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A worker collects parts at SMC, a Japanese pneumatic engineering company factory in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2023. China's trade surplus swelled to a record $877.6 billion in 2022 as exports rose 7% despite weakening U.S. and European demand and anti-virus controls that temporarily shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers.
China's Trade Surplus Swells to $877.6B as Exports Grow
January 13, 2023
Shoppers carry shopping bags down Fifth Avenue, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, in New York. After a two-year hiatus, holiday procrastinators are back this year, during a holiday season when retailers need them even more. Shoppers have been pulling back on buying and waiting for the best deals as inflation weighs on their shopping habits.
Holiday Procrastinators Are Back in Force. Blame Inflation.
December 23, 2022
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Houchens Industries to Acquire Air Hydro Power
December 20, 2022
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A worker runs a conveyor belt moving bottles of soft drinks near a propaganda banner that reads 'Let's uphold the banner of the speed of Mallima (a mythical Pegasus-type horse)' at Kumkhop Trading Co. food factory in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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The country's UN ambassador says record-high temperatures, drought and flooding also shaved more than 500,000 tons off the 2018 harvest.
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In this Oct. 22, 2018, photo, a worker monitors the production of bottled beverage at Songdowon General Foodstuffs Factory in Wonsan, North Korea. Though the international spotlight has been on his denuclearization talks with Washington, the North Korean leader has a lot riding domestically on his promises to boost the country's economy and standard of living. His announcement in April that North Korea had sufficiently developed its nuclear weapons and would now focus on building its economy marked a sharp turn in official policy and set the stage for his rapid-fire meetings with the leaders of China, South Korea and the United States.
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And he has shown little patience for those businesses who come up short.
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In this Tuesday, April 11, 2017, photo, a can of Air Koryo cola, produced by Air Koryo, the country's flagship airline which recently introduced its own brand of cola on flights to and from Beijing is seen in Pyongyang, North Korea. Coca Cola is possibly the world's most recognizable brand, an almost inescapable symbol of the global appeal of American-style consumer culture. There are only two countries in the world where Coke doesn't officially operate, and one of them is North Korea.
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North Korea's Coke Not the Real Thing
Coke doesn't do business with North Korea because of sanctions, but that doesn't stop Coke -- and Coke knock-offs -- from making their way into the supply chain.
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