Chinese automakers have seen an extended market share slump in comparison to foreign brands, despite continuous expansion in the world's largest auto market during the first half of the year. Auto production and sales reached new highs ...
Tags: Auto Firms, Market Share
Construction expenditures in China are expected to rise 8.5 percent per annum in real terms through 2017. Ongoing urbanization and industrialization, rising income levels, further population and household growth, and the government’s ...
Mazda says it is on the path to remain profitable after having finally turned its fortunes around last year, marking the first time in five years the Japanese manufacturer has posted a profit. The company made $34.3 billion yen ($372 ...
Tags: Mazda, Auto Parts
Chrysler, Ford and General Motors have thrown their support behind Detroit after the automotive industry hub known as ‘Motor City’ filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in US history. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder ...
Tags: Car Makers, Detroit Bankruptcy
ROSS Barker, the managing director of several listed investment companies, is not betting on the yield trade to drive markets as hard in the next 12 months, saying some big dividend-paying stocks got "very toppy" before the recent sell-off. ...
Tags: economy
In the ice-cold cargo hold of a pirate tuna vessel in the Pacific, I have somehow lost my shoe. Frozen tuna fins slice my unshod foot as I fumble around on all fours, reaching into the gigantic, frigid pile. I had boarded the pirate ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, fish
Total Australian truck sales for the first six months of 2013 registered 15,074 units, reports the Truck Industry Council (TIC). This is the best result since the record first half established in 2008, just prior to the Global Financial ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation
Through 2017, global demand for doors and windows is expected to rise 7.1 percent annually to $223 billion, significantly exceeding the growth rate of the 2007-2012 period, according to World Windows & Doors, a new study from The Freedonia ...
According to the document "Notice on Commending Municipal Intellectual Property Work Advanced Collectives and Individuals 2012" (LZX [2013] No. 3) issued by Luoyang Municipal Intellectual Property Work Coordination Leading Group, LandGlass ...
Tags: LandGlass, Construction&Decoration
Smartphone maker BlackBerry, which enjoys a particularly strong niche in the enterprise due to its security claims, has defended itself against allegations that its security was penetrated by the spies at GCHQ. According to the Guardian, ...
Tags: Blackberry, Computer Products, Smartphone
The dollar's coming of age as a global reserve currency has resulted in a $200 billion buying spree by central banks and sovereign wealth funds since the global financial crisis, adding an estimated US6c-US8c to the dollar's value, ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, JP Morgan
The Australian dollar slumped to a near three-year low during Asia trade after local economic data disappointed and Goldman Sachs warned the resource-rich country was at risk of a steep economic downturn. New government figures today ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, Service
It is reported that the United Arab Emirates is forming the world's fifth largest aluminum company by merging its 2 state owned aluminum company. The merger of Dubai Aluminium and Emirates Aluminium creates a company with enterprise ...
Tags: UAE, Aluminum Firm, Construction&Decoration
General Motors will again be listed on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index after being removed from the American equities listing in 2009 after filing for bankruptcy in the wake of the global financial crisis. Returning to the S&P 500, ...
Tags: General Motors, S&P 500
Well-healed Australian investors, battered by political uncertainty and the ongoing aftershocks of the global financial crisis, are maintaining their faith in local shares, according to an exclusive survey of individuals with at least ...