2017年12月24日星期日

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UK manufacturing activity grew at its fastest pace in more than four years last month, according to a closely watched survey.
The Purchasing Managers' Index index compiled by IHS/Markit hit 58.2 in November, the best level in 51 months.
The report said exports played a "big part" in the expansion.
Separate official data showed that inflows of foreign investment into the UK hit a record last year, boosted by several very large takeover deals.
The Office for National Statistics recorded inward investment of £145.6bn in 2016, up from £25.3bn in 2015.
The investment figures were lifted by some large deals that were completed in 2016, including:
  • SAB Miller (brewer) bought by Anheuser-Busch InBev
  • ARM Holdings (chip designer) bought by Softbank
  • BG Group (energy firm) bought by Royal Dutch Shell
The UK voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, but economists say that vote probably did not have much affect on these figures.
Paul Hollingsworth, toy inspection UK Economist at Capital Economics, pointed out that the big deals were likely to have been planned well in advance of the vote.
He also said it was impossible to say if inflows of investment would have been even greater without the Brexit vote.
"I think 2017 could be the more challenging year for FDI (foreign direct investment), though, as Brexit draws closer," Mr Hollingsworth said.

'Mixed' outlook

The compilers of the purchasing managers' survey said the results indicated UK manufacturing had "shifted up a gear" last month.
At 58.2, the PMI index suggests strong growth as any reading above 50 indicates expansion.
"The domestic market remained strong but new export orders primarily from the US and Europe were a big part of this overall picture of success," said Duncan Brock, who contributed to the report.
But some economists question whether UK factories can maintain their current pace.
"The outlook for manufacturing appears mixed. Domestic conditions look challenging despite November's healthy orders," said Howard Archer, chief economic advisor to the EY Item Club.
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Foxconn, a main supplier for Apple's iPhone, says it has stopped interns from working illegal overtime at its factory in China.
It comes after a Financial Times report found at least six students worked 11-hour days at its iPhone X plant in Henan province.
The practice third part inspection breached Chinese laws preventing children from working more than 40 hours per week.
About 3,000 students were reportedly hired to work at the Zhengzhou plant.
Apple said the secondary school students worked voluntarily but they "should not have been allowed to work overtime".
Both the tech giant and Foxconn have said the interns were "compensated and provided benefits".
"Apple is dedicated to ensuring everyone in our supply chain is treated with the dignity and respect they deserve," the firm said in a statement.
"We know our work is never done and we'll continue to do all we can to make a positive impact and protect workers in our supply chain."
The Foxconn Technology Group, which operates an internship programme at the Chinese factory, told the BBC in a statement that it took "immediate action to ensure that no interns are carrying out any overtime work".
It added that "interns represent a very small percentage" of its workforce in China and that the breach of labour laws was inconsistent with its own policies.
The Taiwanese firm reportedly hired the students in September to keep up with demand for the new iPhone X, which Apple has described as being "off the charts".
 
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Media captionWATCH: Dave Lee gets hands on with the new iPhone X
The iPhone is critical to Apple's product line and makes up more than half of its revenue, with more than 46.6 million phones sold between July and September this year.
Its latest model, the iPhone X, was launched on the 10 year anniversary of the iconic smartphone and is Apple's most expensive handset yet, retailing for £999.
Apple and its suppliers have come under fire several times in recent years amid accusations that they have failed to protect workers at Chinese manufacturing facilities, where some allegedly lived in overcrowded factory dorms and worked excessive hours.
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Yemen faces the world's largest famine in decades "with millions of victims" if aid deliveries are not resumed, a senior UN official has warned.
Mark Lowcock, the UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, urged the Saudi-led coalition to lift its blockade of the conflict-torn country.
On Monday, the coalition shut air, land and sea routes into Yemen after Houthi rebels fired a missile at Riyadh.
The ballistic warhead was intercepted near the Saudi capital third party inspection services.
Saudi Arabia said the blockade was needed to stop Iran sending weapons to the rebels.
Iran denies arming the rebels, who have fought the Saudi-led coalition since 2015.
Mr Lowcock was speaking on Wednesday, after briefing the UN Security Council on the issue behind closed doors.
"I have told the council that unless those measures are lifted... there will be a famine in Yemen", Mr Lowcock told reporters.
"It will be the largest famine the world has seen for many decades with millions of victims."
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Media captionWatch: The reality of life in Yemen
Earlier this week, the UN and the Red Cross warned that a "catastrophic" situation threatened millions of Yemenis who relied on life-saving aid deliveries.
The Red Cross said its shipment of chlorine tablets, vital to combating a cholera epidemic which has affected more than 900,000 people, had been blocked.
The UN says seven million Yemenis are on the brink of famine.
The country relies on imports for virtually everything civilians need to survive, but now neither food, fuel nor medicine can get in.
More than 8,670 people - 60% of them civilians - have been killed and 49,960 injured in air strikes and fighting on the ground since the coalition intervened in Yemen's civil war in March 2015, according to the UN.

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