Gross Domestic Product is a misleading measure of national success, say ANU experts. In a commentary piece for the latest edition of Nature, Crawford School of Public Policy's Professor Robert Costanza and Dr Ida Kubiszewski have urged ...
Tags: GDP, National Success
Four Headquarters of the People’s Liberty Army (PLA) (including the headquarters of the General Staff, the General Political Department, the General Logistics Department, General Armament Department) jointly release a measure to ...
Tags: PLA, JAC, General Staff
The premium for pork producers to pay in order to profit from Farm Income Stabilization Insurance in Quebec is expected to be reduced to $5.64 per animal, a $17 reduction. That's a big portion of the shock felt when the cost of production ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
South Korea recently suggested that the South Korean companies should focus on China's domestic demand, urbanization and environmental protection. China's urbanization will bring revenue growth and growing middle class, domestic market and ...
Tags: 3C, Economy, services market, food, cosmetic, automobile, IT
Severe winter weather did not dampen December retail sales as shoppers took advantage of heavy promotions and last-minute deals. According to the National Retail Federation – the world’s largest retail trade association ...
Tags: Holiday Retail, Jack Kleinhenz, NRF, more-confident consumer
As projected, GDP in the Eurozone expanded by a meagre 0.1% in Q3 2013, as export growth fell sharply. Economic activity is expected to accelerate modestly over the forecast horizon (+0.2% in Q4 2013, +0.2% in Q1 2014 and +0.3% in Q2 2014) ...
The notice of the state council, explicitly allow foreign-funded enterprises engaged in the game of the equipment production and sales, which means that the video games in our country officially lifted bans on regulations. Expert analysis, ...
Tags: Computer Products, Consumer Electronics, video games, game equipment
Recently, according to data from the GTA, Russia is the country which with the most trade protectionism policy in the world in 2013, 20% of the world and the Belarus is not far behind. These policies are including reducing the quota of ...
Tags: Service, Economy, Trade Protectionism
Today's headlines include reports about the announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services that people who get their health insurance through high-risk insurance pools will have an extra two months before this program ends. ...
Tags: high-risk insurance, White House, Obamacare, Health Law
Overweight adults often turn to diet beverages to help them slim down, but this tactic might backfire, new research suggests. Compared to people who drink sweetened beverages, heavy people with a diet-soda habit actually consume more ...
Sen. Ron Wyden plans to unveil a bill to encourage team-based care in the program for older and disabled Americans. In the meantime, Medicare readies to deliver payment data for individual doctors on a "case-by-case" basis. Modern ...
On December 31st, 2013, SolarWorld Industries America Inc. filed an application to Department of Commerce and United States International Trade Commission (USITC), asking the associations to investigate PV cells imported from both Mainland ...
Tags: PV Industry, Anti-Dumping
China will strengthen the policy support and create a favorable environment to boost the development of the country's renewable energy vehicle industry, said a statement posted on the central government's website over the weekend. ...
Tags: Auto Industry, Mineral
Future research needed on full effect of public policies on both women's and men's health Government policies that allow both parents to take time off after a child is born provide positive benefits for the physical and mental health of ...
Google has purchased Nest Labs, the maker of smart thermostats and smoke alarms, for $3.2 billion. Nest Labs, founded by Apple alums, first came on the scene in 2011 with its digital learning thermostat that has since shaken up the staid ...
Tags: Google, Nest Labs, acquisition