Business Line reported that the Competition Commission of India may soon get more teeth, if the Government has its way. In a move to grant direct powers to the fair trade regulator, the Government is considering vesting its chairperson ...
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The Economic Times reported that NMDC's E auction for iron ore lumps again found few takers on November 20th with less than 1 to 10 of what it put up for sale. In half a dozen E auctions held recently, NMDC has found that almost 93% of ...
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Times of India reported that the hearing called by the Goa state pollution control board to hear public grievances regarding project development of an iron ore export terminal at the waterfront, west of the breakwater at Mormugao port, was ...
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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing a Scheme on Development of Solar Cities which provides support for 60 cities to develop as Solar Cities in the country. The Ministry has given sanctions for 41 cities for developing ...
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Author(s): Miriam Berg In 2011, energy efficiency helped create jobs, cut costs and make the United States more energy independent. Read on for the biggest advances made last year in energy efficiency. Policy Many pieces of bipartisan ...
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA (BRAIN) — Interbike is opening its door to the public next September, but just a crack. Organizers are testing the concept of a restricted consumer day where consumers would pay $50 in advance and register ...
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WALNUT, CA (BRAIN) — Cycling website BikeRoar is offering U.S. dealers free listings to market their businesses, with an eye toward rolling out premium services that would display retailers’ in-stock inventory and pricing as ...
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BRUSSELS, Belgium (BRAIN) — A recent European Parliament decision about electric bike regulation was lauded by some cyclists' advocacy groups and industry groups, but a retailer group, ETRA, slammed the decision on Monday. The ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced plans to do away with existing restrictions that limit the containers size for certain foods and provide no food safety benefit. According to CFIA, the proposed changes are ...
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Once viewed as less-extreme alternative to the 29er, perhaps suitable for longer travel and/or smaller frame sizes, 650B is quickly emerging as the staple size of mountain bikes of the near future. At Taichung Bike Week earlier this month, ...
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Taipei, Nov. 13, 2012 (CENS)--To cope with the implementation of the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) next year, the Executive Yuan (the Cabinet) leans to adopt the proposal of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), ...
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Taipei, Nov. 16, 2012 (CENS)--Chang Sheng-ford, minister of finance, stated yesterday (Nov. 15) that the four major public funds are now under the jurisdiction of different government agencies and score unsatisfactory returns in outsourcing ...
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Taipei, Nov. 20, 2012 (CENS)--The Insurance Bureau, under the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), put forth yesterday (Nov. 19) seven major control measures for investments by insurance firms in realties, effective immediately, which ...
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India-based Exemed Pharmaceuticals, a manufacturer of active ingredients, is planning to buy UCB's production facility in Vapi, Gujarat, India. The deal, which is in line with UCB's strategy on bringing new drugs to patients and less on ...
Opinion–Greg Cameron The O'Farrell government's'NSW 2021'plan has an objective to"double the proportion of container freight movement by rail through NSW ports by 2020"–from 14%to 28%.The baseline year is 2010-11. The ...
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