3/11/2008 1:47:00 PM
Dutch technical-fabric producer TenCate is to buy a controlling share of Xennia Technology Ltd, the Cambridge, UK, based inkjet technologydeveloper.According to TenCate, Xennia owns a strong intellectual-property portfolio and a number of key technology platforms for both inks/coating fluids and hard…
3/11/2008 11:52:00 AM
Inflation in February rose 8.7 percent year on year, the fastest monthly rise in more than a decade, China´s National Bureau of Statistics reported on its website on Tuesday.The accelerating price hikes, mostly contributed by skyrocketing food prices, have hardened the life of wage-earners …
3/10/2008 1:28:00 PM
By Rong Jiaojiao, Cheng Yunjie and Huang Xin BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- China´s economy in 2008 will maintain a robust and stable momentum despite uncertainties ahead, according to signs revealed during the country´s top legislative and political advisory sessions. Liu Shucheng,…
3/10/2008 1:17:00 PM
China´s domestic cotton prices slowly rallied last week (week ending March 7), reaching new seasonal highs as domestic mills focused on local cotton instead of imports. In T129 (GM 1-1/8"), prices reached 14,803 to 14,903 yuan per ton, landed inland mills, or approximately 94.50 to 95.…
3/7/2008 3:49:00 PM
BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- China´s macroeconomic regulation in the past five years was "effective" and secured a fast yet steady growth of the economy, development chief Ma Kai said on Thursday. "If you admit China has achieved sound economic and social development but at t…
3/7/2008 3:46:00 PM
The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., has acquired from London-based Fiberweb plc full interest in the Advanced Design Concepts (ADC) joint venture it formed with Fiberweb in 2001. ADC was created to develop new nonwovens technologies, such as elastic nonwovens, for use in apparel, medical and dispos…
3/6/2008 2:04:00 PM
Fiberweb plc (Fiberweb) is pleased to announce that it has entered into two separate Joint Venture agreements in China and India which in aggregate are expected to contribute 0.3 pence to earnings per share from 2010. In China, Fiberweb has agreed to invest $2.5m of cash into a 30 year joint venture …
3/6/2008 1:56:00 PM
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised here Wednesday the government will try to ensure all employees in the country to have annual paid vacations. "We will institute a system of annual paid vacations for employees," said Wen in his report on government work to the First Session of the 11th Na…
3/6/2008 1:52:00 PM
China´s state-owned investment holding giant said on Tuesday it is poised to focus on overseas investment and the financial sector in the next five years to reap greater benefits. The State Development and Investment Corp (SDIC) unveiled its strategy despite the losses the country´…
3/5/2008 2:30:00 PM
The mechanism to protect intellectual property rights (IPR) will be implemented fully across the country this year, a top IPR official has said. "The mechanism is vital for the improvement of the country´s IPR system and spurring the economy and scientific development," State Inte…
