Chinese manufacturers and traders were optimistic about overcoming global economic headwinds as they turned up at the month-long Canton fair which opened its 120th session on Saturday at the southern city of Guangzhou. The biannual event, ...
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China's industrial profits rose 19.5 percent year on year to 534.8 billion yuan (about 80.3 billion U.S. dollars) in August, official data showed Tuesday. The growth rate was faster than the 11-percent increase registered one month ...
Supramax shipowners are bracing for a tough finale to a disappointing year as limping grain and petcoke trade in the Atlantic fails to support the monstrous weight of available tonnage. That has been keeping freight rates low, while hopes ...
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The volatile solar market will rationalize extensively over the next year, with the handful of leading companies likely to have successful initial public offerings (IPOs) outweighed by several others going to the wall. Jason Eckstein, the ...
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Mainly benefiting cost savings from utilization of in-stock raw materials procured earlier at lower prices, Taiwan-based China Steel Corp. (CSC), the island's largest steelmaker by size, therefore chalked up a 54-percent growth in pretax ...
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The short-term outlook for biomaterials in coatings and related sectors in Europe has been looking grim in the wake of the fall in the oil price. However companies along the biomaterials value chain in the region are not overtly concerned. ...
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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, ...
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Production growth in China's machinery sector slowed sharply in the first half of 2015, an industry association said on Thursday, predicting a moderate rebound amid grim conditions. The China Machinery Industry Federation (CMIF) said the ...
Automobile markets in China and Russia are losing steam, bearing down on automobile manufacturers. On one hand, the euphoria set in by the recovery of European market post-recession fail to cheer up carmakers as their efforts to post ...
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China's foreign trade remained anaemic in the first quarter of 2015, with exports registering a big slump in March following signs of improvement, official data showed on Monday. Last month, the foreign trade volume dropped by 13.5 ...
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China will focus on improving economic quality in 2015 and adapt itself to slower growth against global economic headwinds, top policy makers agreed on Thursday. Economic growth should remain within the desired range and restructuring of ...
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Coal provides nearly two thirds of China's energy, but for mining companies, this winter could not be more chilly. The government has done its best to save the day, but it is not enough to force up the price of coal, even in the short ...
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The Google Play Store officially ranks top for the biggest selection of mobile apps, adding a third year to its winning streak. Google’s mobile software platform now boasts just shy of 1.43 million apps, courtesy of 388,000 ...
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Samsung reckons its profits have slipped by a staggering 37.4 per cent year-on-year in the run up to Christmas 2014. The South Korean tech giant outed its pre-earnings guidance, revealing a predicted operating profit of 5.2 trillion ...
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New data has revealed the impact of Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launch across the globe. The latest report from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech sheds light on the three months leading up to November 2014, with Apple seeing a 12.2 ...
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