However, those born in a snake year are said to be "charming and popular", according to China Daily.
The Year of the Snake is an easy year for jewelry brand Bulgari.
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Like a snake lying in wait, earnings growth for the tech sector in the Year of the Snake is going to strike where the market least expects it.
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In the first month of the Year of the Snake, passenger car sales surged to 1.49 million units, a 53 percent year-over-year increase.
"The Year of the Snake belongs to women, " says Jenny Chan, the mall's promotions manager.
As it welcomes the Year of the Snake, South Korea wants the flood to keep coming.
The seats feature double topstitching in contrasting colors and DARTZ badges to commemorate the year of the snake.
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China meanwhile is on holiday to welcome in the Year of the Snake.
Which is fitting because next year is the Year of the Snake.
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Anyone closely following the Chinese economy as the country celebrates the Year of the Snake cannot help but notice an interesting paradox.
Amid celebrations welcoming the Year of the Snake, the media raise concerns over pollution again as smoky fireworks shroud many cities in thick haze.
Despite this, Chau has not been put off and will be making an appointment to see how he and his business will fare in the Year of the Snake.
The Year of the Snake is forecast to be challenging for Hong Kong after the city drew number 95, one of the most inauspicious fortune-telling sticks, at a temple ceremony on Monday.
Turning back to the New Year, China Daily says many people are at a loss on how to coin Year of the Snake greetings, as the reptile has negative connotations in Chinese culture.
Snakes are also known as little dragons and people born in the year of the snake are thought to be intelligent, rational and organized, though they can also be egotistic, according to Feng Shui experts.
While fireworks are a major part of the festivities surrounding the Lunar New Year, which marks the beginning of the Year of the Snake, authorities in Beijing are asking the public to curb firework celebrations so as not to add to the city's worsening air pollution, Xinhua reported Tuesday.
To drive away evil spirits, 500, 000 rounds of eardrum-testing pyrotechnics will be set off at Sara Roosevelt Park in Chinatown at the New Year Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival on 10 February, before lion and dragon dance troupes make the rounds to local businesses to ring in the Year of the Snake.
Marking the Chinese New Year, the year of the Black Snake begins this Sunday.
Mr. Hamblin said that he spent a year praying and fasting before he took up snake handling in 2009.
According to Bosse, there is scant proof that egg-to-smolt survival, which occurs during the first year of life, has decreased since the four lower Snake River dams were constructed.
It was pointed out that a year of debate went into the decision to paint the red line, which will eventually snake across Berlin for 20 kilometres (12 miles).
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