The New York City administration has begun implementing ban on expanded polystyrene (EPS) foams used for making cups, bowls, plates, takeout containers, and trays for being non-recyclable. Announced by the New York administration in ...
Tags: Polystyrene Foams, polystyrene
Ford Motor Company will begin making its London-based GoDrive car-sharing service available to the public, offering flexible, practical and affordable access to a fleet of cars for one-way journeys with easy parking throughout the city. ...
Tags: Ford, Car-Sharing Experiment
By September 30th, new toy safety requirements for all music toys will come into effect. An amendment to the EU toy safety standard is causing reverb among toy suppliers as a new scope of testing sets out to scrutinise all musical ...
Tags: Safety Amendment, Reverb, Toys
Solar photovoltaic is an important part of the UK’s energy mix: there is currently 2.7 GW of PV capacity in the UK – enough to power 620,000 homes – placing us firmly in the global top 10 economies for solar power. We ...
Tags: Solar photovoltaic, PV capacity
China is unlikely to reclaim its position as a major exporter of molybdenum oxide and ferromolybdenum despite the World Trade Organization ordering the country to remove export taxes and quota controls on the commodities, market sources ...
Mill discipline and supply issues have brought US steel sheet prices up, but those prices are anything but secure, market sources told Platts Thursday. "The mills timed [the increase] well," said one service center executive. "I don't ...
Today's headlines include detailed coverage of the Obama administration's announcement that it will delay a health law requirement that mid-sized employers provide health insurance to workers while also allowing larger employers more ...
Tags: Medicaid Managed Care, Health Law, Obamacare, Anti-ACA Sentiment
Each year, more than $400 million in tax-free income is wasted when flexible spending account (FSA) holders don't spend FSA funds, or fail to submit expenses to be reimbursed by an FSA. While recent U.S. Treasury Department changes give ...
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation is equipping its vehicles with radar, to help officers better enforce the province’s speed limiter legislation,. Officers will also be able to enforce moving violations committed by commercial ...
Tags: vehicles, radar, transportation
The North American chemical market is in the midst of a major regulatory shift. On Dec. 1, 2013, this transition has impacted more than 43 million employees in the United States, including chemical manufacturers, distributors, exporters and ...
Bangladeshi apparel firm Standard Group has secured US$ 50 million low-coast loan from the Bangladesh Bank (BB) and other commercial banks in order to resume production at its fire-ravaged factory. The decision was announced by BB ...
Tags: Fire-Stricken, Apparel
Russian mining and steel group Mechel has announced that it has received the $150 million first tranche of project financing for the Elga Coal Complex's first stage from Russian state-owned Vnesheconombank. The total financing for the ...
Tags: CIS, Mechel, mining, Dnepropetrovsk
Jaguar Mining Inc. ("Jaguar" or the "Company") (TSX: JAG) today announced that as a result of productive discussions with the ad hoc committee of holders ("Ad Hoc Committee") of its US$165,000,000 4.5% Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes due ...
Tags: Jaguar Mining, Mineral
The Central Bank of Bangladesh has created a fund of Tk 100 crore with the assistance of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to improve safety standards in the apparel sector. Factory owners will receive the loan from commercial ...
Tags: Bangla Garment, Textile
China’s LED chip manufacturer HC Semitek Corp. Suzhou branch has received a US$ 150 million loan to be paid back in six years for its LED business, according to a Chinese-language Reuters report. China Development Bank’s ...
Tags: LED Chip, LED Business