Taipei, Sept. 11, 2012 (CENS)--To attract more mainland Chinese investments to Taiwan, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) may ease restrictions on qualified domestic institutional investors (QDIIs) from China to invest in Taiwan's ...
Tags: Taiwan, mainland Chinese, investments, FSC
In October 2010, the European Union adopted the EU Timber Regulation (Regulation 995/2010) to prevent sales of illegal timber and timber products on the EU internal market. From 3 March 2013, any operator who places timber or timber ...
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Custom labels manufacturer in the US Consolidated Label has announced the addition of new recyclable and environmentally friendly label stocks to its label material collection. Consolidated Label president Joel Carmany said the company ...
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Affordable Wood Patio Furniture with an Ethical Twist Eucalyptus Patio Furniture is growing in popularity as the wood of choice for outdoor patio furniture. In the past, teak reigned supreme over most other choices of wood because of its ...
Perng Fai-nan, governor of the Central Bank of China (CBC), announced yesterday (Dec. 19) that the CBC has embarked on the establishment of “foreign-currency settlement platform,” which will start operation in the middle of next ...
Tags: Central Bank of China, CBC, foreign-currency settlement platform
Under the framework of joint cooperation and exchange of expertise in the field of Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Centre (ADSIC) and the Fujairah Statistics Centre (FSC) have signed a Memorandum of ...
FSC certification ensures that products come from well managed forests that provide environmental, social and economic benefits. Forest owners and managers may want to become FSC certified to demonstrate that they are managing their ...
Tags: FSC, Forest management, Chain of custody, wood furniture, certification
Taipei, Dec. 14, 2012 (CENS)--The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) decreed yesterday (Dec. 13) permitting designated banking units (DBUs) to undertake renminbi-related businesses. Following the launch of cross-Taiwan Strait currency ...
Tags: Renminbi Related Businesses, currency, FSC, bank
Italy-based Favini is presenting the launch of Crush, a new paper dedicated to the packaging industry, at Luxepack 2012. Crush is said to be the the first and only range paper made with by-products from organic products replacing as much ...
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Interbrand Releases 13th Annual Best Global Brands Report Despite the current economic landscape, all of the luxury brands in the 13th annual Best Global Brands report released by Interbrand increased their brand value. As the meaning ...
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Taipei, Dec. 12, 2012 (CENS)--People’s Bank of China announced yesterday (Dec. 11) designation of the Taipei branch of the Bank of China (BOC) as the renminbi clearance bank in Taiwan, thereby kicking off the cross-Taiwan Strait ...
Tags: Currency Clearance, currency clearance mechanism, deposit, remittance
Taipei,Oct.11,2012(CENS)--Five domestic financial institutions will set up offices in mainland China or buy into mainland Chinese banks next year,according the projection of the Financial Supervision Commission(FSC)in its budget for 2013. ...
Tags: Taipei, domestic financial institutions, FSC
Following worldwide standards for wood certification, the Spanish company CELLTECH achieved several goals regarding Wood Management following FSC and PEFC standards, and thus took a new step forward into a sustainable and responsible ...
Members of the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) have revealed that 85% of wood fibre purchased by them was either FSC certified fibre or originated from FSC controlled wood The progress of the companies, Tetra ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, Elopak and SIG Combibloc, beverage carton, ACE
Taipei,Oct.1,2012(CENS)--With the new international accounting criteria Basel III scheduled to hit the road next year,the calculation of banks qualified capital will become stricter.According to the initial investigation of the Financial ...