China aims to lift over 10 million rural people out of poverty in 2016, so as to make a good start for the next five years, according to a poverty relief meeting on Thursday. The next year's work will integrate the central and local ...
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China on Thursday donated mine clearance equipment to Cambodia and start-up funds to the ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center. The 500,000-U.S. dollar donation included office equipment worth about 250,000 dollars to Cambodia, and start-up ...
22 Dec 2015 The manufacturer of Nurofen will be forced to pay millions of dollars in fines after a court found its packaging claims were misleading. The products in Reckitt Benckiser's Nurofen specific-pain range were advertised as ...
Craig Hadley, Victoria Plum’s former head of buying, has joined online-only home furniture brand MatalanDirect.com as buying director. Having being instrumental in leading Victoria Plum to unprecedented growth, Hadley has been ...
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Swiss food company Nestle has committed to use only cage-free eggs for its US food products by 2020. With this decision, the packaged food company has joined companies like Kellogg, McDonalds, Subway and Dunkin' Donuts, who have already ...
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Sonoco Consumer Products Europe is planning to close two of its tobacco production plants in Germany, resulting in the removal of 100 employees. The Bunde plant in Northwest Germany will be closed by May 2016 and Hockenheim 3 plant in ...
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China will continue to actively destock its massive property inventory over concerns that the ailing housing market could derail the economy. Along with cutting overcapacity and tackling debt, destocking will be a major task in 2016, ...
Rating agency Fitch predicts that China's annual steel exports are likely to fall to 70 to 80 million tons in the long term. Official data shows in 2014, China's steel exports reached 94 million tons. However, more steel production ...
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Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd. of Japan has suspended its dividend and cut executive compensation after a mark down of its shares of Cleveland Golf Company Inc. caused it to report an unexpected loss for the year ended Dec. 31, 2015. Dunlop ...
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Construction of a railway linking China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan will start in the coming year. The President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev said the project will boost economic growth in his country, as it will provide the landlocked ...
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An arbitration award has ordered China's Aviation Industry Corporation or AVIC to pay over 70 million U.S. dollars to an U.S. wind firm for breach of contract. AVIC did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Dallas-based Tang ...
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Zoomlion, China's leading construction machinery producer, on Wednesday said it had signed an official agreement to buy a 57 percent stake in Italy's waste-disposal company Ladurner. Zoomlion said it had teamed-up with Mandarin Capital to ...
Pride Manufacturing Corp., a leading manufacturer of golf cleat systems, golf tees and related consumable golf accessories and wood products, has been sold to Medalist Corp., the maker of golf club components and other sporting goods. ...
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The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) called on the California Energy Commission (CEC) today to ensure that California consumers have access to the most efficient and cost-effective LED bulbs currently on the market. ...
Test Rite's CEO, T.H. Ho.Test Rite International Co., Ltd., recognized as Taiwan's biggest home improvement retailer, has contracted LED maker Unity Opto Technology Ltd. for supply of LED light bulbs to sell under its brand name, as well as ...
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