Belarusian state concern Bellegprom will supply clothing and other items to Israel, according to a an agreement reached during the 4th session of the Joint Belarus-Israel Committee on trade and economic cooperation held from March 31 to ...
YRC Worldwide's truck drivers and other employees, represented by Teamsters Union, have rejected a proposal to extend the current labour contract to 2019. Members voted over the past several weeks and ballots were counted Thursday. The ...
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Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has been named a co-chairman of Building America's Future, the group announced. LaHood will join former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) and former New York ...
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A third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. A Food Safety News investigation has documented that millions of pounds of ...
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New blood pressure guidelines for U.S. adults age 60 and older are higher -- 150/90 -- but for those age 60 and younger they remain at 140/90. Dr. Paul A. James, chairman of the department of family medicine at the University of Iowa and ...
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New blood pressure guidelines for U.S. adults age 60 and older are higher -- 150/90 -- but for those age 60 and younger they remain at 140/90. Dr. Paul A. James, chairman of the department of family medicine at the University of Iowa and ...
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Sears Holdings Corporation announced the election of Cesar L. Alvarez, co-chairman of the international law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, to membership on the Sears Holdings board of directors. "I am delighted that Cesar is joining our ...
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The United States will not impose punitive duties on hardwood and plywood from China, the U.S. trade authority said Tuesday. The U.S. industry is "neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury" by imports of hardwood and ...
According to a new survey released Oct. 21, a majority of Americans are concerned about pesticides in their food supply. The survey of 1,000 Americans conducted by Lindberg International on behalf of Stonyfield, Londonderry, NH, the world's ...
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Medtronic has unveiled new data from the Global SYMPLICITY Registry, a multi-centre, prospective, observational registry designed to collect comprehensive data evaluating procedural and long-term safety of the Symplicity renal denervation ...
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China's Jinli city has received RMB $ 2 billion in investment to establish a factory in the city's economic zone for production of epitaxial wafers. It is expected to have a gross production of 300 million by 2014 becoming the biggest LED ...
US-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co has purchased Bollinger, expanding its Northeastern operating platform and market presence in core businesses. The transaction will generate over ...
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Frustrated by their difficulty prosecuting cases involving online content that is illegal or damaging to individuals, a group of state attorneys general are taking action. They are circulating a draft letter that they plan to send to the ...
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Infosys' co-founder and first CEO N. R. Narayana Murthy has returned to the company as executive chairman, amid concerns that the outsourcer's performance has not been as good as that of some of its Indian peers. Murthy, 67, said he would ...
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The U.S. government should bar foreign companies that repeatedly steal or use stolen U.S. intellectual property from selling their products in the country, a new report recommended. About US$300 billion worth of intellectual property is ...
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