Schwartz said the city's economic outlook still depends on whether the social unrest will be resolved soon and when tourists will return to Hong Kong.
Sales of the Shenzhen, Guangdong province-based company's self-branded smartphones saw a 70-percent year-on-year jump in March, said Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei's consumer business group.
STEAM refers to science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. The STEAM education sector offers courses or programs for students so they could learn to think critically and develop an engineering or design approach toward real-world problems while building on their math and science bases.
Sam Cooke, managing director of London-based trade publication Esports Insider, said that companies involved in e-sports are looking to link up with universities in order to develop talent.
San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said the shooting at Northpark Elementary School in San Bernardino, east of Los Angeles, appeared to a "murder-suicide" and that two wounded students had been taken to the hospital for treatment.
Samsung and Daimler (Mercedes Benz) also opted to invest heavily, betting on BYD Automotive's ability to lead the pack in the global electric vehicle market, as it already does in China.
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Schaefer also said during his seven-year stint as ambassador in Beijing, German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited China six times.
Sales at Nordstrom’s 117 department stores decreased 3.3 percent during the fourth quarter, compared to the same period last year, and were down 2.1 percent for the full year. Meanwhile, sales?per square foot at the company’s retail stores decreased 2.4 percent. Overall, total sales of .6 billion were essentially flat when compared to the fourth quarter of 2012.
Sahipjamal Tursunniyaz, 30, learned traditional Hotan carpet-weaving from her mother when she was 18. But it was not until two months ago that she began to make silk carpets, a finer handicraft than the traditional rugs.
San Francisco, which has more than 8,000 homeless residents, has seen a spike this month. The city reported 67 confirmed cases among homeless people from Dec 1 to Dec 21, more than those in September, October and November combined, data from the city's public health department showed.