UnionPay is used in 160 countries and regions and cards are issued in over 40 countries and regions, said Wang Lixin, deputy president of UnionPay International.
Unconventional natural gas resources, like tight gas and shale gas, saw higher output last year and accounted for a third of the total natural gas production, according to an annual report on China's energy development released by the China Electric Power Planning and Engineering Institute, a research institute.
Unlike the days when Microsoft was in a league of its own, today the technology industry is ruled by a handful of giants. That concerns the House subcommittee on antitrust, as well as regulators at the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, which have divvied up inquiries into the competitive behavior of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. Microsoft is not a subject of scrutiny, largely avoiding the current techlash after clearing regulatory hurdles in the 1990s and 2000s.
Unless Amazon can pull off a surprise, it would be the second straight quarterly loss for the company. Here’s a chart from Amazon’s previous earnings report, showing the trend.
Under the revised guideline, Chinese courts will give legal protection for individuals and companies providing loans at or below four times the loan prime rate (LPR), a market-based benchmark lending rate.
Unemployment rate rises
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Under the Public Security Administration Punishment Law, 20 days is the longest period of administrative detention that can be given.
Under current policies and regulations, such trajectory is likely to continue, further contributing to rising inequality, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a foreword to the report.
Unlike previous orders from Trump involving immigration and other matters, his action on Keystone XL came after a court already had weighed in and blocked the administration's plans.
Unlike previous years, this year's event was staged concurrently online and offline.