Chinese lawmakers on Wednesday called on market regulators to step up supervision and stipulate heavier penalties for violators once a stock listing reform takes effect. Legislators are set to approve a State Council proposal on the ...
Tags: IPO Reform, Supervision
The French parliament has passed a law which will see the implementation of plain packaging for cigarettes, in a move to reduce the number of smoking related deaths in the country. Starting May 2016, the new packaging will come into ...
Tags: Plain Packaging, Cigarettes
Australian Border Force (ABF) officers at Sydney Airport Air Cargo Facility have seized 18.5 kilograms of ephedrine concealed in a shipment of artwork. The shipment was targeted by ABF officers for closer examination. When ...
Leading biscuit brand Arnott’s has paid the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) $51,000 in penalties after five infringement notices were issued against the company in relation to a marketing claim for its Shapes ...
Alcoa has entered into a three-and-a-half-year agreement with New York state to increase the competitiveness of its Massena West smelter, previously been earmarked for shutdown, the US lightweight metals producer said Tuesday. Earlier ...
Tags: Alcoa, lightweight metals, aluminum
Have you ever been walking the aisles of a Supermarket or Big Box store, maybe you had a little trouble finding a few things and ended up in there a little longer than you anticipated. Then, all of a sudden, you feel so agitated and ...
Tags: LED lights, Natural Lighting
The food and drug administration (FDA) of Maharashtra, a state in India, has found cases of misbranding and mislabeling after laboratory tests on a few samples of packaged foods revealed non-disclosure of certain contents. The state ...
Tags: FDA, labels, Food Safety
A couple's scandalous behavior - carving their names on a 300-year-old vat at the Palace Museum - incited criticism among netizens, while staff at the Palace Museum said they've reported the case to the police. This kind of incident ...
Tags: Foreign Countries, Punish, Relic Vandals
The 25th China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade was successfully held in Chicago, the United States, on December 16-18, 2014. Consensus has been reached by China and the United States as follows: Export Control: The ministries ...
In 2014, the Ministry of Commerce sincerely implemented the spirit of the Third and the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, strengthened supervision both in and after the process according to law, reorganized and ...
Tags: Market Order, Business Environment, Industrial management
In 2014, the National Combating IPR infringement and Counterfeiting Office (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) strengthened overall coordination, organized specific campaigns on IPR infringement and counterfeiting ...
In 2014, the anti-monopoly work attracted extensive attention at home and abroad and became a hot social topic. The Ministry of Commerce carried out the anti-monopoly investigation of concentration of undertakings according to law, paid ...
Tags: anti-monopoly work, Market Order with Fair Competition
The national teleconference on cracking down on IPR infringement and counterfeit and shoddy goods was held in Beijing on March 18. Vice Premier and Head of the Leading Group on Cracking Down on IPR Infringement and Counterfeit and Shoddy ...
Tags: IPR Infringement, Counterfeit, Shoddy Goods
The national teleconference on combating IPR infringement and counterfeiting was held in Beijing on March 18, and Vice Premier Wang Yang attended and addressed the meeting. He stressed that the work of combating IPR infringement and ...
Tags: made in China, combating IPR infringement and counterfeiting
Just a day after Toyota released the new Prius with hybrid components the Japanese automaker said that it is planning sell 30,000 fuel cell vehicles by 2020. The Japanese automaker also added that by 2050, most of the vehicles it plans to ...