Shanghai Daily: Business

• Global industrial output declines, hits hopes of economic recovery
  Manufacturers in Europe, Japan and the United States were hit in March as trade tensions had affected factory output, a setback for hopes that the global economy might be turning the corner on its slo
• Top French department store arrives
  The newest branch of French-based high-end department store guru Galeries Lafayette has made its soft opening in Shanghai, the second in China after its first store opened in Beijing in 2013.
• Going green creating major business opportunities
  Green growth is gaining traction in China and posing fresh business opportunities for global investors, according to the head of Swedish manufacturing giant Volvo Group.
• China lends Sri Lanka US$989m for key road link
  China has agreed to provide a loan of US$989 million to Sri Lanka to build an expressway that will connect the island nation’s tea-growing central region to a China-run seaport on the southern coast, the
• Apple chief lauds China’s opening-up
  Apple CEO Tim Cook is “extremely bullish” about the global economy based on the amount of innovation underway, and applauds China’s policy of opening-up.