China’s manufacturing activities in private and export-oriented companies grew in December at the slowest pace in three months, the latest evidence that structural reforms have slowed China’s economic growth, a survey showed ...
For the medtech industry, 2014 is unlikely to be a year full of surprises as companies grapple with a health care market wary of big-ticket procedures and items. The largest gains will likely involve digital health and other technologies ...
China will see a better trade environment next year partly due to rising external demand, as economic recovery in some developed nations may accelerate, the People's Daily reported Monday. "The trade environment will continue to improve ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules that it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has signed a ...
Tastes, spend and buying habits in the region, suggest that toy firms should be looking to it as a source of potential revenue growth. New research by NPD on Russia suggests that the territory could be the next to see major growth in the ...
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The pace of China's economic growth saw an uptick in Q3 2013, finishing the quarter with real GDP increasing 7.8% year over year, according to the most recent China Commercial Vehicle Outlook. The report is jointly published quarterly by ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation
Singapore's growth quickened in 2013 and the country will "do well" going forward, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. Gross domestic product rose 3.7 per cent this year, Lee, 61, said in his New Year message today. That's in line with ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: GDP) today announced that its Huff 18-7H-1 (97% WI) well in Amite County, Mississippi was successfully fracture stimulated with 17 stages and had commenced flowback at expected fluid rates when the well ...
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An average 2014 oil price of $81/b for Saudi export crude, or about $85/b for Brent, is likely to be needed for Saudi Arabia to balance state revenues with government spending in the coming year as oil production declines to 9.3 million ...
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China's economic growth is likely to stand at 7.6 percent this year, slightly down from 7.7 percent in 2012, said a State Council report on Wednesday. Economic growth has been higher than expected since 2011 despite a declining trend, ...
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A coalition of agricultural organizations led by the National Pork Producers Council is likely to oppose a final Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement if it includes Japan but that country doesn’t agree to comprehensive ...
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A group of U.S. senators are urging U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to push for broad market access for U.S. pork in the countries that are part of the current Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ...
Vietnam's economy grew more than analysts estimated as exports climbed,even as banks struggled to meet the government's lending target. Gross domestic product rose 6.04 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier,according to data ...
Last Friday, the third quarter GDP report showed that the US economic growth rate to 4.1%. This is mainly thanks to business spending more than expected, and that indicates that the U.S. economy has fundamentally to continue strong ...
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The mood among consumers in Germany is again remarkably good as 2013 draws to a close. Further increases were recorded in economic expectations and willingness to buy. Income expectations declined slightly from a high level. Following a ...
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