A House of Lords committee is calling European Union (EU) to implement tighter regulations on taxation and labeling, in order to combat alcohol-related harm This comes as the committee thought that the EU alcohol strategy implemented from ...
The entertainment industry in China has seen explosive growth in recent years (an expected CAGR of 17 percent between 2010-2015), growing at a much faster pace than the overall economy. As more and more people in China enter the middle ...
China's diplomacy in 2015 will focus on making all around progress in the "Belt and Road" initiatives, said Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the ongoing national legislative session on Sunday.[Special coverage] China will ...
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McDonald’s USA is planning to source chicken raised without antibiotics to serve in its restaurants, which are important to human medicine, as part of its new menu sourcing initiatives. The company's US restaurants will also ...
China unveiled its economic growth target for 2015 Thursday, putting an end to months of speculation.[Special coverage] The target, as expected, was lowered to "around 7 percent," a level not seen since 2004 and 0.5 percentage points ...
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China will stabilize its property market this year, with tailored, market-based policies to guide "stable and healthy development," according to the government work report delivered by Premier Li Keqiang Thursday.[Special coverage] ...
China, the world's largest new-car market, is expected to surpass the United States to become the world's largest market for electric vehicles with its dramatically increased sales since the second half of 2014, according to an expert at ...
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Tirupur Exporters’ Association has welcomed today’s decision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to reduce the Policy Repo Rate by 25 basis points (bps) from 7.75 per cent to 7.50 per cent, and urged banks to pass on the benefit ...
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Dramatic monetary policies in Europe have lots of potential to create a new surge of hot money inflow into China, says Simon Derrick, chief currency strategist at the Bank of New York Mellon. Hot money is speculative money that flows ...
It is time for the Government of India to liberalise policies and remove the ‘uncalled-for protection’ from the textile industry in the form of anti-dumping duties and certification requirements, which will eventually help in ...
CEPI especially welcomes the emphasis put on delivering competitive energy prices, investing in the bioeconomy and establishing synergies between the energy efficiency, resource efficiency and circular economy policies. “This ...
The UK will need to import more than half of its food from abroad by 2040 due the decreasing levels of self-sufficiency in food production, UK farmers warned. A new report published by the National Farmers' Union (NFU) has argued that in ...
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China's cross-border capital flows will remain volatile this year amid uncertainties both at home and abroad, the country's forex regulator said on Sunday. As China gradually moves to make its foreign exchange mechanism more ...
China will focus on improving economic quality in 2015 and adapt itself to slower growth against global economic headwinds, top policy makers agreed on Thursday. Economic growth should remain within the desired range and restructuring of ...
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It is not likely that Chinese industrial economy will experience hard landing regardless of the sluggish investment, Gan Jie, a financial professor, said Friday. Speaking at a luncheon co-organized by China's Hong Kong General Chamber of ...
Tags: industrial economy