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UK Introduce The Measures Necessary to Achieve a Range of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets

Jul 26, 2013

According to the "Climate Change Act" United Kingdom promulgated in 2008, which aims to enable the United Kingdom to become a low-carbon economy and gives ministers powers to introduce the measures necessary to achieve a range of greenhouse ...

Tags: Lighting Control System, Lights, Lighting

CE Marking Has Become Mandatory in The UK for All Construction Products

Jul 26, 2013

Operations Director, Senior Architectural Systems: Since the 1st July 2013 CE Marking has become mandatory in the UK for all construction products, but what does this mean for the specifier? Mark Wadsworth, Operations Director of ...

Tags: CE Marking, Specifier

Obama Is Told by NCTO to Take Tough Stand on Tpp with Vietnam

Jul 26, 2013

Cass Johnson, President of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), released the following statement in meeting between President Barack Obama and President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam. “Within the context of the ...

Tags: Textile, Apparel

CFETS Announces That Cotton Import Rate Will Be Calculated for The Month of August 2013

Jul 26, 2013

The China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), also known as the National Interbank Funding Center (the Center), a sub-institution of the People's Bank of China (PBC), has announced that the RMB exchange rate on July 17, 2013, was 1 US ...

Tags: Cotton Import, Tariff Rate

Malesa M D Inked an Exclusive Agreement for Eyhole Cup Laparoscopic Access Device

Jul 25, 2013

Life Care Medical Devices, a medical device maker, has inked an exclusive agreement with Malesa MD&D for the distribution of its Keyhole Cup Laparoscopic Access Device in Saudi Arabia. Malesa MD&D is a leading healthcare and consumer ...

Tags: Health, Medicine

GSK Postponed Plans to Increase Its Stake From 46.4% to 75% in GSK Nigeria

Jul 25, 2013

UK-based GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has postponed plans to increase its stake from 46.4% to 75% in GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria (GSK Nigeria), proposed under a scheme of arrangement. The minority shareholders considered the deal ...

Tags: Health, Medicine

Chinese Companies Called "Trip", Taiwanese Companies Called "Stuffed"

Jul 24, 2013

Chinese banks' recent credit crunch has impacted the LED industry. More than 100 LED manufacturers have defaulted as a result in Eastern and Southern China this year. Taiwanese LED manufacturers have emerged as the beneficiaries of the ...

Tags: LED, Lights, Lighting, LED lighting

The Revenue of Apple Earned From Those Sales Plummeted by 27%

Jul 24, 2013

Apple sold 14% fewer iPads in the quarter that ended June 30 than during the same stretch in 2012, while the revenue it earned from those sales plummeted by 27%. Analysts tied the decline in revenue to the iPad Mini, Apple's smaller, ...

Tags: iPad Mini, High Margins

Hogs That Die While in Transit, Usually Do So as a Result of Pre-Existing Heart Conditions

Jul 23, 2013

New research has indicated that hogs that die while in transit, usually do so as a result of pre-existing heart conditions. The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is now using the study as evidence livestock truckers shouldn't be held ...

Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, truck

Lawmakers Say NSA Phone Records Exceeded Their Legal Authority to Conduct Surveillance

Jul 23, 2013

The U.S. National Security Agency and Department of Justice exceeded their legal authority to conduct surveillance when collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. residents, several U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday. Several members ...

Tags: Computer Products, Phone Records

Chinese Government Promulgated a New Exit-and-Entry Regulation on Monday

Jul 23, 2013

The Chinese government promulgated a new exit-and-entry regulation on Monday that is intended to standardize the issuance of visas for foreigners, as well as related services and management. The 39-article regulation will take effect on ...

Tags: Exit-Entry Regulation

China's Economic Slowdown in The First Half of The Year

Jul 23, 2013

There is no free lunch. The saying may be another explanation for China's economic slowdown in the first half of the year. The economic transformation is proceeding at the cost of economic acceleration in order to obtain sustainable ...

Tags: economic slowdown, energy-consuming

Pakistan and The US Resume Negotiations on The Bilateral Investment Treaty

Jul 19, 2013

Pakistan and the US would resume negotiations on the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), aimed at attracting greater US investment in Pakistan. Pakistan and the US have agreed to continue dialogue on the pending issues of Bilateral ...

Tags: Textile, economy

Alison Cook Applying 'lean' Principles Can Help Companies Improve Health & Safety at Work

Jul 19, 2013

According to Alison Cook, end user marketing manager UK, Ireland & Benelux at KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL, applying 'lean' principles can help companies improve health & safety at work, promote wellness among employees and boost ...

Tags: Employing, service

Jordan Will Impose a Protective Tariff on Imports of Iron

Jul 19, 2013

Officials say, Jordan's cabinet decided to impose a protective tariff on imported iron, Execute the resolution in the first year of tariffs imposed standards of Jordanian dinars 80 / tons, in the second year of 70 dinars/tons, in the third ...

Tags: iron, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy

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