While China has shown no sign of ditching its "zero-clearance" policy aimed at containing outbreaks as quickly as possible, it has told local governments across the country to minimise the impact of counter-COVID measures on people's daily lives.
"As the virus has spread to around 20 provinces in China and with a tendency of spreading more widely, the hit on consumption would last for a while, unlike our previous forecasts with a gradually warming consumption recovery," said Tang Jianwei, chief researcher at the Financial Research Center of Bank of Communications.
"So far we have to intensify our efforts in order to bridge or to try to bridge the remaining gaps, for example fisheries, level playing field and governance," he told reporters before the start of a summit of EU leaders.
SHANGHAI, March 9 (Reuters) - The Chinese financial hub of Shanghai is moving quickly to halt the spread of COVID-19 amid a rising wave of local symptomless cases, testing tens of thousands of people, delaying dozens of concerts and exhibitions and shutting some public venues.
Depending on your choice of battery, current models have a range of up to 109 miles. Coming soon, San Luis Obispo CA education as well, is a less whiny and irritating gearbox. However, a new battery is on its way and, in a matter of weeks, range will be extended to 144 miles.
BRUSSELS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The European Union and Britain need to intensify efforts to close gaps on negotiations to forge a post-Brexit trade deal and the bloc needs to have a clear plan in the case of a failure of talks, Lithuania President Gitanas Nauseda said on Thursday.
And unlike the normal 'car of the future', this is not a weird-looking, headline-grabbing prototype wheeled out at an international motor show amid much hype, only to disappear back to the drawing board because it doesn't work or the sums don't stack up.
What makes it all the more interesting is that here we have a mass-production car from a family business which has never made a car before. Indeed, three Microlinos can slot into a standard space for a single saloon.
SAO PAULO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian medical lab group Fleury SA on Monday said its board of directors had approved a fresh capital increase aimed at maintaining the firm's growth strategy and improving its cash position.
He's just an ex-banker who makes scooters and now wants to make bubble cars. Dad, Wim Ouboter, has been described as the 'Swiss Elon Musk' after the oddball gazillionaire, although the comparison goes only so far given Ouboter is a family man who lives in suburban Zurich with no desire to buy Twitter, rule the world or conquer space.
The most notable omission is that of any sound system. Given that most people now use their phone to play music and give them directions, this is not really a problem; you just stick your phone in a docking cradle and link it to a Bluetooth speaker. There is no radio, hifi or satnav.
Germany, Italy and Belgium are now established as the next countries to receive the thing. Customers can only order online but there needs to be a dealership network in place in each country first in order to handle repairs.
Sept 16 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks fell for the fourth straight day to a 10-month closing low, as shares of embattled Chinese developer China Evergrande Group tumbled to their lowest in a decade, sparking contagion fears.
The total amount of the private capital increase will range from 602.6 million to 1.22 billion reais ($113.1-228.96 million), it said. ($1 = 5.3284 reais) (Reporting by Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Steven Grattan)
** "The investment lens through which global investors evaluate opportunities in China has changed and the strategies deployed towards investing in the Middle Kingdom need to adapt accordingly," wrote Norman Vilamin, CIO of Wealth Management at Union Bancaire Privee.
This fast amplifies to a pronounced whine from the automatic gearbox as the car reaches cruising speed. Turn the dial from 'N' for neutral to 'D' for drive and step on the dodgem-style accelerator and there is finally a whirring noise.
My concern is with the braking. This is rather squelchy and requires several pushes on the pedal when I try a couple of emergency stops. In fact, I never got to hit top speed on these urban roads anyway.
'We do like finding something in a small category that is not cool, that does not have a lot of big competition and then re-engineering it and bringing in a bit of lifestyle,' says Merlin, from the family HQ just outside Zurich, where he runs the sales and marketing side of the new business.
'We have used railway data that shows the train consumes 7.8 kwh per person per 100km.
With us, it's nearer 7.5 kwh.' Driving a Microlino, it transpires, is more eco-friendly than public transport, following studies with Swiss commuter trains.
And even though the Microlino is essentially a cross between a hairdryer and a shopping trolley, it has both character and a certain retro-chic style. It is also between a third and half the price of the next tier of electric cars.
"As the virus has spread to around 20 provinces in China and with a tendency of spreading more widely, the hit on consumption would last for a while, unlike our previous forecasts with a gradually warming consumption recovery," said Tang Jianwei, chief researcher at the Financial Research Center of Bank of Communications.
"So far we have to intensify our efforts in order to bridge or to try to bridge the remaining gaps, for example fisheries, level playing field and governance," he told reporters before the start of a summit of EU leaders.
SHANGHAI, March 9 (Reuters) - The Chinese financial hub of Shanghai is moving quickly to halt the spread of COVID-19 amid a rising wave of local symptomless cases, testing tens of thousands of people, delaying dozens of concerts and exhibitions and shutting some public venues.
Depending on your choice of battery, current models have a range of up to 109 miles. Coming soon, San Luis Obispo CA education as well, is a less whiny and irritating gearbox. However, a new battery is on its way and, in a matter of weeks, range will be extended to 144 miles.
BRUSSELS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The European Union and Britain need to intensify efforts to close gaps on negotiations to forge a post-Brexit trade deal and the bloc needs to have a clear plan in the case of a failure of talks, Lithuania President Gitanas Nauseda said on Thursday.
And unlike the normal 'car of the future', this is not a weird-looking, headline-grabbing prototype wheeled out at an international motor show amid much hype, only to disappear back to the drawing board because it doesn't work or the sums don't stack up.
What makes it all the more interesting is that here we have a mass-production car from a family business which has never made a car before. Indeed, three Microlinos can slot into a standard space for a single saloon.
SAO PAULO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian medical lab group Fleury SA on Monday said its board of directors had approved a fresh capital increase aimed at maintaining the firm's growth strategy and improving its cash position.
He's just an ex-banker who makes scooters and now wants to make bubble cars. Dad, Wim Ouboter, has been described as the 'Swiss Elon Musk' after the oddball gazillionaire, although the comparison goes only so far given Ouboter is a family man who lives in suburban Zurich with no desire to buy Twitter, rule the world or conquer space.
The most notable omission is that of any sound system. Given that most people now use their phone to play music and give them directions, this is not really a problem; you just stick your phone in a docking cradle and link it to a Bluetooth speaker. There is no radio, hifi or satnav.
Germany, Italy and Belgium are now established as the next countries to receive the thing. Customers can only order online but there needs to be a dealership network in place in each country first in order to handle repairs.
Sept 16 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks fell for the fourth straight day to a 10-month closing low, as shares of embattled Chinese developer China Evergrande Group tumbled to their lowest in a decade, sparking contagion fears.
The total amount of the private capital increase will range from 602.6 million to 1.22 billion reais ($113.1-228.96 million), it said. ($1 = 5.3284 reais) (Reporting by Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Steven Grattan)
** "The investment lens through which global investors evaluate opportunities in China has changed and the strategies deployed towards investing in the Middle Kingdom need to adapt accordingly," wrote Norman Vilamin, CIO of Wealth Management at Union Bancaire Privee.
This fast amplifies to a pronounced whine from the automatic gearbox as the car reaches cruising speed. Turn the dial from 'N' for neutral to 'D' for drive and step on the dodgem-style accelerator and there is finally a whirring noise.
My concern is with the braking. This is rather squelchy and requires several pushes on the pedal when I try a couple of emergency stops. In fact, I never got to hit top speed on these urban roads anyway.
'We do like finding something in a small category that is not cool, that does not have a lot of big competition and then re-engineering it and bringing in a bit of lifestyle,' says Merlin, from the family HQ just outside Zurich, where he runs the sales and marketing side of the new business.
'We have used railway data that shows the train consumes 7.8 kwh per person per 100km.
With us, it's nearer 7.5 kwh.' Driving a Microlino, it transpires, is more eco-friendly than public transport, following studies with Swiss commuter trains.
And even though the Microlino is essentially a cross between a hairdryer and a shopping trolley, it has both character and a certain retro-chic style. It is also between a third and half the price of the next tier of electric cars.