PARIS, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Almost 14 percent of Australians take statins -- cholesterol-lowering medications -- while 13 percent of Britons and Slovakians take statins, researchers says. Britain, the "statins capital" of Europe, prescribes ...
Wheat:Net sales of 656,100 MT for delivery during the 2013/2014 marketing year were up 76 percent from the previous week and 47 percent from the prior 4-week average.Increases reported for Japan(129,400 MT),Nigeria(110,000 ...
Tax revenues continue bouncing back from the low levels reported in almost all countries , at the height of the global economic crisis, according to new OECD data in the annual Revenue Statistics publication. The average tax revenue to GDP ...
Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and partner, Banner Pharmacaps Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Patheon Inc.), have entered into a settlement and license agreement with Eisai Inc. ...
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All of those cell phones, computers, tablets, toys, and toaster ovens really add up. Not only are consumers gathering more and more electrical and electronic equipment, but we are also tossing much of it in the trash. The piles of ...
International credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Luxembourg-based global steel giant ArcelorMittal's rating at 'BB+', with the outlook being stable. Fitch stated that the credit rating affirmation and the stable outlook ...
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The overall aim of the European Research Project EUROFIT is to implement an online platform for body measurements, which are based on 3 D scans. An open framework should be established, that enables designers and industrialists to draw ...
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Microsoft's acquisition of Skype is compatible with European Union competition law, the General Court of the E.U. ruled Wednesday. Cisco Systems and Italian Internet communications service provider Messagenet had asked the court to ...
Although Luxembourg trade volume is not large, but it's ranked first Yuan trade financing countries in Europe. The data from PWC showed that, the total of RMB trade finance in Luxembourg from January 2013 to September was 70.1 billion Yuan, ...
Concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system maker Soitec of Bernin, France says that a group of investors – including a large European energy supplier, the largest Portuguese installer of electrical grid infrastructure, and the largest ...
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Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), with between 10 to 249 persons employed, are a driver of the European economy, creating jobs and contributing to economic growth. In 2011, of the 22 million enterprises in the EU28’s ...
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UK-based life insurance group Resolution is, reportedly, negotiating with prospective buyers to divest its Luxembourg-based Lombard division, which markets tax-efficient insurance products to high net-worth individuals. The business that ...
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When a Chinese engineering firm sets off to build a road or a dam in a distant country, a Chinese bank is usually not far behind them. Bank branches bearing Chinese characters can be found on the streets of Lima and Warsaw, as well as Paris ...
Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced that its Bosnia and Herzegovina-based subsidiary ArcelorMittal Zenica has reached an important milestone in its ongoing environmental program, with the official start of operations on ...
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Petrobras, in compliance with the provision set forth in CVM Instruction 358/02, announces that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, has approved the following merger proposals, which will be voted by shareholders in a Special ...