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...Microsoft does not break out China sales but president Brad Smith last year told the US Congress that the country provided 1.5 per cent of revenues. Microsoft and Intel declined to comment....
...China’s share of 32 per cent has grown from 23 per cent share over the same period....
...As the tribunal decision summarised it: Walkers contend that the products should be zero-rated for VAT purposes on the basis that they fall within Item 1 of Group 1 of Part II to Schedule 8 VAT, being “...
...The crude average of the two is $408.23....
...It would add four Yamana projects to take its portfolio to 12 mines, lift its silver production by half and double its gold production to as much as 30mn and 1.2mn ounces, respectively....
...After years of hype, Tesla was reportedly averaging 23 solar roofs a week earlier this year, or roughly 1,200 installations annually....
...“There’s all these subcontracted, specialty niche firms, and nowhere else does that exist, anywhere else in the world,” Goldberg says....
...Even if Vietnam does improve the quality of its operations, experts point out that the south-east Asian nation is just too small to actually rival Apple’s current set-up....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on August 25 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...He really does love farming, though, and wants more people to get a taste for it. Or at least to understand it better....
...Incidentally, a plethora of media outlets (inc....
...A nanometre is roughly 1/100,000 of the thickness of a piece of paper or human hair....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on July 23 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on February 25 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...This was dwarfed by global allocations: currently more than $1.2tn is managed according to ESG guidelines....
...Apple is racing to make up for production delays earlier in the year caused by the pandemic....
...Ministry inspectors found 121 coal mines in three provinces had exceeded approved production by a combined 30 per cent....
...Just 30% expect a V shaped recovery in the stock market....
...Here’s Barclays to bring us back on subject with a summary: First impressions – severe impact from Covid-19 and MAX production halt....
...There was also a change in the discount rate applied for decommissioning costs that had a negative impact (from 3% to 1.75%). Does any of it matter, being non cash? Not hugely....
...The outsourced production model gives considerable ‘plug and play’ potential and limits fixed-cost downside leverage....
...In volume terms, exports and imports fell 23.6 per cent and 14.9 per cent month on month respectively. Does April tell us much about July though? Not really....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on January 19. ©2021 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...What does American life look like today?...
...One caveat: over the past 12 months, retail sales were still down 6.1 per cent in May....
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