China will raise electricity tariffs for power plants running on natural gas in at least eight provinces, the National Development and Reform Commission has announced. Prices of on-grid tariffs at gas-fired power plants will be raised in ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, power
Thomson Reuters CTO James Powell claimed that as a major provider of electronic information his organisation has been managing big data for more than two decades. "The term is overused, but we've been a big data organisation for more than ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Business owners shouldn't wait until they have to sell their business to begin the planning process, otherwise they'll "lose control of the process." Mike McCarron, M&A consultant with Wheels Group imparted that advice and more during a ...
Tags: tyre, tire, Auto Parts
Honglitronics released their report for the first three quarters 2013, stating that gross profit margin for affiliated listed company shareholders for Jan.- Sept. 2013 was RMB27.1412 million - RMB36.1882 million, a drop of 20-40 percent ...
Advance Auto Parts Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire General Parts International Inc. (GP) for $2.04 billion. GP is a distributor and supplier of original equipment and aftermarket replacement products for commercial ...
Tags: Auto Parts, auto
British insurance and pensions company Legal & General Group (L&G) has tabled a bid to acquire Co-operative Group’s home insurance business. L&G has expressed interest to purchase Co-Operative's household book and not its motor ...
Tags: insurance, Home Insurance Business
As gold sponsor of the 2nd Palm Oil Africa conference, leading global agri-business, Olam International, is pleased to announce that its keynote address will focus on best practices in oil palm plantation development, bringing to bear its ...
Canadian retailers are stuck between a rock and a government unwilling—so far—to drop a proposed tariff increase on imported bicycles despite a shutdown of all major bicycle manufacturing in Canada.? In a letter sent last week ...
Tags: UPS, Transportation, bike
Bangladesh’s central bank, Bangladesh Bank, has announced creation of a Tk 1 billion refinance fund for the country’s jute sector. Addressing a press conference, Bangladesh Bank’s deputy governor SK Sur Chowdhury ...
Tags: jute sector, Bangladesh Bank
Less tax for small businesses and more financial support for local government are on the cards as the Chinese leadership considers to start reforming the fiscal system. On August 1, the turnover tax was replaced by a value-added tax (VAT) ...
Tags: Fiscal Reform
It's reported that Japan's exports of cold rolled coils (CRC) totaled 266,167 tons in August, up slightly from a month ago but falling by 13.1% year on year, according to data released by Japan's Ministry of Finance. In the first eight ...
Tags: cold rolled coils, CRC, steel
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of Pakistan’s Cabinet has decided to reconstitute Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC), an organization engaged in cotton research and development. The reconstituted PCCC would have ...
Engineering materials and optoelectronic components provider II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the optical amplifier and micro-optics business of Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA, which provides lasers and optical components, modules and subsystems for optical communications, says that its chief financial officer Jerry Turin plans to resign on 8 November to pursue other opportunities. ...
Tags: Oclaro, Electrical, Electronics
Chinese shipbuilders have been sailing toward bankruptcy in recent years, with China trying to consolidate the industry and bail it out from the woe of overcapacity. With delays in deliveries, order cancellations and price decreases for ...