China is to extend the trading hours of the interbank forex market by seven hours and allow more foreign entities into the market, according to a Wednesday statement by the People's Bank of China (PBOC). From Jan. 4, the closing time for ...
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A file photo shows a high-speed train, independently developed by China, departs from the Harbin West Station, NE China's Heilongjiang Province. Ways to keep the economy steady through structural reforms are said to be the focus as ...
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China has the third largest IMF quota and voting share after the United States and Japan since the IMF reform plan being ratified by the U.S. Congress last week. [Photo: finance.sina.com.cn] Emerging powers like China, India, and Brazil ...
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Land transfers are flourishing in Jinzhou, some 260 km south of Beijing, catalyzing mushroom growth of specialized cooperatives, authorities have said. "About one-tenth of farmers have joined market-oriented cooperatives in Jinzhou and ...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the 2nd World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday, December 16 2015. [Photo: Xinhua] Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday lashed out at ...
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Platts assessed spot aluminum premiums on a CIF Japan basis at $90-$100/mt plus London Metal Exchange cash on Tuesday, up from $90-$95/mt plus LME cash on Monday as sellers held on to higher premiums. Two overseas sellers said they would ...
Cause for concern over the potential toxicity of some flame retardant chemicals has prompted the UK’s largest furniture association to investigate further. Findings from research into current and alternative flame-retardant ...
Atlantic metallurgical coal buyers and miners Friday were positive on the reported $81/mt hard coking coal benchmark, with new spot US offers looking to match or exceed this reference. Some buyers were bracing for a settlement closer to ...
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Crude futures fell Friday after the International Energy Agency said global oil markets will remain oversupplied at least through 2016. NYMEX January crude settled $1.14 lower at $35.62/b. ICE January Brent settled down $1.80 at $37.93/b. ...
Ma Jianhua from Chinese Society of Education said China has been investing in the merging of education and informatization greatly. [File photo] The scenes of future "smart" solutions in and out of classrooms will be displayed and open ...
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Alpha, the world leader in the production of electronic soldering and bonding materials, had a strong presence at the first annual LED Assembly, Reliability, Testing Symposium organized by SMTA that was recently held in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
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Glasgow-based Houseology.com has announced it is seeking £1m investment via crowdfunding platform Seedrs.com, offering the public an opportunity to share in the success of its online interior design and luxury homeware business, whose ...
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Physicists from the University of Exeter in collaboration with the ICFO Institute in Barcelona have used a ground-breaking new technique to trap light at the surface of the wonder material graphene using only pulses of laser light. ...
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Tetra Pak and DeLaval, sister companies in the Tetra Laval Group, today signed a five year agreement with the Dairy Association of China to provide training to Chinese dairy farm managers. The signing ceremony was attended by both the ...
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The University of Zimbabwe on Friday launched the first ever Chinese- Shona dictionary. [Photo/CRI] The University of Zimbabwe on Friday launched the first ever Chinese-Shona dictionary alongside five other books as the country's oldest ...
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