Risto Virkkala, CEO of ePassi, Alipay's partner in Finland, predicts more Finnish merchants will connect themselves to Alipay to attract and better serve Chinese tourists.
Rio saw monthly sales 'explode' when the limited-edition drink hit the market in June. [Photo provided to China Daily]
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Rev.?Jackson: First of all, that there will be value added when we expand the base of participation. Inclusion leads to growth. The areas that have been ignored, not recruited in, not developed. represent market, money, talent, location, which equals growth. There is no shortage of Blacks and Latinos who can serve on boards, who can serve in c-suites, who certainly can serve in employment. There’s nothing that you need that Black or brown people cannot provide, if equipped to do the position. Nothing.
Rising Sino-US trade frictions could add pressure on China's exports that may reduce its contribution to total GDP and may lead to greater risks, said Zhang Ming, a researcher with the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Ring Alarm was initially called Ring Protect, which was announced this past October. But the company ran into a lawsuit filed by ADT, which claimed that Ring stole technology for the product, and had to halt sales.
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Revenues from the industries of hotels and catering, wholesale and retail, and culture and entertainment will see the largest drops. The average revenue decline will be 19 percent in manufacturing, 20 percent in real estate and 12 percent in finance.
Restrictions on physical gatherings due to the epidemic are forcing people to embrace online apps such as games and short videos.
Revenues from semiconductors manufactured in China will grow by 25 percent to approximately 0 billion in 2019, as producers meet the increasing domestic demand for chipsets, fueled in part by AI advances, said consultancy Deloitte Global in an annual industry preview released on Tuesday.
Rita Liu, Alipay's head of Europe, Middle East and Africa, said the Alipay services will benefit both Chinese tourists and Norwegian businesses.