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Former Chinese University President Sentenced to Life in Prison
Dec 29, 2015The former president of a key university in east China's Jiangxi Province was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for bribery and embezzlement of public funds. Zhou Wenbin was found guilty of accepting cash and gifts worth more than 21 ...
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Chicago Mayor Announces Plans to Modernize City Lighting
Oct 14, 2015Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Infrastructure Trust (CIT) today released a Request for Information (RFI) for the Chicago Smart Lighting Project, which seeks to update the City of Chicago’s electric lighting infrastructure. The ...
Tags: Chicago, smart LED streetlights, city lights
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GE and SUNY Poly Developing SiC Power Electronics Packaging Facility at Quad C
Aug 25, 2015New York State governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that GE Global Research Center of Niskayuna, NY, USA will expand its New York global operations to the Mohawk Valley, serving as the anchor tenant of the Computer Chip Commercialization ...
Tags: SiC Power Electronics, packaging
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Retail Biz Is Booming in China
Apr 13, 2015China is quickly finding itself in uncharted retail territory, with a large availability of new shopping malls coinciding with the fast adoption of e-commerce by its rapidly-expanding consumer class, says JLL, a professional services and ...
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EPA and USDA Working Together to Implement and Coordinate Policies On Water Quality
Dec 17, 2014U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy today joined U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary (USDA) Tom Vilsack, Mike Boots of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Commonwealth of Virginia ...
Tags: Water Quality, Agriculture
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Ezz Steel Gave Details of The Egyptian Court of Cassation's Decision on The Case
Dec 20, 2013Egypt-based steelmaker Ezz Steel has given details of the Egyptian Court of Cassation's decision on the case regarding its acquisition of the El-Dekheila steel plant. The Court of Cassation has accepted the appeal submitted by Ahmed Ezz, ...
Tags: acquisition, steel
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Mooncake Is Being Snubbed in China for The First Time Anyone Can Remember
Sep 20, 2013Mooncake is being snubbed in China for the first time anyone can remember, despite of the forthcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, while the fate of crabs is only a little bit better - or worse, depending on your point of view. Luxury mooncakes - ...
Tags: Mooncake, Mitten-Crab
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Sales of High-end Tea in Guangdong Province Before Mid-Autumn Festival Have Declined
Sep 18, 2013Sales of high-end tea in Guangdong province before Mid-Autumn Festival have declined sharply due to government policies to limit luxury spending with public funds. "High-end tea, along with mooncakes, is usually used as gifts during some ...
Tags: High-End Tea, mooncake
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Agriculture Is Based on Land Grant Institutions
Aug 19, 2013Moonshining loses the bootlegger label Too many straws have emptied the bucket Good agriculture info — needle in a haystack In an age where it is too easy to blast politicians for wasteful spending, there remains some very useful ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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AIA Announced a Communications Campaign Urging Its Membership to Enter Design Competition
Jul 8, 2013The American Institute of Architects (AIA) today announced a communications campaign urging its membership to enter the "Rebuild by Design" multi-stage regional design competition announced by Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
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GCHQ Taps and Stores Transatlantic Network Traffic, Totalling Between 60 and 100 Petabytes
Jun 27, 2013British spy agency GCHQ taps and stores all transatlantic network traffic, totalling between 60 and 100 petabytes, for at least three days. That is the claim of investigative journalist Duncan Campbell, speaking at The World Conference of ...
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Interface Food & Drink Has Granted ?75,000 to Fund Three Collaborative Projects
Jun 3, 2013Interface Food & Drink (IFD) has granted £75,000 to fund three collaborative projects between Scottish food and drink companies and Scottish universities to accelerate research and innovation in Scotland’s food and drink ...
Tags: Food&Drink, Agriculture
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The E.U. Plans to Produce More Micro- and Nano-Chips Than The U.S.
May 28, 2013Europe's Digital Agenda Commissioner on Thursday set out plans for the E.U. to produce more micro- and nano-chips than the U.S. in the next seven years. "I want to double our chip production to around 20 percent of global production. I ...
Tags: EU, US, Race, Computer Products
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Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers's Orders Index for Textile Machinery Rose by 22%
Feb 21, 2013Based on an industry study conducted by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, during the fourth quarter of 2012, the orders index for textile machinery rose by 22% compared to the previous quarter, for an ...
Tags: Textile Machinery, Textile, ACIMIT
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Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers,The Orders Index for Textile Machinery Rose by 22%
Feb 17, 2013Based on an industry study conducted by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, during the fourth quarter of 2012, the orders index for textile machinery rose by 22% compared to the previous quarter, for an ...
Tags: Textile Machinery, ACIMIT, fourth quarter