Netherlands and France will jointly work for improvement of working conditions in Bangladesh. Netherlands Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Lilianne Ploumen met French Minister for Foreign Trade Nicole Bricq in Luxembourg and ...
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Millions of mobile phone users across the European Union (EU) are set to benefit from fast-tracked reforms of telecoms regulation, which include an end to roaming charges. The 27 European Commissioners voted on Tuesday in Brussels to end ...
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Indian tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres has signed a deal to acquire US-based tyre maker Cooper Tire & Rubber Company for about INR145bn ($2.49bn). The agreement has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and under the ...
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Starting in October 2015, all new cars in the European Union would have to be fitted with an eCall device, according to new draft legislation announced Thursday. ECall technology installed in a car automatically dials 112 -- Europe's ...
Glass for Europe, an association made up of Europe’s flat glass manufacturers, has issued a statement related to the European Commission’s (EC) anti-subsidy investigation into imports of solar glass from China. In the statement, ...
US-based genomics company BioNano Genomics has launched Irys System for genome mapping in the region of European Union (EU). The Irys benchtop instrument is fully automated and uses the IrysChip to uncoil and confine long DNA molecules in ...
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Pressures from increasingly challenging market and economic conditions in China, which are exacerbated by a regulatory environment that continues to be demanding and at times discriminatory, have led to a clear downturn in profitability and ...
Following a sharp fall in 2009, EU27 international trade in goods with Russia has grown strongly since then to reach record levels in 2012. After falling from 105 billion euro in 2008 to 66 bn in 2009, EU27 exports to Russia have risen ...
Much of the architectural coatings market in Europe is in the doldrums at the moment because of a slump in the region's construction sector stemming from a general slowdown in its economy. During the first quarter of this year, European ...
Integrity Applications, an Israel-based medical device company, has received CE Mark approval for its GlucoTrack DF-F non-invasive device. The GlucoTrack DF-F is a glucose measuring device that uses a patented combination of ultrasound, ...
Denmark and the Netherlands tied for first place in a new benchmark report that ranks all 27 European Union countries measuring five criteria—daily cycling levels, cycle tourism, advocacy activity, bicycle sales and cyclists’ ...
The European countries are happy with the measures taken by the Bangladesh Government to ensure workplace safety in the country’s readymade garment manufacturing (RMG) units, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has said. ...
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DiFusion, a US-based medical device firm focused on surgical site infections in orthopedic and spine surgery, has completed a series of in vitro tests and an in vivo study at Clemson University to validate the efficacy of its new ...
The European Union (EU) is expected to penalize nine companies, including Denmark-based Lundbeck and Indian firm Ranbaxy for halting generic medicines from entering into the market and violating competition laws. Other companies scheduled ...
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Chemicals production in the European Union contracted 2.1% year-on-year in the first quarter, industry body Cefic said in its latest Chemicals Trends Report Friday. Monthly production data for March showed a 2.8% drop compared with March ...
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