Global fast food restaurant chain McDonald's has announced a decrease in global comparable sales of 1.7 per cent in February 2015, continuing a downward trend. In the Asia Pacific region, the Middle East and Africa, sales decreased by ...
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Polished diamond prices remained under pressure in February. Sentiment improved ahead of the Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem and Pearl Show taking place from March 2 to 6 but trading volume was low and liquidity tight in the ...
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Activity in China's services sector grew modestly in February as new orders rose at their quickest pace in three months, a private survey showed just a few days after the central bank cut interest rates to stimulate the world's ...
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It's the dead of winter. Delivery man Liu Jia and his colleagues start the day when most of people are still asleep. Working at a distribution point of a shopping website in Shanghai, they promise to deliver products within three hours of ...
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As it enters into February, the off-season market before the long Chinese New Year vacation leads spot prices of certain solar PV products such as polysilicon, wafer and PV cells to drop. Prices of PV modules remain relatively flat because ...
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Due to increases in both shipments and conversion efficiency, Taiwanese PV cell makers experienced a record shipment growth in 2014, according to the latest report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce. This growth was in spite of being ...
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For fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 28 December 2014), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $413.2m, down 3.4% on $427.7m last quarter but similar to $415.1m a year ago and in the upper half of the target range of $400-420m ...
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Danielle Powell of Over the Rainbow Toy Shop in Staffordshire won a family ticket to the world premiere of the film. Rainbow Designs presented a lucky winner with tickets to the premiere of the new Shaun the Sheep The Movie at Toy Fair ...
Tags: Card Game, Snakes&Ladders Game, Toys
Celebrating the year of the Sheep, Rainbow Designs will be launching its new movie toy line with a champagne and cake event on Tuesday, January 20th. Rainbow Designs is offering Toy Fair 2015 visitors the chance to get their hands on a ...
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As part of "Happy Chinese New Year" 2015 cultural fairs, the mascot for the Year of the Sheep was published. Produced by the Chinese Ministry of Culture, the mascot’s design is based on traditional paper-cut art and delivers the joy ...
The overall PV market price in the first quarter of 2015 will remain constant until the end of the Chinese New Year; afterwards, shipment demand will decrease and the price will drop, expected EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce. ...
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Motorola has announced it will re-enter the Chinese smartphone market from February with at least three products.Lenovo will offer the Moto X around the Chinese New Year- the Spring Festival- in February. The Moto X Pro with a 6-inch ...
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Taiwan's leading machine-tool makers are accelerating their investment plans to alleviate the problem of insufficient production capacity, despite the hazy business outlook for 2015. The Tongtai Group's board of directors recently ...
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Chinese consumers have a preference for global brands and educational toys. The learning toy concept is highly valued. Quality, safety, and authenticity in toys are also key success factors. Social media play a key role for reaching the ...
Believe it or not, the fourth quarter is traditionally a slow period for the diamond trade. That may be a stark realization for some, especially on the eve of Thanksgiving weekend that signals the start of the Christmas shopping season. ...
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