Online advertising income is expected to surge 65 percent in 2008 and 40 percent in 2009 thanks to the Olympics, according to GroupM, an established global media investment management company. Mobile and LCD advertising spending in China is expected to surpass that of Internet spending, increasing 82 percent in 2008 and 47 percent in 2009, GroupM said....
Following are unaudited figures from the reports of insurance companies to the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) for the first half of 2008. Figures compiled by CIRC. Premium income: First-half income 561.79 billion yuan (80.3 billion U.S. dollars) in 2008, up 51 percent year-on-year. Property insurance income: First-half income 129.93 ...
Japan's crude steel production rose 1.7 percent year-on-year to 10,189,000 tons in July, said the Japan Iron and Steel Federation Wednesday. The industry body attributed the increase, which has continued for 26 months in a row, to buoyant demand both at home and abroad. Statistics showed that the output of common steel for general purposes expande...
Two Shanghai-based real estate developers said Wednesday their revenue and profit fell in the first half of this year amid slack market sentiment and rising operational costs. Uncertainties in the country's macroeconomic trend and stricter credit policies have affected the confidence of home buyers, Shanghai Forte Land Co Ltd, a Hong Kong-listed proper...
The price of PVC, the oil-derived plastic used in construction and some Louis Vuitton handbags, may gain 10 percent as China extends a shutdown of factories to improve air quality beyond the Beijing Olympics. Prices will probably reach a record US$1,400 a metric ton this year because of production curbs in China's mainland, source of almost 25 percent ...
Hong Kong and France signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation in wine-related businesses on Tuesday. The Hong Kong-France Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Wine-related Businesses was signed by Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of HKSAR government Rita Lau and French Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries Mic...
Japan's crude steel production rose 1.7 percent year-on-year to 10,189,000 tons in July, said the Japan Iron and Steel Federation Wednesday. The industry body attributed the increase, which has continued for 26 months in a row, to buoyant demand both at home and abroad. Statistics showed that the output of common steel for general purposes expande...
A coalition of four trade associations has written to the government of Uzbekistan asking it to end the use of forced child labor for harvesting cotton. Uzbekistan, the world's third-largest cotton exporter, is alleged in recent human rights reports to have allowed children as young as 10 to 15 years old to be used to pick cotton. Our member compa...
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