Less tax for small businesses and more financial support for local government are on the cards as the Chinese leadership considers to start reforming the fiscal system. On August 1, the turnover tax was replaced by a value-added tax (VAT) ...
Tags: Fiscal Reform
Mexican ferroalloy and manganese producer Minera Autlán announced Friday that it expects a 12 percent decrease in its sales for the third quarter of 2013 due to the low value of ferroalloys in international markets. However, in a ...
Tags: Minera Autlan, ferroalloys
Ameron International, a subsidiary of National Oilwell Varco and manufacturer of fabricated steel products and other industrial applications, began looking for suppliers this week to help build a new US$60 million plant in San Luis ...
Tags: fabricated steel products, Mineral
After years of growth in a row, Chinese medium and heavy truck market suffer dramatic decline since the second half of 2012. The decline rate outnumbers 30%. Is it a cold winter or a rational fall? People hold different opinions on it. ...
Tags: HD Trucks, heavy truck
Palmetto Synthetics, a producer of staple fiber, consisting of polyester, nylon and other specialty polymers, announced that it will expand its existing operations in Williamsburg County. The $1.1 million investment is expected to generate ...
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced that it has strengthened its presence in Asia by establishing Singapore as its Global Headquarters for Standard Products, Global Headquarters for Operations, and ASEAN Headquarters for Sales & Marketing. ...
Tags: Semiconductors, Lighting
China's Non-manufacturing PMI Increased in September National Bureau of Statistics of China Department of Service Statistics of NBS China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) In September, non-manufacturing purchasing manager ...
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) announced the winners of the second class of Design Entrepreneurs NYC (DENYC), a free, intensive, “mini-MBA” program that ...
Sunday Sept. 29 2013, is a new day for China as it marks the official launch of the much anticipated Shanghai Free Trade Zone. Sunday is also International Coffee Day. Just as UK coffee houses in an earlier age were the places where people ...
Tags: Free Trade, Coffee
Russell Grizzle, President and CEO of Mannington Mills, briefs attendees at today's groundbreaking about the company's expansion plans for the Madison, Ga., facility. Mannington Mills announced that it will undergo a major expansion of ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has acquired the 250MWAC photovoltaic Moapa Solar ...
Tags: Solar Project, Electronics
Pentair Ltd. announced at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting its Commitment to Action to address the safe water needs for the people in Kibera, an impoverished settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. In doing so, it will help reduce ...
Tags: Pentair, Initiative Commitment
The World Cup once four years is around the corner! The great international sports event has become a favorable catalyst for economic development. Not only Brazil's domestic infrastructural construction and sports facilities, but also ...
Tags: Football, FIFA, Brazil, Sports, Furniture, Entertainment, Bedding, Souvenir
Italy has backed Vietnam’s efforts to develop comprehensive relations with the European Union, including early conclusion of Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), during Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai’s ...
Tags: Free Trade Agreement
Based on the communications with Chinese truck drivers, our correspondent concludes that Chinese drivers speak highly of Scania trucks. In July, two Scania trucks, operated by Wenzhou Qingfeng Transportation in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts