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China s holdings of U.S. debt rise again From: Xinhua China increased its holdings of U.S. Treasury debt for the first time in six months - a trend analysts said could last as the dollar is expected to continue its strong rise. The U.S. Treasury Department reported Monday that ...
China, Russia seek stronger strategic ties From: Xinhua China and Russia Tuesday pledged to work together to take their strategic partnership of coordination to a new high. It serves the strategic interests and common aspiration of both countries to elevate the China-Russia ...
China s CPI to grow by around 2.5% in 1H From: Xinhua China s consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, is expected to grow by about 2.5 percent for the first half of this year, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement released on ...
China fine-tunes laws against financing of terrorism From: Xinhua China Tuesday outlined the prosecution standards for the crime of financing terrorism in a new regulation promulgated by the Supreme People s Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security. The regulation ...
Luxury retailers prepare for big spenders return Retailers are priming for a consumer comeback. Shoppers have started to show they're willing and able to spend more, and stores are tweaking their merchandise to accommodate them. Cashmere is making a comeback, and sellers of ...
Reduce Ecommerce Fraud: 5 Areas for Marketers and Fraud Teams to Target Ecommerce fraud is an industry affliction -- treatable but not curable. Crooks make purchases with stolen credit cards, avoid detection and leave merchants on the hook for the cost of the items and fees ...
China s cultural market booming after reform From: China Daily China s cultural reform has been paying off as more profitable companies contribute to the market's soaring capital assets, according to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics. By the end of 2008, the report ...
China to help graduates start businesses The provincial education departments will work with other government departments to set up some programs which provide initiative investment to their business, it says. The government also encourages non-governmental organizations to set ...
Time for malls to think long-term While the shopping mall phenomenon is fairly new in India, the industry has already seen its ups and downs in a very short span of time. Three-four years ago, almost every developer was able to sell mall space to investors or signed leases with ...
Economic planner says vegetable prices to decline further From: Xinhua China s vegetable prices will fall further with increasing supplies as temperatures continue to climb, the National Development and Reform Commission, the country s top economic planner, said Wednesday. ...
Mobile payment alliance to help businesses in China China UnionPay has collaborated with commercial banks, mobile communication operators, and mobile phone manufactures for the establishment of the Mobile Payment Industry Alliance in China. The Mobile Payment Industry Alliance ...
China s economic system reform of this year focuses on 11 areas The China Government Net on May 31 published the full text of the Circular Approved and Transmitted by the State Council to the National Development and Reform Commission Concerning the Key Working Opinion on ...
Europe debt crisis not to impact badly on China From: China Daily Europe s debt crisis will not cause another global financial crisis and neither dampen demand for Chinese exports in the long run, Wednesday s People s Daily cited an adviser to the Chinese central bank as saying. ...
Financo sees debt woes weighing on Europe retail From: Reuters Europe s brewing debt crisis will likely spread to countries such as France and Britain and deeply hurt consumer demand there over the short to medium term, according to investment banking boutique Financo. Financo ...
Economist: China has promising growth prospects From: Xinhua China has promising growth prospects and should not be blamed for world imbalances, says Danny Quah, a renowned British economist. Emergency financing that was placed in the Chinese economy to counter the downturn from ...
Home Appliances Trade-in Policy Extended To End Of 2011 According to reports in local media, the one-year-old home appliances trade-in policy, which was supposed to conclude at the end of May 2010, has been prolonged to the end of 2011 in Beijing, and the subsidy rates remain ...
Cheap labor has limits in manufacturing industry From: China Daily Global manufacturers struggling with life-or-death pressures to control costs are finding that the legions of low-wage Chinese workers they rely on have limits. Analysts at the All-China Federation of Labor in ...
Europe growth at risk, luxury execs say From: Reuters The luxury industry's recent recovery is likely to be short-lived in Europe if governments' new austerity measures prompt consumers to rein in spending, luxury executives warned on Wednesday. Bulgari Chief Executive Francesco ...
Green retail set to soar as prices fall UK online sales of environmentally-friendly products are expected to hit 1.4bn in value by 2015, up from 607m in 2009. These are the key findings of new research carried out for shopping service Kelkoo by the Centre for Economics and ...
U.S. Retail Sales Gains Slow as Pullback Hits Teen Chains Sales gains at U.S. retailers probably slowed during May as concerns about the economy crimped purchases in the second half of the month. Sales at 30 chains that report monthly figures tomorrow may have climbed 2.9 percent ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
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