Investors should consider non-U.S. stocks, including Chinese equities, says U.S. veteran investor

STORY: Investors should consider non-U.S. stocks, including Chinese equities, says U.S. veteran investor SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 18, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of stock exchanges in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BRENDAN AHERN, Chief investment officer with Krane Funds Advisors 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BRENDAN AHERN, Chief investment officer with Krane Funds Advisors 4. various of U.S. and China STORYLINE: Investors should consider non-U.S. stocks, including Chinese equities, given such factors as a rebalancing effect in global equity markets, low valuation in Chinese stocks, and resilience in the Chinese economy, according to a senior U.S. strategist. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BRENDAN AHERN, Chief investment officer with Krane Funds Advisors "One of the potential catalysts for Chinese equities is simply a weaker U.S. dollar. For many foreign investors, if the U.S. dollar does weaken, that will hurt their returns, and so they m

CHINA-ANHUI-AI ROBOTIC CHEMIST-MARS (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-AI ROBOTIC CHEMIST-MARS (CN)

(231114) -- HEFEI, Nov. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone shows researchers working with an AI-driven robotic chemist at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Nov. 10, 2023. TO GO WITH "China's AI robotic chemist synthesizes catalysts for oxygen production on Mars" (Xinhua/Zhou Chang)

BRICS is distinctive platform that seeks benefits for all: Mexican expert

STORY: BRICS is distinctive platform that seeks benefits for all: Mexican expert DATELINE: June 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Mexico City CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: STORYLINE: A Mexican expert says the diversity of economic models within BRICS makes it a distinctive platform that seeks benefits for all. BRICS is an emerging-market group which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): JOSE LUIS DE LA CRUZ, Director of the Mexican Institute for Industrial Development and Economic Growth "The example of BRICS has shown that the future of the world would no longer necessarily lie in the traditional economies. In other words, it shifted the focus of attention to countries that were large in demographic terms and large in geographic terms. It seems to me that the leadership that China has exercised is precisely one of the catalysts of this new international architecture that must be built in the world to overcome all those factors that could not be overcome with previo

MM Catalyst, an auxiliary catalyst device developed by Haiba Iron Works in collaboration with Nichidai Filter

MM Catalyst, an auxiliary catalyst device developed by Haiba Iron Works in collaboration with Nichidai Filter

Haiba Iron Works (Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture), in cooperation with Nichidai Filter (Ujitawara Town, Kyoto Prefecture), a stainless steel diffusion bonding (sintering) company, has developed an auxiliary catalytic converter "MM catalyst" that shortens the activation time of the main catalyst for exhaust gas purification by about 40%. The MM catalyst is manufactured by loading precious metals onto a structure made of sintered stainless steel wire mesh. Compared to the honeycomb structure that is commonly used in catalysts, the reaction space is more complex and the contact efficiency of exhaust gas is improved. Noboru Ishizawa, director of the technology department at Haiba Iron Works, said, "We will further refine our technology through repeated tests using actual machines (for practical use). On July 10, 2019, the head office of Haruba Ironworks in Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture.