China will slash the per-tonne retail prices of gasoline by 245 yuan (39.84 US dollars) and that of diesel by 235 yuan, starting from Monday, the country's top economic planner said on Sunday. The adjustment will lower the benchmark ...
Tags: Retail Fuel, Energy
The average retail prices for LED light bulbs equivalent to 60W incandescent bulbs in the US, Europe, Japan and South Korea declined by 1.5-3.8% on month in September, Digitimes Research has found. September average retail price for 40W ...
Tags: LED Light Bulbs, Lighting
BMC's urban commuter, the AC01, was redesigned for 2014. As with the previous edition, fast commuting was the goal. The AC01 borrows aero technology from BMC's timemachine aero road bikes, and geometry from the company's gran fondo bikes. ...
Tags: Transportat, bike
Assos, the Swiss company that invented the Lycra cycling short in 1976, rarely updates its clothing designs, but 2013 is the year for the launch of a new line of bib shorts to replace its S5 line, introduced in 2008. The new S7 line of ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
The China Automobile Dealers Association is beginning an investigation into the pricing of foreign car brands in China. "We are collecting data to investigate the price structure of imported vehicles in a bid to find out what is behind ...
Tags: Foreign Automakers
China announced policies on Friday to ramp up support for renewable energy projects, in a bid to curb air pollution. The National Development and Reform Commission issued new subsidy standards for distributed solar power generation ...
Tags: PV power units, PV stations
US-based Dole Food has introduced All Natural DOLE Chopped Salads - the industry’s first all-natural chopped salad line that features both kits and blends. All Natural DOLE Chopped Salads offers three all-natural chopped salad kits ...
Tags: Dole Food, Chopped Salad Line
China's top price regulator has imposed penalties on a local gold and jewelry industrial association and five jewelry firms in Shanghai for price-fixing practices, China News Service reported Monday. The National Development and Reform ...
Tags: Gold Retailers
India is mulling a ban on the export of onion in order to ensure domestic supply and prevent steep rise in prices that could lead to a further stoke inflation. Over the past few weeks, the prices of onion have increased sharply. The ...
Tags: Onion Exports, Food
In order to adapt EU payments market to the opportunities of the single market and to support the growth of the EU economy, the European Commission adopted today a package including: • A new Payment Services Directive ("PSD2") and ...
The infant formula industry is in the spotlight again after the launch of a price-fixing investigation into foreign and domestic milk powder makers and intensified government efforts to consolidate a nationwide hodgepodge of producers. ...
Tags: Dairy Industry, infant formula
Philips has launched new-generation 7W, 8W, 10W and 13W LED light bulbs in the Taiwan market at retail prices of NT$399 (US$13.3), NT$399, NT$499 and NT$599 respectively, according to Philips Taiwan. The light bulbs are 40% higher in ...
Tags: LED Bulbs, LED Lighting, Philips
Oil demand in Algeria has risen very strongly over the last few weeks, creating some shortages in parts of the country, a source at Naftal, the country's main fuel distributor, said Wednesday. But he added that Naftal had stepped up its ...
Tags: Oil Demand, Chemicals
Microsoft is launching a channel partner program on Monday to help drive sales of its Surface tablet to companies, schools and other organizations. The program is operational now in the U.S. with a small set of partners and will be ...
Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products
Apple is under investigation by the French competition authority, which has raided the company's offices in France, and those of several distributors, a spokesman for the authority said Monday The spokesman declined to say which ...
Tags: Apple, Computer Products, software