Footfall in January was 1.2% lower than a year ago, down on the 0.7% fall in December. Shopping centres reported the largest decline, falling 2.8%, while high streets experienced a 1.6% decline in footfall, up on the 1.8% fall in December. ...
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A legislation in the Ohio senate proposed by senator Shannon Jones calls on making childproof packaging necessary for containers of liquid nicotine used to refill electronic cigarettes. The goal of the law is to ensure that children do ...
Respondents to survey reported a 14 per cent hike to 18,234 acres in US organic cotton acres planted in 2014 from 15,973 acres in 2013, representing the largest planted organic cotton acreage in almost 20 years. This happened, despite ...
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Published by Elaine, February 13, 2015 The Canton Fair, which full name is China Import and Export Fair has been the most important, most influential, one of the largest China’s trade fairs since the spring of 1957 in Guangzhou, ...
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LEGO believes the success of LEGO Star Wars as a property in its own right means the brand will “stay with us forever”. LEGO Group CEO Jørgen Von Knudstorp told ToyNews that Star Wars fit the firm’s remit for ...
A highly successful Winter 2015 Las Vegas Market recently concluded, delivering record-breaking numbers for attendance and exhibitors, as well as an impressive roster of exclusive programming, highlighted by the third annual CEO Summit. ...
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China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, grew 0.8 percent year on year in January, the slowest rise in more than five years, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Tuesday. Food prices, which account for nearly ...
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The U.S. trade deficit in December jumped to the highest level in more than two years as exports fell and Americans bought a record amount of imports — a potentially worrisome development that could weigh on overall economic growth. ...
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The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that the global semiconductor industry posted record sales totaling $335.8 billion in 2014, an increase of ...
Deckers Brands reported earnings in its third quarter ended Dec. 31 rose 7.5 percent to $149.4 million, or $4.50, but missed its original guidance. Overall Ugg sales grew 6.5 percent but Ugg Classic styles declined due to a slow October and ...
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Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on January 29, 2015 A former Medtronic employee has sued the company, two employees and local police, claiming that they falsely accused him of making bomb threats against a company ...
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Bloomberg News sat down with Peter Coy, Bloomberg Businessweek Economics Editor, and Susan Lyne, AOL BBG Ventures President, to discuss the American economy, and to try to answer the question: is America roaring back economically? Coy ...
On February 4, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting to discuss how a new scientific study about a previously unknown contaminant relates to the ongoing cleanup at the Reich Farm Superfund site in Toms ...
Tags: groundwater treatment system, drinking water, Agriculture
Azalea Foods is recalling various batch codes of Chicken Rolls, Vegetable Rolls, Chicken Samosas, and Vegetable Samosas as they have been produced and/or re-packaged in unhygienic conditions in an unapproved establishment, according to the ...
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Speaking at the inauguration of Tex-Trends India 2015, Indian union textiles minister, Santosh Kumar Gangwar said the new National Textiles Policy will be unveiled after the Union Budget is presented. The new Textiles Policy aims to ...
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