The rivers loom out of the blackness.
河流在黑暗中若隐若现。
Food shortages loom in some parts of world.
食物短缺在世界一些地区迫在眉睫。
His final exams are
looming.
他的考试日益逼近。
Maquet said the recent merger of Veolia Group and Suez Group, the largest and second largest giants in the global environmental protection industry, will further Veolia's presence in China to stay ahead of looming competition.
Research group Rhodium's Agatha Kratz and the European Council on Foreign Relation's Janka Oertel said in a latest report that the looming disadvantages are weakening Europe in sectors that are keys for its economy and future security, from new energy to telecommunications.
More players joined the logistics sector in the second quarter, and a price war is looming among major delivery companies.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said it would steer clear of looming geopolitical tension and adjust international businesses accordingly after it reported higher-than-expected sales in the second quarter of this year.
Nevertheless, concerns loom over its long-term growth trajectory.
Year-on-year growth during the quarter reached 4.4 percent, which was notably higher than expected as the easing of supply shortages combined with looming trade tensions which increased the demand, according to data from the market research company International Data Corp. "Supply for Intel's processors improved markedly during the quarter, allowing most PC vendors to fulfill old orders while also shipping a healthy supply of new PCs into the channels," Jitesh Ubrani, research manager for IDC's Mobile Device Trackers, said in a research note.
A black swan seemed to be looming in front of the property empire Seazen Holdings soon after its chairman was detained on suspicion of molesting a nine-year-old girl.
Gou is bullish on the potential of the industrial internet to generate opportunities for the manufacturing industry, as the convergence of the real economy and the internet economy is looming.
The looming trade war puts these interests at risk," said the Deutsche Bank Research report.
Looming large over China's growth prospects is the challenging real estate situation, in which a number of pre-sold units have not been completed and developers face financial difficulties, resulting in downward pressure on and a lack of confidence in the real estate market, Gourinchas said.
Despite temporary market woes, data indicates China on road to recoveryAmid the dynamic changes occurring within China's economic landscape, the nation is currently grappling with short-term challenges primarily arising from a weakening domestic property market and the looming risk of deflation.
Economists have warned that a potential global economic recession is looming as tighter financial conditions weigh on demand while geopolitical tensions linger.
- With a new policy mix unveiled at a meeting last week, China, the world's second-largest economy, is ramping up efforts to ensure an overall recovery next year despite the looming shadow of a global economic recession.
Given that the window to prevent climate catastrophe is closing fast, living costs are high, interest rates are rising and a recession is looming, a sustainable development goals, or SDG, stimulus package can provide developing countries with adequate liquidity, a wider reallocation of Special Drawing Rights, and create effective mechanisms for debt relief and restructuring.
Despite uncertainties, such as the potential risks of decoupling and the US Federal Reserve's looming tightening measures, US engine manufacturer Cummins Inc will continue to invest in expanding its operations in China, said Nathan Stoner, vice-president of Cummins Inc and chairman of Cummins China.
Talking about the situation in Afghanistan, Qureshi said there is a dire humanitarian crisis looming which has consequences not only for the people of Afghanistan but also the region and beyond.
""China has a structure and a government that allow it to react fast and take decisions," whereas in some other countries, a decision has to go through many institutions despite a looming urgency, according to Gascon.
What spooked investors recently, and ignited concerns that a regulatory clampdown across a swath of industries may be looming in China, was not the action on after-school tutoring firms per se, but its tougher-than-expected nature.
The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated cross-border trade due to looming contagion risks, but not for Wang's cross-border e-commerce company Sunny Express, which is enjoying a business boom thanks to a joint connectivity innovation: a 56-meter-long gantry crane.
Any news that signals looming higher inflation due to price spikes in commodities can spook investors and trigger cascading effects across markets and economies, experts said.
Chey said a corporate strategy integrating environmental, social and corporate governance factors, a strict regulatory system and empathy will be key to solving the environmental crisis looming ahead.
"As job losses loom, some provinces and municipalities in China have asked local education companies to report the exact number of layoffs, suggesting the government is seized of the developing situation and will likely act to prevent unemployment issues.
While some might believe the low oil price will definitely put downward pressure on the appetite for a cleaner energy transition as research firm BloombergNEF recently reduced its global solar demand forecast significantly due to a looming economic slowdown, the think tank is eyeing the long term.
The report has found two looming challenges for these retailers.
Brussels in Belgium is seeking deals on two more laws from the package in time for the United Nations climate negotiations in November, in a bid to show that despite a looming recession and soaring energy prices, the bloc is pressing ahead with its climate goals.
Electric vehicles fight to narrow residual value gap with gasoline counterpartsThe low residual value of used electric vehicles is beginning to loom large in China as the country sets to further promote the green-energy cars, prompting automakers and industry organizations to solve the problem.
He argued that looming driving bans imposed by municipal governments in response to the diesel emissions scandal meant that it had become necessary to offer citizens more security.
This technological evolution draws on research and development, as well as technologies, such as artificial intelligence, internet of things, new materials, and smart production in line with the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0, as opposed to the First Industrial Revolution of the 1800s with the introduction of the power loom, the Second Industrial Revolution ignited by electrification, and the Third Industrial Revolution, involving microelectronics and automation.
Economic uncertainties push yellow metal to forefront of wealth managementGold holdings will increase among Chinese high net-worth individuals next year as uncertainties loom in capital markets, experts said, as wealth preservation and security top their asset management priorities.
Guterres said when addressing the opening ceremony of the 19th International Finance Forum Annual Meeting via video that the world is faced with multidimensional challenges, with the window to prevent a climate catastrophe closing fast, high living costs, rising interest rates, and a looming recession.
All this has strengthened expectations of looming tighter global liquidity amid major central banks' actions to counter soaring prices sparked by geopolitical tensions and pandemic uncertainties.
Despite the Fed's looming rate hike, there remains room for China's central bank to cut the policy interest rates of medium-term lending facilities in the coming months, said Wu Chaoming, deputy dean of Chasing Institute.
The currency is expected to stay appealing even amid the looming interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve, thanks to China's stable economic fundamentals, resilient export growth, and the prospect of attractive returns on Chinese financial assets, they said.
Central bank likely to cut rates, regardless of moves by US FedDespite the expected looming interest rate hikes by the United States Federal Reserve, China is likely to ease monetary policy in the coming months after keeping benchmark lending rates steady in February, experts said on Monday.
So policy fine-tuning should also hedge from spillover effects of the Fed's looming policy change and reduce volatility that may be aroused by falling asset prices and capital flows, Wang said.
Accompanying the global financial turmoil is the looming concern of global recession, against which major developed economies have an increasingly narrower space in conventional policies.
As a developing country that has only gradually established a comprehensive financial regulatory framework in the past two decades and is still exploring what the best way of financial governance is, it is crucial for Chinese regulators to step in as early as possible when serious risks loom, and act well before they develop into a substantial threat to the country's financial stability.
With looming downward pressures, the report suggested authorities strike a balance between controlling leverage and stabilizing growth, via measures including moderately increasing the central government leverage ratio and advancing structural reforms.
With looming downward pressures, the report suggested authorities strike a balance between controlling leverage and stabilizing growth, by measures including increasing central government bonds and advancing structural reforms.
But the big picture is still a looming strong rebound in the short term.
In its annual report earlier this year, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) noted the looming risks triggered by financial expansion in several countries, saying "the main cause of the next recession will perhaps resemble more closely that of the latest one -- a financial cycle bust.
There had been concerns over capital flowing out of the Chinese market in the second half of 2016, when the economy was facing looming downward pressures and the Chinese yuan was in the middle of a losing streak against the US dollar.
[Photo provided to China Daily]"Most traditional large and medium-sized insurance companies keep risks under control, while for some radical firms, hidden risks loom large as they experienced surprisingly fast business expansion in recent years," Chen told Xinhua in an exclusive interview.
There had been growing concerns about capital flowing out of the Chinese market in the second half of 2016, when the economy was facing looming downward pressure and the Chinese yuan was in the middle of a losing streak against the US dollar.
There had been rising concerns about capital flight since the second half of 2016, when the economy was facing looming downward pressures and the Chinese yuan was in the middle of a losing streak against the greenback.
"Although general liquidity level in the banking system fell slightly because of factors such as the looming tax payments, it is still at a relatively high level," the PBOC said in a statement.