With Chinese currency the yuan, also known as the renminbi, enjoying rising acceptance, banks and enterprises in the Gulf Arab region are seeking ways to catalyze the growing demand for conducting trade with the currency. "By the end of ...
The Shanghai Gold Exchange will try to start offering the renminbi-denominated gold-fixing price this year, as an alternative to the dollar-denominated gold-fixing in London, a top bourse official said on Wednesday. SGE head Xu Luode said ...
Tags: Shanghai Gold Exchange, Gold Price
Clear Lam Packaging and Frito-Lay have settled a lawsuit where Clear Lam had accused the latter of stealing a packaging design for its promotional boxes of Doritos. As a part of the settlement, Frito-Lay has agreed to respect Clear Lam's ...
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For full-year 2014, specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada has reported revenue of $508.2m, up 10.7% on $459m for 2013. 5N Plus provides purified metals such as bismuth, gallium, ...
Tags: 5N Plus, Commodity Pricing
China's cross-border capital flows will remain volatile this year amid uncertainties both at home and abroad, the country's forex regulator said on Sunday. As China gradually moves to make its foreign exchange mechanism more ...
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has decided to pursue dispute settlement consultations with the Government of China at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) concerning China’s “Demonstration Bases-Common Service ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) have resolved alleged violations of hazardous waste requirements at the Hanford Site near Richland, Washington. By ensuring that hazardous waste ...
Tags: waste storage sites, Construction
Australia’s largest multi-brand retail food franchisor and leading wholesale coffee roaster, Retail Food Group Limited (RFG) has announced that it has partnered with Tian Jin Sen Yong Tai Co Limited, to establish a joint venture for ...
Grover Norquist and Paul Blair of Americans for Tax Reform (president and state affairs manager, respectively) recently published an article on National Review where they discussed about how electronic cigarettes bare the truth about public ...
Tags: Electronic Cigarettes, Public Health Deception, Consumer Electronics
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with three companies affiliated with Shell Oil Company to resolve Clean Air Act violations, including selling gasoline and diesel fuel that did not conform to ...
Tags: Vehicle Fuel Standards, gasoline, Auto
Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on January 14, 2015 Hill-Rom—the dominant player in the U.S. hospital bed market—is facing a federal lawsuit in western Texas that alleges that the company has used its ...
Tags: Hospital Bed Maker, Health
The Google Play Store officially ranks top for the biggest selection of mobile apps, adding a third year to its winning streak. Google’s mobile software platform now boasts just shy of 1.43 million apps, courtesy of 388,000 ...
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Xiaomi reckons it has been copied more than any other Chinese company, hitting back at accusations that it riffs too closely off of rival designs. Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s Vice President of Global Operations, told the BBC that it is a ...
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Apple has taken Swedish firm Ericsson to court over LTE wireless network patents. According to Apple, Ericsson is demanding over-the-odds royalties for patents that aren’t essential to industry cellular standards, as reported by ...
Tags: Apple, LTE, Consumer Electronics
Tech giants Apple, Google, Intel, and Adobe have agreed to a new settlement in a lawsuit regarding employee poaching, Reuters reports. The four-year old litigations began when tech workers out in Silicon Valley accused the firms of ...
Tags: Apple, Google, Intel, Consumer Electronics