Volcanoes spewing Sun-reflecting particles into the atmosphere have partly offset the effects of Man's carbon emissions over a 15-year period that has become a global-warming battleground, researchers said Sunday. A so-called hiatus in ...
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Here's the deal: Your wedding dress will be photographed and documented more than any other article of clothing you own, so it's important to choose a wedding gown you love! But when you first start shopping for wedding dresses , ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has?reached a settlement with?the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Center for Environmental Health?regarding the deadlines for publishing final rules implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act ...
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The world’s love affair with the smartphone continued unabated in 2013 with consumers snapping up more than 1 billion handsets during the year, according to an IDC estimate published on Wednesday. The figure, which represents a new ...
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Selecting a Chevy Volt, Tesla Roadster, Nissan Leaf—or one of many other new models—shoppers in the United States bought more than 96,000 plug-in electric cars in 2013. That's a tiny slice of the auto market, but it's up ...
Longstanding Myer CEO and managing director Bernie Brookes has put pen to paper on a new, open-ended contract worth $2 million per annum, plus performance based cash and equity bonuses. At the same time, the experienced retail head as ...
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A UK-based company is developing solar-cell technology that could help advance the market for integrating solar energy-harvesting glass into commercial buildings. Oxford Photovoltaics (PV) -- co-founded by Oxford University physicist ...
Mexico's main trucking association has filed a $30 billion arbitration action against the United States over the country's refusal to fully allow Mexican carriers to operate within U.S. boundaries. The Cámara Nacional del ...
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Helen Dickinson, British Retail Consortium Director General, said: "More shoppers were out and about in January, with a solid 1.6 per cent in overall footfall across the country. It’s good news for retailers and it helps to explain ...
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The mysterious workings of jazz players' brains while they improvise music are revealed in a new study. Researchers used functional MRI scans to monitor the brain activity of 11 male jazz pianists, aged 25 to 56, while they performed ...
The steel stock in 29 major cities across the country hit a four-year low after the Spring Festival holidays, news portal yicai.com reported Wednesday, citing data from the Beijing Lange Steel Information Research Center. The total ...
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A new natural gas discovery in southeast Sichuan province - the single biggest ever - could ease domestic shortages in as little as a year and give China a stronger hand in energy negotiations with Russia, according to some experts. China ...
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China's shale gas industry could soon be entering its boom years. Thanks to the top two oil and gas giants - China National Petroleum Corp and Sinopec Group - the nation's shale gas output soared from 25 million cubic meters in 2012 to ...
Dangote is expected to commission its new cement factory in Ndola in July this year, senior general manager for Dangote Projects, Anand Kameshwar, has indicated. In an interview with All Africa news, Kameshwar said installation of major ...
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December housing starts dropped 16%, the largest decline since February 2011, the Commerce Department said Feb. 19. Starts fell to an annual rate of 888,000 units in January from a revised 1.05 million pace in December. Economists had ...
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