Taiwan consumers have continued to show lower expectations about future income and investment as well as general economic situation for the eighth-consecutive month in December, said a survey publicized Monday. The consumer confidence ...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Keep Lowering
The world's fastest two-seat, pure-electric sports car is to be delivered to a customer in China within weeks, the vehicle's builder revealed Friday. The lucky owner will be able to reach 100 km/h from idle in just 3.9 seconds and hit a ...
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei launched its new Nexus 6P smartphone in Spain on Tuesday. The phone, which was unveiled in October, will be available in most major Spanish outlets, including Amazon and El Corte Ingles department ...
China's value-added tax reform is expected to be implemented across all industries next year. Business taxes in four sectors - finance, construction, property and consumer services - will be replaced by VAT. Business tax refers to a ...
Tags: VAT
It's being reported Hon Hai Precision Industry, aka Foxconn, may be prepared to spend around 2.5 billion U.S. dollars to acquire Sharp Electronics. The proposed price is said to be about 50 percent higher than Sharp's current market ...
Crude prices have gone down nearly 30 percent this year, and analysts expect oil prices to remain low for even longer. Boon for consumers Lower oil prices are generally good for US consumers and the economy, said Jason Bordoff, ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Crude Oil
More details have been revealed about a price fixing case which involves eight international ocean freight shipping companies operating in China. The companies include Japan's NYK Line and "K" Line, and Chile's CSAV. The eight companies ...
Tags: Shipping Companies, Price Fixing
Broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA says that affiliates of GaAs Labs LLC has raised its offer to acquire the firm from $0.35 per share in cash (announced on 11 November) to $0.48 ...
Burger King restaurants has introduced the Flame Grilled Chicken Burger for a limited time. As chicken burgers grow in popularity, BURGER KING restaurants now offer guests their own unique take on the trend. The BURGER KING brand has ...
Housing prices in China are expected to grow steadily in 2016, while divergence between bigger and smaller cities will continue, according to a property research organization. Government policy has perhaps helped to ease the housing glut ...
Tags: Property Sector, Mild Growth
Chinese lawmakers on Sunday approved a State Council proposal for stock listing reform at the end of a bimonthly legislative session which began Monday in Beijing. The decision by the National People's Congress Standing Committee will ...
Tags: Stock Listing, Registration-based
After dropping for five consecutive weeks, ferrous scrap prices in eastern China remained stable for the second week following the recent increase in domestic rebar and seaborne iron ore prices. Platts assessed heavy melting scrap 6 mm ...
Tags: ferrous scrap, iron ore
Shen Hao, former president of 21st Century Media Co. Ltd., was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday for blackmailing companies by threatening negative coverage. Shen was convicted of extortion and forced transactions, among other ...
China is set to cut benchmark on-grid price of electricity generated by onshore wind power and photovoltaic power to promote a sound environment for the green-energy industry, the country’s top economic planner said on Thursday. The ...
Tags: Cut Price, Wind Power
22 Dec 2015 The manufacturer of Nurofen will be forced to pay millions of dollars in fines after a court found its packaging claims were misleading. The products in Reckitt Benckiser's Nurofen specific-pain range were advertised as ...