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"China Digital and Mobile Publishing" served as the title of a public talk held at the Frankfurt Book Fair on Thursday. With more than 1 billion potential readers, the Chinese market is not only one of the biggest in the world, but also a quickly developing one. In 2009 China saw ...
South China's Hainan Province became the first province in China with B5 biogasoil available. Twelve petrol stations affiliated to Sinopec in Hainan have recently started to offer B5 biogasoil, selling price of which was Yuan 6.53 per liter, flat with retail price of zero pour ...
Middle East petrochemical producers are not a real threat to Indian companies and they will still be able to compete, Makarand Dixit, head of marketing at India's ONGC Petro additions Limited, said Tuesday. Much has been said about rising competition from Middle East producers, ...
A trajectory correction has put China's second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e-2, on course for the moon, according to a flight control official in Beijing. A second adjustment to the vehicle's course was contemplated for Sunday afternoon but cancelled when it became clear the ...
Refining margins for independent refineries in Shandong Province refining straight-run fuel oil hit the highest level since 2009 as sales revenues continued rising. Based on Wednesday's prices of spot M100 fuel oil in Shandong market, local refineries' refining margins averaged ...
Orc Software (SSE: ORC), the leading global provider of technology and services for advanced trading in financial instruments, on Wednesday announced the regional launch of Orc Spreader, a specialized product for low latency, high-frequency arbitrage and spread trading. Orc ...
African Export-Import Bank, a policy lender of trade finance, will provide $56.4 million in loans to help Africa import telecom equipment from ZTE Corp, its president Jean-Louis Ekra said. The loan is part of the $100 million credit line that China Export-Import Bank (China ...
A flagship joint project between China and Singapore, entitled the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City, signed deals on Wednesday valued at 1.5 billion yuan ($222 million) with nine enterprises, increasing its total industrial investment this year to 2.5 billion yuan. These ...
Many people have had the experience of digging around in a tangle of wires to find the charging cable to your favorite electronic product. But industry experts said the latest technology will soon free us from cable lines. Now that a global standard of wireless charging has been ...
One of the world s top oil users, China is reported to have banned hoarding of oil, coal and other key commodities in its fight against inflation. According to unconfirmed reports, China s National Development and Reform Commission said the move will ensure supplies and cool ...
World oil prices recovered slightly in Europe on fresh tensions in the Korean peninsula, before losing steam on weak stocks and a still strong dollar. Light sweet crude for January delivery fell as much as 84 cents, or 1 percent, to $80.90 a barrel in electronic trading on the ...
Rosatom, Russia s state run nuclear corporation, has offered Indian companies a stake in in the development of uranium deposits in Russia and other countries. Reports suggest that the majority stake will be maintained by Rosatom. Last April reports came in that Russia and India ...
Growth in imports and exports of China's electronic products slowed in September from the same period last year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Thursday. The country's exports and imports of electronic products increased by 23.1 percent and 20.2 ...
Continued strength in the US ethylene market on Monday kept variable costs for styrene production well above the level needed to profitably export to Europe and Asia. December ethylene was bid at 49 cents/lb Mtb-Wms on Monday, with offers at 53 cents/lb Mtb-Wms. With benzene ...
China's Internet firm Tencent on Wednesday said it is shutting down its popular instant messaging service QQ on computers installed with anti-virus software run by the company's rival Qihoo 360, as a war between the two software giants escalated over the course of the past two ...
Malaysia's Titan Chemicals has bought all the spot naphtha it needs for December with its purchase of 50,000 mt of full range naphtha for delivery into Pasir Gudang, a trade source close to the company said Tuesday. The cargoes were bought via private negotiations. Details on the ...
SMIC, the biggest made-to-order chip maker in the Chinese mainland, said yesterday it returned to the black in the third quarter as it tapped the booming integrated circuit market and its profit margin improved due to technology evolution. The Shanghai-based company will also ...
Cepsa Quimica's new polyethylene terephthalate plant at San Roque, Spain, will divert roughly 100,000 mt/year of feedstock material from the upstream purified terephthalic acid market when it comes online in early 2011, a company source said Monday. "We are aiming for a 2011 ...
Portland General Electric Friday won approval from the Oregon Public Utility Commission to shut its 585-MW Boardman coal-fired plant in 2020. The shutdown, which was contained in an integrated resource plan the utility submitted to the PUC, must now be approved by the state's ...
Relatively mild weather in China and uncertainty caused by the possibility of inflation-cooling measures by the government are limiting Chinese mills' appetite for high-priced imported coking coal, market sources said Tuesday. These factors, perhaps combined with sub-par demand ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Policies of China's new leadership in the ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
The Number One Document also proposed a new pricing plan for China's ...
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Employees demonstrate Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Xperia Play ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
A formation of nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft fly ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Two models stand beside golf equipment and bags at a recent golf ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...