Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III has approved the country's participation in the China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), senior government officials said Wednesday. Presidential Communications Operations ...
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Oil prices have been raised in Saudi Arabia. At the same time, the Saudi cabinet has also added tariffs on electricity, water and sanitation services. Saudi officials have approved a national budget for the coming year with a deficit of ...
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Myanmar authorities announced Wednesday that a consortium of six foreign group companies, led by China's CITIC, has won the bid for implementing two projects of the country's newly planned special economic zone (SEZ) in Kyaukphyu, western ...
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Macao's Gross National Income (GNI) at current prices amounted to 380.23 billion patacas (about 47.63 billion U.S. dollars) in 2014, up 6.7 percent year-on-year in real terms, the region's Statistics and Census Service(DSEC) said in a press ...
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China's central bank released detailed regulations of online payment services by non-bank institutions on Monday in the latest effort to contain possible risks in the booming Internet finance industry. The new rules require real-name ...
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China has provided more than 140 billion yuan (21.6 billion U.S.dollars) to low-income residents over the past 11 months, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) on Monday. China has some 66.5 million people, five percent of its ...
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2015 opened in Budapest on Monday with keynote addresses by ITU Secretary-General Zhao Houlin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Zhao underlined that small and ...
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Beijing's Zhongguancun, one of the country's leading technology hubs, plans to upgrade its core 7.2-km-long street area into one serving innovation and business start-ups, they announced Sunday. Under the plan, the area will cover key ...
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YouTube is set to launch a paid version of its video-sharing service called YouTube Red next week. The new service charges subscribers 10-US dollars per month and allows them to skip ads to go directly to YouTube programming. Paid ...
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The State Council, China's Cabinet, on Wednesday decided to improve broadband in rural and remote areas. Stronger telecom services will help attract investment and fuel coordinated development, narrowing the gap between urban and rural ...
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China on Wednesday morning put a new communication satellite into orbit from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The "ChinaSat 2C" satellite was launched at 12:25 a.m. and carried by the Long March-3B carrier rocket. It will ...
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China's value-added tax reform is expected to be implemented across all industries next year. Business taxes in four sectors - finance, construction, property and consumer services - will be replaced by VAT. Business tax refers to a ...
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A ground data center that will support China's independent satellite navigation system was given the go-ahead Friday to offer location based services (LBS). Located in central China's Henan Province, the center features 63 data stations ...
Global manufacturer of flavors and colors Flavorchem Corporation is launching a new line of Non-GMO Project Verified flavors. The new flavors will join the existing line that includes cocoa, coffee, lime, orange, peppermint, and lemon. ...
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It's been reported that online financing and retail investment platform JD Finance, a subsidiary of JD.com, is preparing a 5-billion-yuan Series A funding round with a domestic IPO targeted in 2017. Media reports say the Series A will ...
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