The 48th International Radio Exhibition (IFA) opened in the German capital Berlin on Friday. The IFA is one of the largest consumer electronics trade fairs in the world, providing exhibitors with the opportunity to present their latest products and developments to the public. This year's event has attracted 1,245 manufacturers of screens, cameras ...
Chinese authorities have stepped up inspection and quarantine measures on meat products imported from a Canadian company involved in a fatal bacterial outbreak, said China's quality watchdog on Sunday. Nine people in Canada had been confirmed of dying from listeriosis caused by contaminated meat products of Maple Leaf Foods, Canada's biggest food comp...
Unionization rates in the United States rose a half a percentage point over 2007, to 12.6 percent of all workers in 2008, reversing a decades-long trend of decline, according to a report released on Sunday. The rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point between 2006 and 2007. Before that, the last time unionization rates rose in the United States was 1...
Shanghai stocks are not likely to stage a sharp rebound this week as turnover has been quite low recently, analysts said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose on Friday, narrowing last week's loss to 0.33 percent. The index jumped 2.01 percent to close last week at 2,397.37, led by Baoshan Iron & Steel Co and the Bank of China which posted bette...
The Russian government announced Thursday it will ban poultry shipments from certain U.S. processors found to be out of compliance with its health and safety requirements. The ban applies to 19 U.S. poultry meat processors. Another 29 processors received warning letters from the Russian government, CNN reported. Russia's health and agricultural mi...
July saw the value of total exports and imports rise to 265.1 billion HK dollars (33.99 billion U.S. dollars) and 284.6 billion HK dollars (36.49 billion U.S. dollars) -- up 11.1 percent and 15.4 percent respectively on the same month last year, Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department said on Thursday. Within this total, the value of re-exports gre...
Brazilian government proposed Wednesday to make a 12-percent readjustment to the minimum wage from the currently 415 reais (256 U.S dollars) to 464.7 reais (286 dollars) in 2009. Planning, Budget and Administration Minister Paulo Bernardo presented the proposal to the Senate Wednesday. The readjustment corresponded to the variation of the National...
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has concluded a free trade deal in goods with India, the bloc's seventh largest trading partner, after five years of negotiations, ministers said in Singapore on Thursday. At a news conference on Day Three of the ASEAN economic ministers meeting, Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang a...
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