5/12/2008 3:00:00 PM
China´s consumer price index (CPI),the main gauge of inflation, rose 8.5 percent year-on-year in April, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday. The figure, compared with 8.3 percent in March and a nearly 12-year-high of 8.7 percent in February, was broadly in line with most …
5/9/2008 1:57:00 PM
The 2008 China Cotton Industry Development Summit Forum, hosted by the China Cotton Association (CCA) was held in Hangzhou of Zhejiang province May 7th and 8th. This forum with the theme of “The Chinese and Global Cotton Industry: Long Term Development and Cooperation ” is the third of the series, …
5/9/2008 1:55:00 PM
The producer price index (PPI) for China´s industrial products rose 8.1 percent in April over the same month last year, putting on more pressure on the nation´s inflation rate, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday. The factory-gate prices of raw materials, fuel and power …
5/8/2008 1:25:00 PM
Ronald DeMeo, MD, MBA, president and chief executive officer with Radiation Shield Technologies (RST), announced the company has been granted a new Australian patent for Demron, the world’s first nuclear radiation-blocking, anti-chemical and biological-protection material. Demron, which also has oth…
5/8/2008 1:20:00 PM
Inflation could dip to 7.5 percent in the second quarter from 8 percent in the first, but inflationary pressures will stay strong because of surging grain prices and robust investment, said a top government think tank. "Seasonal changes and government measures to boost agricultural supplies may …
5/7/2008 1:53:00 PM
There has been requests form major silk producing states namely Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for the introduction of Minimum Support Price (MSP) Scheme for sericulture sector. Based on the proposal received form these states, the government of Indian, has asked the Central silk Board to p…
5/6/2008 2:46:00 PM
BEIJING - China’s trade expansion is expected to be hampered by greater uncertainties amid world economic slowdown risk, rising prices of raw materials on the international markets and the swiftly appreciating yuan, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday. The report sa…
5/6/2008 2:43:00 PM
Greensboro, N.C.-based International Textile Group Inc.’s (ITG’s) Cone Denim division celebrated the opening of its new state-of-the-art, fully vertical manufacturing facility near Managua, Nicaragua, last month. With an annual capacity of some 28 million yards, Cone Denim Nicaragua (CDN) will empl…
5/6/2008 2:26:00 PM
The slowing growth of China´s main inflation indicator is set to continue in the April figures, thanks to falling farm produce prices, market analysts said on Sunday. The consumer price index (CPI), which hit 8.7 percent for February and 8.3 percent for March, would probably be around 8 per…
5/5/2008 1:11:00 PM
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending over $114 million in a partial credit guarantee program to support energy-efficient projects in China, the Manila-based bank said. The pilot program, which is the ADB’s first credit guarantee to mobilize commercial financing in China, will initially targ…
