The Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Grant Thornton LLP have launched the Private Business Growth Award, which recognizes privately-held Canadian businesses that are successful at creating growth beyond their top or bottom line. ...
Edward Snowden says he leaked information to show the extent to which citizens were spied on in the US. Picture: AP / The Guardian Source: AP The US Justice Department has charged former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden ...
Personal care and pharmaceutical copacker UPL’s managing director Mike Peters has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List Peters is to receive an MBE in recognition of his services to industry in the North ...
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The Fiat Chrysler Group is recalling 333 Jeep SUVs in Australia for a defective fuel tank transfer tube that could result in vehicles stalling. According to the official recall notice on the Australian Competition and Consumer ...
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At the Global Department Store Summit in Paris (GDSS), The Intercontinental Group of Department Stores (IGDS) announced that Selfridges has once again been recognised as the Best Department Store in the World for an unprecedented second ...
Corning Inc. and Lightwave have kicked off the 10th anniversary of the FTTXcellence Award by opening nominations to honour an individual for leadership in the deployment of optical access networks in North and Latin Americas. The award will ...
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As far as Roto Frank is concerned, Russia has been the most important market for the doors and windows technology (FTT) division for several years now. The Roto group has been operating in Russia since 1996. A plant for assembling Roto ...
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Family trivia game Linkee has hit the shelves of 20 John Lewis stores from today (Monday May 20th) - and will roll out nationally to all branches from the summer. The news comes just eight months after the game launched. It is alreadu ...
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Investors have continued to cut back on share ownership, both directly and through managed funds, according to an ASX survey released today. The survey, conducted every two years, revealed that more than half a million people, or almost 3 ...
Buyi people are very kind with the travelers and foreigners. Among them it is customary to offer food and drink to any person that arrives to their homes. Their basic food is rice, and their main economic activity, rice agriculture. They ...
The Qingming Festival Pure Brightness Festival or Clear Bright Festival, Ancestors Day or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice, usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian ...
The Qingming Festival is an opportunity for celebrants to remember and honour their ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, joss paper accessories, and/or ...
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Qingming Festival is when Chinese people visit the graves or burial grounds of their ancestors. Traditionally, people brought a whole rooster with them to the graves visited but the occasion has become less formal over time. The festival ...
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On March 21st, 2013, Weir Canada Inc. was recognized as an industry leader when it won the prestigious Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (?CISC?) Steel Design Award of Excellence ? Industrial Category. The CISC Award celebration is ...
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The sudden fall in gold prices recently has proved to be a boon to the jewellers as consumers pan India went on buying spree and as a result jewellery sales saw a huge increase of 40 to 50%, as we normally see during Akshay Tritiya and Dhan ...
Tags: Apparel, Jewellery Industry, Accessories