LONDON (AP) — Britain’s economy has grown to surpass the peak it reached in 2008, before the global banking crisis caused a deep recession, official figures showed Friday. The Office for National Statistics said gross domestic ...
The bedding industry saw only modest growth last year, with units increasing 1.2% and the dollar value of wholesale bedding shipments increasing 2.4%, according to the industry’s official report of 2013 results. The 2013 Mattress ...
The coal industry in North China's Shanxi province faces mounting pressure to get financing amid slumping coal prices and increasing debts, as experts call for greater freedom for non-governmental financial institutions. "The performance ...
Tags: Coal Industry, coal prices, non-governmental financial institutions
The global long steel products market has resumed business after the holiday period, as activity had stopped in many countries from the middle of December up to the first week of January, according to the short-range outlook report issued ...
Tags: Long Steel Market, Mineral
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, ...
Tags: China's Growth, Mineral
China and Britain have agreed to enhance cooperation in areas including high-speed railway, nuclear power and finance, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday. Li told a joint press briefing with visiting British Prime Minister David ...
Tags: high-speed railway, nuclear power
The profits of China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) surged 10.1 percent in the first 10 months of the year from the same period in 2012, said the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday. Profits for national and local SOEs stood at 1.97 ...
Tags: SOE Profits, Economy
The Asian financial sector is predicted to increase its cloud uptake, according to IDC Financial Insights’ latest study, ‘Business Strategy: Asia/Pacific Financial Cloud 2013 – Getting the Best of Both Worlds.’ The ...
The 2nd Euratex Convention – the European exchange & meeting platform for the textile industry – took place on 4 and 5 November 2013 at Deutsche Bank (DB) in Berlin. Gesamtverband textil+mode hosted the event and geared the ...
Tags: T&C Industry, Textile
The outlook for the European steel market next year is for a cautious recovery from a low level, according to Jeroen Vermeij, director of market analysis and economic studies at European steel producers' association Eurofer. Speaking at ...
Tags: Apparent Steel, steel market
The global economic recovery to promote the earnings growth of American General Electric Group. In the third quarter of 2013, the profit of 6 GE departments have growth and also won the biggest order in history, worth $229 billion. On the ...
Tags: GE, GM, Electrical, Electronics
Nothing gets reads like a shadow banking story. Articles on China's local government debt pull page views too, conjuring images of small-town officials erecting enormous stadiums or skyscrapers on the edges of corn fields. Often left out of ...
Tags: Chinese Companies, Debt Crisis
Alcoa's declining market capital and low share price prompted officials with S&P Dow Jones Indices to remove the US aluminum major from its Dow Jones industrial average Tuesday. "Alcoa's market capital was dead last among the 30 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, aluminum
Chinese stock market posted this year's widest daily gains on Monday as newly released data concerning consumer inflation, producer price and foreign trade pointed to a strengthening economy. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose ...
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During his eight years as chief executive of the PPMA,? member numbers have risen to more than 400 through mergers with a number of related trade associations. The last year has been marked by his leading the PPMA out of the joint venture ...