It is often assumed that emerging-economy living standards are bound to converge with those in developed countries. But, leaving aside some oil exporters and the city-states of Hong Kong and Singapore, only three countries and regions ...
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China and Australia signed a long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on June 17 in Canberra, Australia. The agreement ensures 85 percent of all Australian exports enter China tariff-free and 95 percent when the deal is in full force. ...
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Volvo Trucks continues with original marketing, this time through reality TV with the artist Mapei. During a nine-day road-trip through Europe, she will record a new music video with director Liza Minou Morberg. To help them, they have a ...
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At the ANGA COM 2015 Exhibition & Congress for Broadband, Cable and Satellite in Cologne, Germany (9-11 June), Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA has introduced the ARA2031 reverse-path amplifier, which delivers optimized performance for ...
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Lectra, a developer of integrated technology solutions for industries using soft materials like fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials, recently hosted a Lectra Fashion PLM event in France. According to a Lectra ...
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Chinese Internet services firm Baidu is planning to enter the driverless car segment later this year with its own version, marrying computer technology with artificial intelligence. The self-driving car, with which the web behemoth ...
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Jaguar Land Rover is currently trialing a new connected car technology that will allow a vehicle to identify the location and severity of potholes, broken drains and manhole covers and further sharing this data in real-time via cloud with ...
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German automobile major Daimler, its car-sharing services arm car2go and components maker Bosch will join hands for a pilot project, making future cars capable of maneuvering automatically in a parking garage via smartphone application. ...
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Shell today announces that it has been chosen by BMW AG as its only recommended global supplier for aftermarket engine oils for the following BMW brands: BMW, BMW i, BMW M, MINI and BMW Motorrad. From the start of 2015, premium engine ...
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The Hohenstein Institute has developed a model specifically for predicting the lifespan and period of use for cotton textiles, so that uniform providers can work out their costs for replacing worn out materials. “The weakness of ...
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For the first time, India is leading the growth chart of major economies, even ahead of China, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report. In India, new reforms are improving business and ...
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China will come out with a five-year plan (2016-20) for the development of its strategic emerging industries and to further boost its innovation efforts, the nation's top economic planner said on Friday. The National Development and ...
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Women are playing a part as important as their male peers in driving the growth of e-commerce in China, a report said on Thursday. As of last year, women were running more than half of the shops on Taobao and Tmall, the two largest online ...
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Axalta Coating Systems, a US based supplier of liquid and powder coatings for automobiles sector, has boosted its supply capabilities in Southern California region. With daily delivery services covering Oxnard in north and Fontana in ...
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Axalta Coating Systems has expanded its powder supply capabilities in the Southern California region. Axalta's new local delivery service provides daily deliveries expanding as far north as Oxnard, California and as far south as Fontana, ...
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