Chinese investors will invest in its rich but underdeveloped mining sector, a local official said. Murray Arsenault, the Yukon Territory's deputy economic development minister, told ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, zinc, copper, silver, tungsten, molybdenum
Hazardous smog has hit 17 Chinese provinces and municipalities, affecting 600 million people this year. The capital, Beijing, was shrouded in smog for several days during the seven-day national holiday, disappointing visitors who wanted to ...
Tags: Air Pollution, Coal Use
On Ocotober 21, the commercial vehicle financing project of Sichuan Hyundai Motor Company is signed in Ziyang, Sichuan province. Deputy Secretary of Ziiyang Municipal Party Committee Wang Lin rong, vice president of Bank of China Sichuan ...
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In September 2013 the CEP-Indicator of Economic Sentiment for China reaches 18.8 points displaying an ongoing positive sentiment. The CEP-Indicator of Economic Sentiment captures the expectations of financial market experts regarding the ...
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Siemer Milling, a US-based flour milling firm, has teamed up with Nagel & Son to open a $37.4m wheat facility in West Harrison, Indiana, while creating 35 new jobs by 2016. The facility, which will be dubbed as Whitewater Mill, is ...
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Russian mining and steel group Mechel has announced that an agreement between Russian Development Bank (Vnesheconombank) and Mechel on allocating the first tranche of the project financing for Elga Coal Complex's first stage totalling $2.5 ...
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