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DAILY RFID recently announced availability of the jewelry industry’s OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) RFID tag, designed to automatic Jewelry tracking in retail, wholesale, or secured storage applications. This RFID OEM tags enable entire trays of tagged jewelry to be ...
Move over fashionistas - there's a new girl in town. She's called the "recessionista" and she delights in spending $70 rather than $700 on a cashmere cardigan or $1 to make a kiwi fruit face mask instead of shelling out $100 for a session at a trendy day spa. As the world economy ...
Formosa Petrochemical primarily involved in the business of refining crude oil, producing and selling olefins (including ethylene, propylene, butadiene and BTX) from its naphtha cracking operations, has shut down unit No 1 naphtha cracker completely today. Official sources from ...
Net earnings at Esprit Holdings (0330) dropped 13.4 percent for the first half ended December 31 last year to HK$2.853 billion, from HK$3.293 billion a year earlier, marking the clothing retailer's first profit decline since 1995. Earnings per share were HK$2.30. The company ...
Most Chinese economists said China's economy would recover as early as this year, a survey has showed. China Economic Monitoring and Analysis Center, a survey organization of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a report on Thursday that 92 percent of the economists ...
Macao's unemployment rate for the whole of 2008 stood at three percent, down by 0.1 percentage point over 2007, according to the latest figures released on Tuesday by the city's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). The figure for the fourth quarter of last year stood at 3.3 ...
Key industries in the mainland are to be given massive support in a bid to boost the weakening economy, state-run media reported yesterday. Stimulus proposals for the textile, equipment manufacturing and shipbuilding industries are likely to be submitted to the State Council for ...
China will increase the tax rebate rate for textile and garment exports from 14 percent to 15 percent, an executive meeting of the State Council, China's cabinet, announced Wednesday. The move would reduce exporters' costs and support the textile industry, the State Council said. ...
From the outset, the Obama administration has signalled a more confrontational approach to Beijing. Last month, President Obama's nominee for Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, testifying before US Senators, accused China of keeping the yuan, or renminbi, artificially weak in ...
Chinese spending on shopping and travel over the Lunar New Year holiday rose by double digits but the growth rate slowed, according to government data. Retail sales were up 13.8 percent during the seven-day holiday period that began Jan. 25 compared with the same period of 2008, ...
"Strive" star Ma Yili graces the cover of Good Zhufu, or Good Housewife magazine in February issue. The actress gets herself back into shape after giving birth.
Hong Kong retail sales value rose by 0.8 percent in December, while sales volume slowed its downward pace to fall 0.7 percent - better than the market forecast, as more local people stayed in town, and tourists from the mainland increased. Sales for 2008 climbed 10.5 percent by ...
On 23 January 2009, Crocodile Group entered into two agreements for the construction of a warehouse and a senior staff quarters respectively. The transaction constitutes a discloseable transaction for the Company and is subject to the disclosure requirements under Chapter 14 of ...
A model depicting a cupid walks outside a shopping mall during a sales promotion ahead of the Valentine's Day celebrations in Hong Kong February 5, 2009. Model Annet Ko poses in a bathtub outside a shopping mall during a sales promotion ahead of the Valentine's Day celebrations ...
The global economic recession may be a disaster for export-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China. The outlook is particularly grim in the Pearl River Delta and eastern China's coastal areas, where many labor-intensive manufacturers have gone bust and many ...
Wenzhou, a city 250 km from Shanghai, known for private sector entrepreneurs, did not experience a winter electrical shortage for the first time in six years. In December 2008, the Wenzhou power grid load was lower than the same period a year ago because many manufacturers ...
Children's shoes on display at China Shoetec, a trade fair held in the manufacturing city of Dongguan, China. This city in southern China is known for factories, not flair. But it is flair that might save this manufacturing hub. At least, that is what David Hsieh is hoping. At a ...
A foreign couple go sight-seeing in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Wednesday. Edmond Tang On a fine Sunday afternoon, Miho Takaaki strolls among the fashion boutiques in the Sogo department store in Causeway Bay, accompanied by her young niece. The elderly lady selects a light cardigan, ...
People visit the 15th Shanghai International Wedding Photographic Equipment Exhibition in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 12, 2009. The four-day exhibiton opened on Thursday with about 500 enterprises from home and abroad attending. Models display a wedding dress at the 15th Shanghai ...
A survey conducted by China Economic Monitoring and Analysis Center predicted that rising unemployment would be the biggest challenge for China's economy this year. The survey showed, more than 90 percent of the 100 economists surveyed expressed their worries over the country's ...
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Xi Jinping to lead national security commission
Xi Jinping to lead national security commission
The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee has decided that ...
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's leading group for overall reform ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
Xinhua Insight: Emerging economies able to secure steady growth
Xinhua Insight: Emerging economies able to secure steady growth
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Emerging economies are ...
China cuts retail oil prices
China cuts retail oil prices
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner announced on ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
Shell companies struggle to stay listed
Shell companies struggle to stay listed
China is planning to clamp down on back door listings. A back door ...
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
A general view of Toy Story Land at Hong Kong Disneyland is taken ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Ghana qualifies for FIFA U-20 women's World Cup
Ghana qualifies for FIFA U-20 women's World Cup
Ghana qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 women's World Cup following a 4...
Stars 'Big Three' fall short of title in 1st year
Stars 'Big Three' fall short of title in 1st year
Miami Heat's LeBron James (R) stands with teammates Chris Bosh (C) and ...
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 ...