16 May 2013

Two of Europe's biggest telecommunications equipment makers, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens, have urged the European Commission to back off from threatening tariffs on their Chinese rivals in a row...

3:06AM
7 Mar 2013

The warning of hefty tariff increases by the city's top energy supplier is a case of déjà vu. After imposing a 5.9 per cent tariff increase early this year, CLP reiterated that electricity prices...

2:35AM
2 Mar 2013

The EU opened an inquiry into whether Chinese makers of solar glass sell it in the 27-nation bloc below cost, a practice known as dumping. The glass is used to make solar panels, which are...

4:17AM
21 Feb 2013

The crushing debt burden of the Ministry of Railways has compelled Beijing to impose the biggest rise in rail freight tariffs in a decade. Although that may be bad news for freighters, it came as...

6:07AM
12 Oct 2012

Mainland solar power panel parts makers will be little affected by the higher duties imposed by the United States government on solar cells as producers have already been outsourcing cells...

3:00AM
28 Sep 2012

Energy supplier CLP Power has pledged to seek a means to hold tariff increases at a "reasonable level", but warned uncertainties might limit its possibilities.

3:15AM

The mainland is considering boosting domestic luxury spending by opening more duty-free shops in urban areas rather than cutting import tariffs on luxury goods.

4:24PM

As gas prices rise and utilities strive to cut emissions, consumers must save energy or see their power bills rise by more than half by 2015, an energy specialist has warned.

2:35PM

The need for China to change tack to put its economic growth on a sustainable course is a given. But rhetoric will not make it happen. Now the central government has been as good as its word, with...

11:55AM

The Liberal Party has given conditional support to lawmakers who want special powers to seek sensitive information related to electricity charges.

5:11AM

The current television commercial for Standard Chartered Bank makes a good point: 'Can it not only look at the profit it makes, but how it makes the profit, and stands beside people, not above...

4:54AM

The row between the government and CLP Power over tariff rises has been settled two days before the new charge is to be introduced, after the utility lowered its proposed increase for the second...

4:17AM

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