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A New Standard VAT Return Has Been Proposed by The Commission Today

Oct 30, 2013

A new standard VAT return, which can cut costs for EU businesses by up to €15 billion a year, has been proposed by the Commission today. The aim of this initiative is to slash red-tape for businesses, ease tax compliance and make tax ...

Tags: Tax Compliance

Full Price Cigarette Volume, at 8,779 Million, Was up by 5.1 Per Cent

Oct 29, 2013

Lorillard's domestic wholesale cigarette shipment volume during the third quarter of this year, at 10,271 million, was up by 3.8 per cent on that of the third quarter of 2012. Full price cigarette volume, at 8,779 million, was up by ...

Tags: Electronic Cigarette, E Cigarette, E-Cigarette

Wuhan Iron and Steel Will Respond in a Proactive Manner to US' Anti-Dumping Investigation

Oct 29, 2013

The country's largest flat-rolled alloy steel producer, Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp, said Sunday that it will respond in a proactive manner to an anti-dumping investigation launched Friday by the US Commerce Department. Xinhua News ...

Tags: Steel Firm, US Probe

OSHA Has Created a Toolkit That Assists Employers and Workers Far From Danger

Oct 25, 2013

Each year in the United States, tens of thousands of workers are made sick or die from occupational exposures to hazardous chemicals. Yet, the workplace exposure standards set by the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health ...

Tags: Chemicals, Hazardous Chemicals, Construction

Roof Held Their Fall 2013 Meeting in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Oct. 8-10

Oct 25, 2013

The Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association (RCMA), a national trade association representing manufacturers of cold applied protective roof coatings and cements and suppliers of products to the industry, held their Fall 2013 Meeting in Oak ...

Tags: Construction, coating, Roof Coatings

Consumers Can Make Better Decisions If They Are More Informed

Oct 25, 2013

The guiding concept behind the French scheme is the idea that consumers can make better decisions if they are more informed. This is a concept that will be familiar to the UK packaging industry with front of pack labelling. The ultimate aim ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing

Eaton Announced 15 Products From Its Cooper Lighting Division Have Been Recognized by IES

Oct 24, 2013

Power management company Eaton today announced 15 products from its Cooper Lighting division have been recognized by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Committee and will be included in its 2013 Progress Report. All ...

Tags: Efficient Lighting, Lights, Lighting

'Extremely Encouraging' Is How National Lighting Bureau Executive Director Characterized

Oct 24, 2013

"Extremely encouraging" is how National Lighting Bureau Executive Director John Bachner characterized second-quarter 2013 performance of the NEMA Lighting Systems Index (LSI), which posted its strongest showing since the third quarter of ...

Tags: Lights, Lighting, Lighting Systems

The American National Standards Institute Notified Green Advantage

Oct 24, 2013

Leroy Battle, Chair of the Board of Green Advantage (on right) accepts the ANSI accreditation for the GACP designation from Dr. Vijay Krishna, Director of Personnel Accreditation Programs for ANSI The American National Standards ...

Tags: Construction, Decoration, certification

Brand May Add Legitimacy and Confidence to The Customer's Purchase Decision

Oct 24, 2013

"Yes. ...I believe it adds confidence to the customer's purchase decision. I think first and foremost they're buying my company, Olum's, but then there are major, well-known brands - Flexsteel, England, Ashley - that add legitimacy and ...

Tags: Furniture, Furnishing

It's Been a Good Few Weeks for China's Economic Decision-Makers

Oct 24, 2013

It’s been a good few weeks for China’s economic decision-makers. Official data showed exports in August rose 7.2% from a year earlier, surpassing all forecasts. The official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for ...

Tags: Wrong Growth Path

CPA and The FWIC Submitted Criticisms and Proposed Amendments for Plans to Revise Rules

Oct 23, 2013

The Composite Panel Association (CPA) and the Federal Wood Industries Coalition (FWIC) submitted criticisms and proposed amendments for plans to revise rules governing formaldehyde emissions from particleboard, MDF/HDF and hardwood plywood. ...

Tags: Construction, Decoration, Composite Panel

The Design Network Will Launch a New Video Series Next Month

Oct 23, 2013

The Design Network will launch a new video series next month featuring interior designer and lifestyle expert Tracy Hutson. Hutson, perhaps best known as part of the design team on the former "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," will star in ...

Tags: Furniture, Furnishing

Anti-Tobacco Activists Condemned as Inadequate The Latest Tobacco Duty Rise of 10 Cents

Oct 22, 2013

Anti-tobacco activists in Ireland have condemned as inadequate the latest tobacco duty rise of 10 cents, according to a story in Northern Ireland's Belfast Telegraph. The Irish Cancer Society accused the government of applying a ...

Tags: Tobacco Tax, E Cigarette, E-Cigarette

Raymond Waites Is Changing His Name to Artemis

Oct 22, 2013

The designer formerly known as Raymond Waites is changing his name to Artemis. And the Frederick Cooper division of Wildwood Lamps has launched the first Artemis collection at this week's High Point Market, called Art-Lite, a mix of 26 ...

Tags: Furniture, Furnishing

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