China will try to quicken the pace of economic reform this year as part of the government's efforts to arrest a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy, the country's top economic planning agency said late on Saturday. The National ...
Tags: Faster Reform, Slowing GDP
Brazil's government is expected to announce Wednesday an increase to the volume of biodiesel mixed with diesel sold at the pump, boosting demand for the biofuel and likely lifting the flagging fortunes of local producers, officials for two ...
Tags: Biodiesel, Biodiesel producers
Financial Times reported that in 2014 the United States may be losing its status as the world's largest economy, giving way to China earlier than expected. Most economists had predicted China's economy will become the first in 2019. Since ...
Tags: China's GDP, GDP, Economy
Germany's trade surplus narrowed in March as a drop in exports from Europe's largest economy outpaced a drop in imports. The Federal Statistical Office reported Friday that Germany exported goods worth 91.6 billion euros ($127.81 billion) ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
The price of gold weakened on Monday after data showed a crimping of demand from top importer China. On the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for June delivery fell through the psychologically important ...
Tags: Gold Price, Housing Market
As China’s growth inexorably slows, manufacturers such as Linan Meite Cable are discovering that being an efficient low-cost producer is no longer enough to prosper. Factories that had thrived by using cheap migrant labor to churn ...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released January performance data showing a strong rise in air freight growth compared to a year ago. Global freight tonne kilometres (FTK) rose 4.5% in January compared to January 2013. ...
Tags: Air Freight, Service, Logistics
China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), the country's largest offshore oil and gas developer, has become the first Chinese firm licensed to look for oil in the Arctic, a landmark step for overseas energy exploration for the world's ...
Tags: Arctic Oil, Mineral
India is currently the fifth largest economy of the world and is developing at a fast pace. The maximum growth is reported from the construction sector and minimum growth is observed from the agriculture sector. The primary industrial ...
Inchcape Shipping Services strengthens presence in the Niger Delta Friday,Jan 24,2014 Inchcape Shipping Services(ISS),the world's leading maritime services provider,has strengthened its presence in the Niger Delta with the opening of an ...
JAKARTA, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Shipment of Indonesia's concentrate ores overseas have been at standstill since the government's mineral ores export ban came into effect on Jan. 12, official said here on Monday. The government has required ...
Tags: mineral ores, Hence, export, Susilo Siswoutomo
China's economic reform is one of the key issues that will impact sovereign ratings and growth prospects of developing Asian economies this year, according to a global credit rating agency. In its latest reports "2014 Outlook: Emerging ...
Tags: Sovereign Rating, economic reforms
China's industries beset by overcapacity have entered a more favorable demand-supply balance, Deutsche Bank said on Tuesday. The bank estimated the cement industry would reduce its added capacity in 2014 by 35 percent while the steel ...
The upturn in the eurozone private sector economy gained momentum in December. Although the recovery remained modest and fragile overall, growth of output was nonetheless recorded throughout the second half of 2013. At a three-month high ...
The year 2013-14 was difficult for fabric manufacturing industry as it faced problems on several fronts such as continued inflationary pressures, firming of yarn prices and persistent slowdown in global textile industry. The current ...
Tags: fabric industry, Textile