At the moment she unwrapped the parcel, Yang Ting who works for a foreign company in Beijing marveled at the set of delicate Christmas pompons, which was the third gift she had bought online within a month to decorate her house. "With these pompons, a one-meter-plus high Christmas tree and some colored lights I bought on the net the other day, I can feel the excitement of Christmas even if I stay indoors," Yang said. Like Yang Ting, more Chinese...more
NTN Corporation (hereafter NTN) has developed and commercialized a double row angular contact ball bearing BSTU series for machine tool ball screw support units. NTN has been marketing the Ball screw support single row thrust angular contact ball bearing (BST series) as a machine tool precision bearing (ALTAGE series). This time NTN has developed and commercialized a high load capacity double row angular contact ball bearing unit, and added it to...more
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 - Oil prices jumped more than 3 percent to above 76 U.S. dollars a barrel on Wednesday as a larger-than-expected slide in fuel stockpiles and a weakening dollar boosted energy market. Crude futures in New York opened above 74 dollars on Wednesday boiled by a report from American Petroleum Institute (API). Late Tuesday, the industry group reported commercial crude oil inventories fell by 5.8 million barrels in the week ending on Dec.4. Crude oil stocks at Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery point for the New York market light sweet crude benchmark West Texas Intermediate, rose by 1.5 million barrels last week, according to API data. The API reported refinery utilization rose 1.3 percentage points to 81.4 percent of capacity. Gasoline stockpiles fell by 753,000 barrels, while distillate supplies rose 1 million barrels. Oil prices continued to rally on Wednesday after the closely watched government weekly inventory report showed a larger-than-expected drop in fuel supply. U.S. Energy Department Energy Information Administration (EIA) said crude oil inventories plunged by 4.84 million barrels to 327.55 million barrels for the week ending on Dec. 18, while the market was...more
PORT HARCOURT/YENEGOA, Nigeria, Dec 23 - Security forces have deployed in two cities in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta in the past two days to disperse former militants protesting over the non-payment of amnesty allowances. Activists say the government is not keeping the promises it made during an amnesty period earlier this year and that the...more
From 30th November to 9th December, 2009, Wang Quanqing, Secretary General of CBIA, traveling with China Machinery Industry Delegation to Taiwan, participated in the Meeting on Precision Machinery Cooperation and Exchange between Mainland and Taiwan and visited some corporations. The delegation is composed of 103 representatives from China...more
FINDING the right outfit for a New Year's Eve party will drive fashion-savvy shoppers to spend more than $6 billion in the post-Christmas sales, the nation's peak retail industry body says. Shoppers in Victoria are expected to spend $1.67 billion during the two weeks of post-Christmas sales from Boxing Day through to early January.Clothing and footwear would be the most sought-after items when stores open for the annual sales rush on Boxing Day, Australian Retailers Association executive director Russell Zimmerman said."Fashion generally will be (the) big items," Mr Zimmerman said.Women especially would be looking for a new ensemble ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations."They want the right outfit to look great for the New Year's Eve party."The shoes, the dress ... jewellery," he said.He said the sales shoppers would include those who waited to finish their Christmas shopping."Crowds are always expected when consumers head to the shops for the post-Christmas day bargains but this year's savvy shoppers will include the 8.6 per cent of consumers who will finalise their Christmas shopping during the Boxing Day period," Mr Zimmerman said.The ARA expects registers around Australia to...more
WASHINGTON: Senate Democrats passed a landmark health care bill in a climactic Christmas Eve vote that could define President Barack Obama's legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the country's history."We are now...more
Samung has been one of the pioneers of the mobile industry since years now. Every one expects its products to be unique and loaded with features. The technology it provides is far more advanced than provided by others. Be it camera phones, touch...more
You want to make business shirts. Well there are several things to consider when making shirts. You have to consider the patterns, fabrics, and notions needed to complete your shirts. Make the shirts yours by making educated choices. Consider where...more
We can safely surmise that everyday somewhere in the world, one fool falls for Internet business hoaxes, hard. This is such a sad turn of events considering that the Internet itself offers a wealth of information about the many types of online...more
UK Mortgages 2009: Competitive Dynamics in the UK Mortgage Market2008 proved to be the most challenging year in recent times for UK mortgage lenders, with the year being marked by government bailouts and consolidation. While mortgage lending reached...more
Juegos de azar son una confluencia de suerte y habilidad. Sin embargo, la suerte es la parte dominante de esta mezcla. Esto es especialmente cierto para el bingo en línea, donde la suerte unidades del juego y la suerte sólo determina el...more