Taiwan’s economic growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2012 has been upward adjusted from 2.83% estimated in late October 2012 to 2.97%, according to advance estimates released by the Directorate ...
ASIA BRIEFING: China is heading into a period of reform but its newly appointed leader, Xi Jinping, will have to rein in the powerful state-owned enterprises and give private enterprise a chance. That’s ...
TAITRA reported that over 56 buyers from 14 oil producing countries, including: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Nigeria, ...
Europe crisis hits machine tool sector confidence in 2013
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Confidence in the UK machine tool sector in 2013 is shaky as its main trade association ...
Japan’s all industries activity index fell in October compared to that in the previous month, indicating that the weak global demand was continuing to have its impact on the country’s economy.
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Despite a 7% on-year dip in global TV shipments, retail sales in North America have been steady, and unit shipments were up almost 3% in the third quarter of 2012 after posting small declines in the first ...
As in many marital disputes about spending, the argument over increasing the European Union’s central budget isn’t really about the money. It’s about domestic politics and differing visions ...
In another sign of their rising clout in the supply chain, smartphones in 2013 will account for a larger share of NAND flash memory usage than feature phones, the first time this has ever happened, according ...
China's manufacturing activity expanded in November, according to a report by HSBC, the latest sign that its growth may be rebounding.
The bank's purchasing managers index (PMI) rose to 50.4.
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