Australian maritime workers have arrived in Hong Kong to support Kwai Tsing dockworkers in their strike, which began on 28 March 2013 in support of better wages and working conditions. A delegation of Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) ...
During the panel discussion at the SteelOrbis Market Talks Meeting held in the Turkish capital Ankara on April 12, Namik Ekinci, chairman of the Turkish Steel Exporters' Association (CIB), underlined that, since there is not enough demand ...
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Chinese Ming furniture is known for its simple and elegant design with fluent lines and appealing proportions. Qing furniture is larger than that of the Ming Dynasty and more imposing, with elaborate carving and inlaid decoration. Both ...
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Fast Retailing Group announces first half sale and income for the first half of fiscal 2013, or the six months from September 2012 through February 2013. Group Performance: The Fast Retailing Group achieved considerable gains in both ...
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The global semiconductor materials market decreased 2 percent in 2012 compared to 2011 while worldwide semiconductor revenues declined 3 percent. Revenues of $47.11 mark the first decline in the semiconductor materials market in three ...
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IT contracting is being favoured over permanent hiring in the current market but some senior roles are moving back in-house, a recruitment expert says. Hays IT senior regional director Peter Noblet said permanent roles were steady but ...
Effective Monday, April 1, 2013, the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), the National Textile Association (NTA) and the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC) have formally merged into one broad organization ...
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The Boards of the National Council of Textiles Organizations (NCTO), the National Textile Association (NTA) and the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC) announced that their respective organizations will formally merge into ...
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A zero net energy (ZNE) building is one that is self-sustainable: achieved by reducing the structure's energy demand through energy-efficient building measures while producing renewable energy onsite. And Northern California's NECA - IBEW ...
Registration for the 2013 Hydraulic Institute (HI) Technical meeting is now open. This year?s meeting will take place June 26-28 at the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Members of the Hydraulic Institute, Associate ...
APPLE has issued an apology to Chinese consumers after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism. A statement Apple posted in Chinese on its website on Monday said the ...
Most people would find it hard to imagine that the flat unlit item pictured below is actually a lamp. Lamps are tall with a thin base and a shade, that the bulb neatly hides beneath. How could a flat lamp in a flat plastic container become ...
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The 2-D Data Matrix barcode has numerous advantages over its one-dimensional counterpart, the linear barcode. Generally speaking, Data Matrix can hold substantially more data than a linear barcode -- as much as 100 times the information. ...
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The Item Unique Identification (IUID) program used by the Department of Defense allows the department to track many of its physical assets throughout their lifetime. This is key to the department's financial management as well as its combat ...
The former chief scientist at a Kentucky defense contractor has been sentenced to a year in prison for buying pirated software from Russian and Chinese hackers and using it to design components for military helicopters. Wronald Best, 55, ...
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