Poland to get up to 8 bln euros from EU ...
WARSAW, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The next European Union budget could bring up to 8 billion euros (9 billion U.S. dollars) in funds for Poland to fight smog, Polish media reported on Wednesday. Gazeta Wy
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Poland to get up to 8 bln euros from EU ...
WARSAW, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The next European Union budget could bring up to 8 billion euros (9 billion U.S. dollars) in funds for Poland to fight smog, Polish media reported on Wednesday. Gazeta Wy
Bertelsmann records strong growth throug...
BERLIN, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Corporate revenue of German media company Bertelsmann rose by 2.8 percent to 17.7 billion euros (20 billion U.S. dollars) last year, its highest level since 2007, the com
Tibet receives projects worth 20 bln yua...
LHASA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- A total of 2,806 projects involving 20 billion yuan (around 2.97 billion U.S. dollars), supported by partners across China, have been implemented in Tibet Autonomous Regio
Qatar Petroleum signs $2.47 billion deal...
Qatar Petroleum (QP) company on Monday said it has signed agreements with three global giants worth 2.47 billion U.S. dollars as part of a plan to localize its energy sector. The plan shows the impor
Tencent Q4 profit disappoints, but cloud...
China’s Tencent reported disappointing profits in the fourth quarter on the back of surging costs but saw emerging businesses pick up steam as it plots to diversify amid slackening gaming revenu
Brazil's Petrobras returns to profit in ...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's state-controlled oil and gas giant Petrobras said on Wednesday that it earned a net income of 25.8 billion reals (6.91 billion U.S. dollars) in 2018, mark
World's population to reach 9.7 billion ...
UNITED NATIONS, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The world's population is projected to reach around 9.7 billion in 2050 and rise further to about 11 billion by the end of the century, according to a UN report re
Rent the Runway hits a $1 billion valuat...
Rent the Runway just closed a $125 million led by Franklin Templeton Investments and Bain Capital Ventures. This round values the company at $1 billion. In total, Rent the Runway has raised $337 mill
Qatar sells 12-bln-USD bonds: ministry
DOHA, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Qatar sold bonds worth 12 billion U.S. dollars out of orders of more than 50 billion dollars, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. "Qatar has achieved a successful return
China's courier giants see steady revenu...
Three major Chinese express delivery companies posted steady revenue growth last year on the back of booming e-commerce in the world's most populous country. SF Holding Wednesday announced that its r
France's trade deficit widened at 4.2 bl...
PARIS, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Falling sales abroad widened France's trade gap by 16.7 percent in January to 4.2 billion euros (4.71 billion U.S. dollars) compared to the December data, customs figures s
China's online home appliance market exp...
BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The size of China's online B2C home appliance market continued steady expansion last year by growing 17.5 percent year on year to 576.5 billion yuan (about 86 billion U.S
German construction industry records hig...
BERLIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- With orders worth of 79.5 billion euros (90.3 billion U.S. dollars) in 2018, the German main construction industry reached its highest value in 24 years, the German Federa
Taiwan's exports continue to fall in Mar...
TAIPEI, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan's exports slumped for the fifth consecutive month in March as weakness in global demand weighed on its electronics products, according to the latest trade data. Exp
Xinjiang to expand int'l airport in Urum...
Northwest China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region will spend 42.1 billion yuan (6.3 billion U.S. dollars) to expand its airport in Urumqi, the regional capital, according to the regional economic planner
Large graphite deposit found in northeas...
HARBIN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- A large graphite deposit has been discovered in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province with a potential economic value of over 100 billion yuan (about 15 billion U.S. dol
Google fined 1.49 bln euros for anti-tru...
BRUSSELS, March 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. internet giant Google on Wednesday received a new fine ticket of 1.49 billion euros (1.69 billion U.S. dollars) from the European Union (EU) for breaching anti-tru
WHO's historic reform centers on univers...
GENEVA, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) unveiled on Wednesday the most wide-ranging reforms in its history, vowing to help billions of people worldwide benefiting from univers
China's service trade deficit further ex...
China's deficit in foreign service trade continued to expand in January, official data showed Thursday. The deficit grew to 22.8 billion U.S. dollars last month, up from 22.6 billion dollars in Decem
Toast, the restaurant management platfor...
Restaurant sales hit $825 billion last year in the US, but with margins averaging at only three to five percent per business, they’re always looking for an edge on efficiency and just generally