Virtually all the indicators, from manufacturing activity to trade data, point to weakening. Expectations of an immanent reduction in the real interest rate have never been higher, despite the central bank's insistence on reining in ...
Tags: economic growth, trade data
China's central bank seems to have moved to stabilize the yuan despite mounting market sentiment that the currency has been toward the upper limit of its daily trading band for the past week. The reference rate the People's Bank of China ...
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Spring, the first solar term of the year, begins this year on Feb 4 and ends on Feb 18. Start of Spring lifts the curtain of spring. After that ...
Geely is leading Chinese automakers in terms of innovative capacity, according to a report unveiled in late January by the intellectual property and science business of information provider Thomson Reuters. The report examined recent ...
Tags: automakers, Geely, automotive field
US demand for construction chemicals used in on-site applications is projected to grow 8.2 percent per year through 2018 to $12.1 billion. Gains will be primarily driven by double-digit increases in building construction expenditures, ...
For fourth-quarter 2014, Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has reported revenue of €7.4m, up on €4.3m last quarter but down 44% ...
Tags: organic light-emitting diode development, pilot materials, Electrical
Carlsberg is planning to shut two of its 10 breweries in Russia due to economic crisis and stringent market regulation, which have hit sales in the country. The closure of Baltika-Chelyabinsk in Chelyabinsk and Baltika-Pikra in ...
CES was flooded with wearables and MWC 2015 looks set to follow suit with Huawei confirming it has three new wearable devices heading for launch. With the Chinese manufacturer having yesterday let slip plans for its first Android Wear ...
Tags: MWC 2015, Huawei, New Wearables
New line the result of collaborations with the European Space Agency, TrowelBlazers and the Girls Leadership Institute. Arklu is showcasing its new range of Lottie dolls at Spielwarenmesse 2015, including the ‘Gold Collection’ ...
Tags: women archaeologists, palaeontologists, geologists, Toys
The firm has also outlined its plans to open a further 14 high street stores this year. Family run toy chain, The Entertainer is gearing up to open its landmark 100th store next month. The new store will be situated in Aylesbury in ...
Tags: pre-school characters, Toys
Huawei has announced plans to launch a wider range of wearables in 2015, including its first Android Wear smartwatch. Having introduced the hybrid activity tracker turn Bluetooth headset – the Huawei B1 TalkBand – last year, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, MWC
For the first time in Mattel's 56 year history, Barbie is adopting super powers in response to 'girls' demand for more female superheroes.' For the first time in history, Barbie is donning a cape to make her superhero debut in celebration ...
Tags: female superheroes, superpowers, Toys
There were ten out of twelve months of increasing demand for design services in 2014, and the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) points to a healthy outlook for the nonresidential construction industry. As a leading economic indicator of ...
Tags: nonresidential construction industry, architecture billings, Lights
Vaping beginners are said to favor tobacco flavored electronic cigarettes because they want something that tastes like the tobacco cigarettes they used to smoke. Thus, it is only common to find ecig companies offering at least one tobacco ...
A probiotic treatment for peanut allergy has been successfully trialled by Australian researchers at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. The researchers said their findings showed that there was potential for a long term cure ...