Merchants drawn to origin of world-famous black tea as tea picking begins in China's Qimen

STORY: Merchants drawn to origin of world-famous black tea as tea picking begins in China's Qimen SHOOTING TIME: March 30, 2024 DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: HUANGSHAN, China CATEGORY: MARKET SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening ceremony of a tea garden in Qimen 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English) : MARCO BERTONA, President of the Italy Tea & Infusions Association 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese) : MSTISLAVSKIY SERGEY, Russian tea merchant STORYLINE: Spring tea picking has begun in Qimen County in China's Anhui Province, which is home to the world-renowned Keemun black tea. A tea garden opening ceremony, together with a global partners gathering, was held here, drawing around 200 people from tea associations, enterprises and merchants from various countries. SOUNDBITE 1 (English) : MARCO BERTONA, President of the Italy Tea & Infusions Association "Keemun black tea holds a special place in the hearts of tea enthusiasts around the world. Renowned for its rich and mellow taste, it has earned the prestigiou

Elpida to seek 30 bil. yen in capital from 3 foreign firms

Elpida to seek 30 bil. yen in capital from 3 foreign firms

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Sakamoto, new president of Elpida Memory Inc., a maker of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, speaks about his firm's future business plans at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 1. Industry sources said the company plans to seek capital infusions worth 30 billion yen from three foreign firms including U.S. microchip giant Intel Corp.

Snow Brand Milk to explore capital infusions, tie-ups

Snow Brand Milk to explore capital infusions, tie-ups

TOKYO, Japan - Snow Brand Milk Products Co. President Kohei Nishi (C) and Vice President Haruhiko Okada (2nd from L) bow down at the beginning of their news conference at the company head office in Tokyo on Feb. 5. The scandal-hit company said it will consider exploring capital infusions from other firms or other forms of business tie-ups to carry out its corporate reforms.

Elpida to seek 30 bil. yen in capital from 3 foreign firms

Elpida to seek 30 bil. yen in capital from 3 foreign firms

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Sakamoto, new president of Elpida Memory Inc., a maker of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, speaks about his firm's future business plans at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 1. Industry sources said the company plans to seek capital infusions worth 30 billion yen from three foreign firms including U.S. microchip giant Intel Corp. (Kyodo)

Snow Brand Milk to explore capital infusions, tie-ups

Snow Brand Milk to explore capital infusions, tie-ups

TOKYO, Japan - Snow Brand Milk Products Co. President Kohei Nishi (C) and Vice President Haruhiko Okada (2nd from L) bow down at the beginning of their news conference at the company head office in Tokyo on Feb. 5. The scandal-hit company said it will consider exploring capital infusions from other firms or other forms of business tie-ups to carry out its corporate reforms.