President Xi Jinping unveiled his thinking about the Chinese economy, saying the world's second largest economy is seeing a "new normal" emerging. China's 2014 economic growth edged down to a 24-year low of 7.4% from 7.7% in 2013, ...
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China's central bank seems to have moved to stabilize the yuan despite mounting market sentiment that the currency has been toward the upper limit of its daily trading band for the past week. The reference rate the People's Bank of China ...
US demand for construction chemicals used in on-site applications is projected to grow 8.2 percent per year through 2018 to $12.1 billion. Gains will be primarily driven by double-digit increases in building construction expenditures, ...
Bloomberg News sat down with Peter Coy, Bloomberg Businessweek Economics Editor, and Susan Lyne, AOL BBG Ventures President, to discuss the American economy, and to try to answer the question: is America roaring back economically? Coy ...
Falling LNG costs and rising domestic gas prices in China have made opportunistic purchases increasingly attractive for non-traditional LNG buyers, which are now putting pressure on state-owned terminal operators to gain access to their ...
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The latest figures from the British Coatings Federation show that for the second consecutive year, paint sales have outperformed GDP, with an increase of 5 percent in volume during 2014, against economic growth of 3 percent. ...
China announced on Tuesday that it will impose consumption tax on some types of batteries and paint to encourage environmental protection. A four-percent tax will be levied on the production, processing and import of batteries and coating ...
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Chinese division of German companyl ThyssenKrupp has announced additional investment of €75m to construct an automotive electronic power steering facility in the Changzhou National Hi-Tech District, China. The company is also ...
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Sales of luxury goods slowed in China during 2014, with the growth rates falling for the first time amid slowing economic growth and brand proliferation, a new study said on Tuesday. Mainland China’s luxury goods market has slowed. ...
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Due to the euro zone, Japan and some emerging economies disappointing economic prospects, offset by a drop in oil prices brought the global economy, the World Bank cut down global economic growth forecasts on January 13, 2015 and 2016. ...
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Sales of luxury goods slowed in China , with the growth rates falling for the first time amid slowing economic growth and brand proliferation, a new study said on Tuesday.China's luxury market is undergoing a fundamental shift, brought on ...
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Led by a pick-up in growth in India, which accounts for about 70 per cent of regional output, South Asia’s economic growth is set to reach a four-year high in 2015, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and ...
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Despite a sharp decline in oil prices, the world economic outlook is subdued, weighed down by underlying weakness elsewhere, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook (WEO). Compared ...
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Bristol MetroBus scheme has been funded £27m by the UK government to boost the existing bus services. The MetroBus network provides new express bus services into the city using dedicated 'busways'. With the funding, second phase ...
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Taiwan recorded total export value of US$295.2 billion for 2014, increasing on year by 2.75%, and the value for 2015 is expected to increase by 3.58% on year, according to Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), a ...
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