Prestigious piano maker upbeat about Chi...
BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Steinway Sons, a prestigious piano maker, expects to see its business flourish in China over the coming years, as musical eduction is gaining greater importance in the c
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Prestigious piano maker upbeat about Chi...
BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Steinway Sons, a prestigious piano maker, expects to see its business flourish in China over the coming years, as musical eduction is gaining greater importance in the c
EU grants 262 mln USD to support Morocco...
RABAT, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission has granted Morocco 232 million euros (262 million U.S. dollars) to support the North African kingdom to better manage migration flows since 2014, a
VAT reform helps companies renovate and ...
Value-added taxes (VAT) have been one of the largest government levies for the complex, coming to nearly 30 million yuan (4.5 million U.S. dollars) last year. The latest reduced VAT rates go into eff
Vietnam's fertilizer, pesticide import s...
HANOI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam imported 617 million tons of fertilizers worth 184 million U.S. dollars in the first two months of this year, up 17.9 percent and 29.7 percent on-year respectively
Brunei continues to strengthen self-suff...
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Brunei's agriculture sector recorded revenues of 436 million Brunei dollars (321.6 million U.S. dollars) in 2018, a 19 percent increase from 2015 as the coun
Chinese company to get 100 mln-USD ADB l...
BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- China's SUS Environment Co., Ltd. on Monday signed an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a loan of 100 million U.S. dollars. The ADB loan will provide fi
Myanmar's population reaches over 54 mln
YANGON, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's population has reached 54.1 million as of April 1, growing by 1.32 percent from 2017, said a statement released by the country's Ministry of Labor, Immigration a
Iraq exports over 104 mln barrels of cru...
BAGHDAD, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi Oil Ministry said on Monday that it exported over 104 million barrels of crude oil in March, bringing in revenue of more than 6 billion U.S. dollars. "Iraq's to
China imports more major commodities in ...
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) --China imported more major commodities in the first two months, data from the General Administration of Customs showed Friday. The imports of crude oil surged by 12.4 perce
IDC: Apple led wearables market in 2018,...
Apple devices continue to lead the wearables market, according to a new report from IDC out today, which claimed the Cupertino-based company shipped a total of 46.2 million wearables for the year. The
Newly established trust property increas...
BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- The trust property established by China's charitable trust reached 1.1 billion yuan (163.8 million U.S. dollars) in 2018, rising 84.4 percent year-on-year, according to a
Global LNG supply to rise 9 pct in 2019:...
Global liquefied Natural gas (LNG) supply would increase by 35 million to 40 million tonnes in 2019, representing a year-on-year growth of around 9 percent, said Matthew Shruhan, senior analyst on g
Deutsche Bahn's net profit drops by near...
BERLIN, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Net profits of the German state-owned railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) declined by 29.2 percent to a total of 542 million euros (608.4 million U.S. dollars) in fiscal y
Beijingers plant over 200 mln trees in 4...
BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Beijingers have taken part in various voluntary tree planting activities and planted over 200 million trees over the past 40 years, local authorities said Tuesday. China
Greek port Piraeus posts positive financ...
ATHENS, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The turnover of Piraeus Port Authority S.A (PPA S.A.) in 2018 amounted to 132.9 million euros (149 million U.S. dollars) compared to 111.5 million euros in 2017, an increa
Sydney mum wins record 77 million U.S. d...
An Australian woman is 77 million U.S. dollars richer after walking away with the country's largest ever lottery win. The prospect of winning the top prize gripped many Australians this week, with sh
Austria's Schonbrunn Palace sees record-...
VIENNA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Austria's famous Schonbrunn Palace saw a record high of 3.978 million visitors in 2018, its operator SKB revealed in a press release on Monday. Plus other related attract
Brazilian airline Azul posts record prof...
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian airline Azul posted a record high net income of 703.6 million reals (183.7 million U.S. dollars) in 2018, up 36 percent year on year, the company said o
Iran-Thailand non-oil trade declines in ...
TEHRAN, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Iran and Thailand traded 1.56 million tons of non-oil commodities worth 754.55 million U.S. dollars during the past 10 months until Jan. 20, 2019, Eghtesad online news we
Local authority pledges 130 mln euros su...
RIGA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Rigas Satiksme, the municipal transport company of the Latvian capital, will be granted a 130 million euros(147.8 million U.S. dollars) subsidy this year to keep it afloat,