Last week, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) officers in NSW and Victoria seized approximately 32 kilograms of ephedrine. The drugs were detected in 14 separate consignments from Hong Kong, China, India and Ireland ...
Tags: Smugglers, Drug Smugglers, Service
Hong Kong-based Dah Sing Life Assurance (DSLA) has completed implementation of eBaoTech LifeSystem suite to run its conventional and unit-linked life insurance operations. Accomplished in two phases, the implementation has enabled the ...
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Netherlands-based financial conglomerate ING has received offers for its South Korean life insurance business from a Korean life insurer and two Seoul-based private-equity firms. The three bidders include Kyobo Life Insurance Co and ...
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Despite the increasing production cost and shift in orders by global apparel and textile buyers from China to other Asian countries, several global clothing and textile brands are still sourcing major portion of their clothing from China. ...
Tags: Textile, Apparel and Clothing
The creative flair and design talent of graduating students from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Institute of Textiles and Clothing (ITC) have won applause from the industry at the annual Knitwear Fashion Show held (22 May) ...
On May 23, Hong Kong-based Novo Group, a global steel trading, distribution, processing and manufacturing company, announced that its new joint venture with Tianjin Bohai Light Industrial Co. named Novo Steel Development (Tianjin) Co. has ...
Tags: China, Southeast Asia, investments, steelmaking, Shanghai
Aosta, Italy-based steelmaker Cogne Acciai Speciali (CAS) has announced it it will supply stainless steel products, mainy ribbed bar Concrinox, worth $6 million for the construction of a new bridge between Hong Kong and Macao. The Hong ...
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The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted online payment processor Liberty Reserve for laundering $6 billion in a series of global transactions, which the agency charges may be the largest international money laundering prosecution in ...
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The S&P/ASX200 has closed down 2 per cent at 5062.4, as slower Chinese manufacturing activity in May combined with signs that the US Federal Reserve could start rolling back its bond-buying program to send the local sharemarket to its ...
RATTLED investors are on high alert after the stockmarket suffered its worst week in a year and the Australian dollar slid to a 12-month low on fresh concerns about the slowing pace of global economic growth. Capping a wild week for ...
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A SHOCK contraction in Chinese manufacturing and the prospect that the US Federal Reserve could soon unwind its quantitative easing measures rocked local markets yesterday, pushing the Australian dollar close to an annual low and wiping ...
The Australian dollar remains under pressure as banks slash forecasts and traders increasingly spruik shorting the currency. After a host of investment banks yesterday lowered their predictions for the dollar, HSBC today cut its year-end ...
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From January to April, the industrial profits of enterprises above designated size achieved 1,610.69 billion yuan, an increase of 11.4 percent over the same period last year, and down by 0.7 percentage point over the first three months. In ...
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Tesco, the UK's biggest retailer, is looking to build a joint venture in China in a bid to cut back capital expenditure amid global expansion, said people in the know. A formation of a joint venture in China will not only help cut ...
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The CWSA (China Wine & Spirits Awards) today announced the launch of the first organic wine and spirits competition in China - CWSA ORGANIC. This exciting move reflects the increased demand for organic, bio and eco products in China - ...
Tags: Organic Wine, food