Sappi has reported a net profit of $58m for this financial year’s third quarter, compared to $32m for the same period last year. For Q3, its earnings per share stood at $0.11, excluding special items. Sappi had also reduced its debt ...
Tags: Sappi
Business activity in China's non-manufacturing sector expanded at slower pace in April, official data showed on Sunday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the non-manufacturing sector stood at 53.5 in April, down from 53.8 in March ...
Tags: purchasing managers'index, PMI
China's cabinet, the State Council, decided on Wednesday to further streamline administration by "separating" business licenses from administrative permits to create a more favorable business environment. The pilot reform, which allows ...
Air freight volumes were up slightly in September according to the IATA, with freight tonne kilometres (FTK) 1.0% higher compared to a year ago. This was a small improvement on August, when volumes were broadly stable year to year, however, ...
Tags: Air Freight, world trade
As part of the 11th International Laser Marketplace – the bi-annual industry conference staged at LASER World of Photonics in Munich – Dr Kunihiko Washio, CEO of Paradigm Laser Research (Tokyo, Japan) gave a presentation on the ...
Vice President of China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products Liu Chun was invited to Bolivia’s embassy to China and met with Bolivia’s ambassador to China Gral. Guillermo Chalup Liendo ...
Vice President of China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products Liu Chun was invited to Cuba’s embassy to China and met with Cuba’s Commercial Counselor in China Eng. Sofia Ancheta on June ...
Tags: Electronic Products, economic exchanges, information service
The 3-day China Machinery and Electronic Products Exhibition Brand Show (Chile) was inaugurated in the capital of Chile San Diego on July 27. Chinese Ambassador in Chile Li Baorong, the Minister of Economic Affairs of Chile Philips ...
Tags: Electronic Products, lighting fixture, fitness equipment
The IATA reports that air freight volumes were broadly unchanged in August compared to a year ago, with freight tonne kilometres 0.2% higher. The August data shows a pause in earlier declines in air freight volumes, consistent with ...
Tags: Air Freight, air freight volumes
Business activity in China's non-manufacturing sector expanded in August with slightly slowed pace from June and July, official data showed on Tuesday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the non-manufacturing sector fell to 53.4 in ...
Tags: PMI, non-manufacturing sector
China's producer prices continued to fall in July, pointing to looming deflation risk, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Sunday. The producer price index (PPI), a measure of costs for goods at the factory gate, ...
Tags: PPI, PPI contraction
China's manufacturing business activity slightly expanded in May, indicated by a Purchasing Managers Index reading of 50.2, up from 50.1 in April, according to official data. The reading has remained above 50, the separation between ...
Tags: Manufacturing, PMI
China's service sector activity expanded in May, but at a slower pace, an official monthly survey showed on Monday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the non-manufacturing sector fell to 53.2 in May, down from 53.4 for April, ...
Tags: Non-Manufacturing, PMI, Economy
China's manufacturing business activity continued improving in May, with an important index remaining in expansion territory, official data showed on Monday. The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), a key measure of factory ...
Tags: Economy, Manufacturing
A gauge of growth in the dominant U.S. services sector fell short of expectations for December, hitting a six-month low as indexes on employment, orders and business activity all declined. The FTSE 100 index was down 0.4 percent at 1209 ...
Tags: services sector, GDP growth