China's latest figures on industrial activities indicated that the world's second largest economy faced worsening overcapacity despite a slew of measures and repeated warnings from the leadership. Analysts said overcapacity was posing a ...
Tags: Overcapacity, China's Economy
The scent of diesel, rusting anchors and fish slurry hung in the humid air of the harbor. I was in Puntarenas on the western shore of Costa Rica, waiting to leave on a scuba-diving trip to Cocos Island – often called an "underwater ...
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A cross party group of peers tabled amendments to the children and families bill that would have introduced plain packaging, although implementation will be subject to an evidence review. In July the government delayed plans to ban ...
Tags: Cigarette Packaging, Packaging, Printing
Electronic cigarettes are addictive and contain dangerous chemicals, including nicotine, Netherlands public health officials said. The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, usually known by its Dutch acronym RIVM, said ...
Tags: E-Cigarettes, Health, Medicine
A research paper published in the scientific journal Tobacco Control shows that graphic warning labels on cigarette packs led to a decrease in smoking rates in Canada of between 12% and 20% from 2000 to 2009. The authors estimate that if ...
The UK Government is set to introduce new legislation forcing the tobacco companies to use plain packaging for cigarettes. The new rule, which aims at reducing the appeal of the cigarettes to the youngsters, has been delayed by the ...
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In a move designed to combat overcapacity in the steel sector, China will relocate some factories and encourage more companies to invest in overseas projects, said an official with the country's top planning agency. Li Zhongjuan, an ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
It's vital for the IT department to get executives on the company board to properly understand security threats if maximum possible security against cyber attacks is going to be achieved. That was the consensus between experts during a ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
A new type of Trojan horse computer virus could result in mass attacks on banks, exposing the personal details of an unprecedented number of online banking customers. Discovered by security software provider Kaspersky Labs, the Neverquest ...
Tags: warning, mass, Trojan, attack, against, online, bank, customer
The Ford Edge concept has been unveiled at the Los Angeles auto show, previewing the high-tech successor to the Ford Territory. A global model under the brand’s ‘One Ford’ strategy, the second-generation Ford Edge will ...
Tags: Ford Edge, SUV Concept, Territory Successor
With the first faint rays piercing the economic gloom after five years there is anecdotal evidence that things are beginning to warm up for lighting design. The British Chambers of Commerce released an optimistic Quarterly Economic Survey ...
Google and Microsoft have introduced software that makes it harder for users to search for child abuse material online, the companies said in a joint announcement Monday. Writing ahead of a British summit on Internet safety, Google's ...
Tags: Google, Microsoft, child abuse material
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns doctors of the rare but serious risk of heart attack and death with use of the cardiac nuclear stress test agents. The cardiac nuclear stress test agents Lexiscan, or regadenoson, and Adenoscan, ...
Groupe Colabor is recalling certain ground beef as it may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced. Products subject to recall include Viandes Lauzon brand Lean Ground Beef and Extra Lean ...
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Mobile Awareness' MobileTRAQ Vue with TireStat TPMS sensors is upgradable to meet future needs. Mobile Awareness LLC, a provider of transportation safety products, is offering the MobileTRAQ Vue, integrated with TireStat TPMS sensors, an ...