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Wesly Printing & Packaging Invests in New Manroland Press
Nov 7, 2017Netherlands-based Wesly Printing & Packaging has invested in new Manroland Sheetfed press. The packaging firm introduced a new press last year, a ROLAND 706 EVOLUTION DirectDrive with six printing units, a coating unit and extended ...
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China in New Effort to Tackle Shadow Banking
Feb 24, 2017China's central bank has drafted new rules to tackle risks from shadow banking, in a tacit acknowledgment that a host of measures in recent years to control off balance sheet credit have failed to control its risks, the Financial Times ...
Tags: Shadow Banking, balance sheet
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China Is Facing Growth Deceleration
Dec 12, 2016A slowdown in China is the greatest threat to the global economy, Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff told BBC in a curious interview in late September. "The [Chinese] economy is slowing down much more than the official figures show." As the ...
Tags: Chinese economy, global economy
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Shell Future Energy Scenarios:Zone of Uncertainty Ahead
Dec 10, 2016“Signals & Signposts” updates our thinking by taking into account the impact of the global economic and financial crisis. Over the next four decades, the world’s energy system will see profound developments. Heightened ...
Tags: Signals&Signposts, Shell
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China's Oct. Exports Down 3.2%, Imports up 3.2%
Nov 9, 2016China's exports growth narrowed from previous drops in October while imports accelerated growth, however weak global demand might weigh on future trade growth. Exports measured in yuan fell 3.2 percent year on year in October, a slower ...
Tags: trade surplus, exports growth
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China Foreign Trade Still Faces Strong Headwinds
Oct 19, 2016China's foreign trade still faces strong headwinds as uncertainties mount, a commerce official said Tuesday. The difficulties will not end in the near term, with uncertain and unstable factors increasing, Shen Danyang, spokesperson for ...
Tags: Foreign Trade
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You Need to Know About Yuan's SDR Inclusion
Oct 11, 2016Chinese yuan or renminbi (RMB) has been included into the basket of special drawing right (SDR) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since Oct 1, marking a milestone in the internationalization of the RMB. Here are seven things you need ...
Tags: SDR Inclusion, RMB
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Taiwanese Makers of Plastic Processing Machines Focus on Building High-Profile Models Amid Growing Rivalry
Sep 27, 2016Taiwanese blown film machinery makers compete globally with high-performance, high-quality and competitively priced models. Among the plastic processing machines makers in Taiwan, those making plastic inflation and blown film machines ...
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China June Inflation Forecast at 1.9%
Jun 30, 2016China's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in June is likely to increase 1.9 percent year on year, slightly less than the 2 percent recorded in May, according to an industry report. The official CPI for June is due to be released by the National ...
Tags: June Inflation, CPI
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Taiwan's Export Orders Continue Shrinking in May
Jun 23, 2016Taiwan’s overall export orders in May totaled US$33.73 billion, down 5.8 percent year on year (photo courtesy of UDN.com).Taiwan's export orders received in May totaled US$33.73 billion, down 5.8 percent year on year to represent the ...
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Invest in Infrastructure for Sustainable Growth
Jun 8, 2016China faces two separate challenges: the long-term issue of a declining potential growth rate and the immediate problem of below-potential actual growth. Indeed, the government's supply-side reform strategy will go a long way toward doing ...
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A Return to Decline: Freight Confidence Index Falls Month on Month
Apr 21, 2016Despite a dip in results during March, the April edition of the Stifel Logistics Confidence Index returned to the trend of month on month improvements seen in January and February. Nonetheless, structural issues within both the air and ...
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China Should Be Attractive for Foreign Investors
Mar 15, 2016"We will create an investment environment that is fairer, more transparent and more predictable. China must always be a land that attracts foreign investments," said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on March 5, in his 2016 government work report ...
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China Not The Cause of Global Economic Crisis
Jan 22, 2016The world's stock markets are spiralling downwards. The U.S. equity market fell 10 percent last month. Investor terminology calls this a "correction" not a crash. But prospects don't look good. Big investors, banks and financial ...
Tags: Economic Crisis, investment banks
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Consumer Confidence in Taiwan Keep Lowering for Eighth Month
Dec 29, 2015Taiwan 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