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
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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
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
DP World profits in 2018 up 5 pct to 1.2...
DUBAI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Dubai Ports World (DP World) said on Thursday it achieved net profit of 1.27 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, with an annual increase of over 5 percent. "This robust performa
Tibet receives projects worth 20 bln yua...
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 Region since the 18th CPC Nation
China's reserve assets increases in 2018
BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) -- China's reserve assets increased by 18.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said Friday.The country's current account surplus sto
China to cut social insurance contributi...
BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhua) -- China expects to slash the social insurance contributions of enterprises by over 300 billion yuan (about 44.6 billion U.S. dollars) this year, an official said Thursday.
China's tech giants throw hats into Indi...
As Chinese companies continue to grow and the internet market matures domestically, the Chinese tech giants are looking around for the next billion internet user market. The bordering country of Indi
Central gov't arranges 189 projects wort...
BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The central government has arranged 189 projects worth 657.6 billion yuan (around 97.8 billion U.S. dollars) in Tibet Autonomous Region since 2016 when the State Council
China's new yuan loans expand in Februar...
BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- China's new yuan-denominated loans stood at 885.8 billion yuan (about 131 billion U.S. dollars) in February 2019, up 46.5 billion yuan year on year, central bank data sh
Norway's sovereign wealth fund loses 56....
OSLO, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Norway's sovereign wealth fund posted a negative return of 485 billion kroner (56.4 billion U.S. dollars) in 2018 due to "volatile markets," the fund said on Wednesday. Equi
Filipino seafarers send home 6.14 bln US...
MANILA, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Filipino seafarers onboard foreign ocean-going vessels sent home a record amount of 6.14 billion U.S. dollars through the banking system in 2018, up 4.6 percent or 270 mil
China's coastal province Shandong unveil...
JINAN, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Transport authorities in east China's Shandong Province announced that it plans to invest 162.2 billion yuan (about 24.2 billion U.S. dollars) on roads, railways, ports an
Investment helps 537,000 people out of p...
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region secured 33. 4 billion yuan (about 4.99 billion U.S. dollars) for poverty relief programs last year. The efforts have paid off. Data show that 537,0
Huawei books $8.8B profit for 2018 as co...
Despite an ongoing tussle with the U.S. government, signs look positive for Huawei. The Chinese firm just released its end of year report for 2018 and profit is up 25 percent to 59.3 billion CNY, or $
U.S. storage of working natural gas cont...
HOUSTON, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Working natural gas storage in the contiguous United States was 1,107 billion cubic feet (about 31.35 billion cubic meters) in the week ending March 22, a net decrease o