The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Winter, the 19th solar term of the year, begins this year on Nov 7 and ends on Nov 21. Start of Winter is the first solar term of winter, which means ...
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Passenger car sales in China, the world's biggest auto market, will grow nearly 13 percent this year from a year earlier, data from an industry association showed Tuesday. Judging from this year's sales trend, sales of passenger and ...
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There's a new Android Trojan doing the rounds, and this time, it's after banking details – targeting customers of banks across the US and Europe. The malware looks like a Flash Player app, and is considered to be highly dangerous as ...
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One of Blizzard’s headline announcements at Blizzcon 2016 was the introduction of the new Necromancer class to Diablo 3. Now if you’ve played Diablo 2, you’ll already be quite familiar with the concept of the ...
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Heroes of the Storm is about to get two brand new heroes from the Warcraft: Varian Wrynn and Ragnaros. Both characters were available to play at Blizzcon 2016, and I had plenty of time to find out how they perform in practice. The good ...
Kaby Lake is Intel's generation of processors, and it's starting to appear in all sorts of laptops. Here's everything you need to know. Contributions from David Ludlow The below information is only about laptop hardware: desktop chips ...
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Christmas is fast-approaching, so it's a perfect time to buy a new smartphone for the holiday season. Here’s a great LG G5 deal to consider. Mobile Phones Direct has discounted this year’s LG G5 – a flagship smartphone ...
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Mobile operators are failing to live up to coverage targets pledged in 2014 and as a result should allow for users to roam within the UK, a cross-party report has proposed by MPs said today. The report (PDF), produced by the British ...
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The latest analysis “2017 Global Lighting Market Outlook” by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, finds that LED lighting market to worth US $29.6 billion in 2016 and is to rise to US $ 33.1 billion as of 2017. Meanwhile, the ...
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The recent coal price surge in China was irrational and unsustainable, an official said Monday, predicting that prices will retreat as supplies increase. There is no basis for further rises in coal prices, as supplies, freight volume and ...
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Baosteel Group, the largest steel smelter in China by output, has predicted yearly profit growth of six to eight fold this year. The company registered 8.1 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) of profits in the first three quarters, up 174.6 ...
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Amerplast has launched new AmerGreen brand, as part of its effort to provide better services for the flexible packaging industry. AmerGreen features three components, including an advanced flexible packaging system that expands the shelf ...
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Alcoholic beverage firm Remy Cointreau has entered into exclusive talks to acquire French distillery Domaine des Hautes Glaces. The company submitted an offer for an undisclosed amount, with a view to buy the distillery’s entire ...
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Glencore announces that it has signed a new Revolving Credit Facility (“RCF”), which will ultimately refinance and replace the existing $8.45 billion facility. In this initial pre-syndication phase, Glencore received commitments ...
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Glencore plc (“Glencore”) announces that a long-term streaming agreement has been entered into by Narila Investments Ltd. (“Narila”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Glencore, with Franco-Nevada (Barbados) Corporation ...
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