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Achievements, challenges in China's Pearl River Delta plan (People's Daily) The Pearl River Delta, the vanguard of China's economic reforms starting in 1978, will again take the lead as the country deepens economic reform and opens wider to the world, the country's top economic planner said Thursday. Under a plan released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the delta -- together with the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions -- will ... us.rd.yahoo.com
SRS Labs Partners With Nexgen Mediatech to Bring 5.1 Surround Sound to ChiMei LCD TVs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) SRS Labs, Inc. , the industry leader in surround sound, audio and voice technologies, announced today that Nexgen Mediatech Inc., Taiwan's largest LCD TV system manufacturer, has licensed SRS TruSurround XT® for implementation in ChiMei LCD HDTVs. us.rd.yahoo.com
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-07 10:45 UPDATE 2-Taiwan makes emergency rate cut as exports collapse (Interactive Investor) By Lee Chyen Yee us.rd.yahoo.com
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-07 09:39 UPDATE 1-Taiwan cuts rates after record collapse in exports (Interactive Investor) By Lee Chyen Yee us.rd.yahoo.com
Costco December same-store sales drop 4 percent (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Warehouse club operator Costco Wholesale Corp. said Thursday its same-store sales dropped 4 percent in December, narrowly missing Wall Street's expectations, due to lower gas prices and the negative effect of the stronger U.S. dollar on international sales. us.rd.yahoo.com
Demographic, Ducker, And The Entrepreneurial Society (Immigration Portal) I've written and referenced much about the significant demographic shifts in the U.S. in terms of entrepreneurship and innovation; namely that foreign-born have emerged as a major force of transformative economic activity --- in both urban neighborhoods and high-tech laboratories. us.rd.yahoo.com
Background Note: Lesotho (Scoop.co.nz) Geography Area: 30,355 sq. km. (11,718 sq. mi.), about the size of Maryland. Cities: Capital --Maseru (173,700). Other cities -- Leribe (35,000), Mafeteng (32,900), Teyateyaneng (22,800), Mohale's Hoek (18,400). us.rd.yahoo.com
SUSS MicroTec Test Systems Announces Strategic Alliance (TestandMeasurement.com) SUSS MicroTec Test Systems, the leading innovator in premium wafer-level engineering test solutions, has entered into a strategic alliance with MPI Corporation and Chain Logic International Corporation of Taiwan us.rd.yahoo.com
China braces for more Tibet unrest (Aljazeera) It has been eight months since riots erupted across Tibet against Chinese rule, and the region is still under a security stranglehold. Large areas remain out of bounds to foreigners, while armed troops are a prominent sight in those areas which saw the biggest disturbances. us.rd.yahoo.com
Pearl River Delta to embrace highly convenient transportation network (People's Daily) The country pledges to build a highly convenient and efficient transportation network in the Pearl River Delta by expanding capacities of roads, railways, ports and airports over the next 12 years, the country's top economic planner said Thursday. The resolution was made in a 2008-2020 national plan on the development of the Pearl River Delta released by the National Development and Reform ... us.rd.yahoo.com
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