Housewives compare prices every day, including Zhang Ming, a 60-year-old retired woman who frequents a supermarket in Beijing's Fengtai district. On Sunday morning, she spent 45 yuan ($7.30) on 1 kg of pork fillet. "It's amazing ...
Tags: Pork, vegetables
The first rapid plug-in car chargepoint, capable of charging vehicles in around 30 minutes, was flagged off as part of the Eden project in Cornwall in the UK. The charging facility, which is among 16 being installed in the county, was ...
Tags: plug-in car, Plug-in vehicles
The emissions from compressed natural gas (CNG)-run buses have the potential for causing cancers in human beings due to the presence of ‘nanocarbon’ particles. This has been revealed by a study conducted by Council of ...
Tags: CNG Vehicles, natural gas
For second-quarter 2015, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has reported a fifth consecutive quarterly revenue increase, ...
The Chinese central government released a guideline to make agriculture more intensive and environmentally friendly on Friday, as they seek to ensure adequate and safe food supply. The guideline, issued by the State Council, or China's ...
Tags: fertilizer, pesticide
U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 4.4 percent year on year to $2.703 billion in May, according to the latest government calculations. The decline was noticeable considering that preliminary sales of jewelry and watches across all ...
Tags: jewelry, watch sales
Australians now snack four times as much as they did ten years ago, according to new consumer research. The latest AUSVEG ‘Project Harvest’ report, produced by Colmar Brunton, has found that over the last decade snacking in ...
Tags: Vegetable industry, healthy snacks
All GSP eligible merchandise including textiles will benefit from the US government's announcement of extending the benefit under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to developing countries. In a notice issued on 28 July, the ...
Tags: textiles, GSP programme
In the first six months of this year, Taiwan exported US$10.12 billion of machinery, including US$1.64 billion of machine tools, both of which representing year-to-year decreases, with the total export inching down 0.4 percent and the ...
Tags: machinery exports, machine tools
Sinotruk Brought SITRAK, HOWO-T series trucks, HOWO, HOWO light truck etc nine trucks join 2015 China Truck Cultural Festival which opened on July 18, 2015, and it is the truck maker with the most exhibiting trucks and strongest power. And ...
Tags: light truck, trucks
Researchers at the National Fruit Collection have received £1.9m in grants from the UK government for their research to increase fruit resilience. The study will identify fruit varieties such as apples and cherries that can ...
World Bank is working to expand the reach of Kyrgyzstan’s dairy products to global markets by addressing key challenges in the industry, as part of its new initiative. The Dairy Sector Development Program has been launched by the ...
Tags: dairy products, World Bank
Irish government has unveiled new regulations to strengthen legal protection for the local companies which are engaged in the production of spirits. As per the new regulations, spirit drinks labeled with protected designations must be ...
Tags: spirits, spirit drinks
In the recent, China, India and the U.S. unveiled ambitious solar installation targets up to 100GW. China targets to install a total of 100GW of solar by 2020, India sets an 100GW goal by 2022, while Hilary Clinton, a candidate of ...
Tags: solar panel, solar arrays
The Chinese government spent 109.5 billion yuan (17.9 bln US dollars) aiding people who can't afford medical services during the 2009-2014 period, an official said on Wednesday. Government spending on medical aid rose by an annual average ...
Tags: medical services, medical aid