South African Poultry Association has banned the import of poultry products from countries infected with the avian influenza (AI) virus. South African Poultry Association's (SAPA) Poultry Disease Management Agency director Dr Charlotte ...
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Pundits are again speculating about the future of the Affordable Care Act, more widely now referred to as Obamacare. Now that Republicans are poised to take over the Senate in January, while widening their control of the House, they are ...
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With mid-term elections approaching and the odds generally favoring a Republican takeover in the Senate to go with control of the House, the new Congress is seen as having a good reason to move ahead on the Personal Health Investment Today ...
The bill,developed in close consultation with the outdoor industry, U.S. textile sector and Congressional representatives, is projected to lower costs for outdoor industry business, prevent rising retail prices and spur innovation by US ...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) hailed the introduction this week of the US Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act of 2014 or also called the US Outdoor Act. The Act which seeks to ...
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House and Senate have bills that would raise federal truck weight limits for natural gas vehicles. Heavier fuel tanks and equipment on natural gas trucks can add as much as 2,000 pounds more than diesel ...
Medtronic isn’t the only medtech company facing criticism over potentially moving its headquarters overseas. Hospira is also taking flak—even though it is only rumored so far to be in talks with French company Danone for a ...
The National Retail Federation (NRF) is supporting the Marketplace and Internet Tax Freedom Act. The legislation was introduced by Senators Michael Enzi, Richard Durbin, Lamar Alexander, Heidi Heitkamp, Susan Collins and Mark Pryor. The ...
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President Obama clearly doesn’t like Medtronic’s plan to move its headquarters to Ireland through the acquisition of Covidien. Medtronic’s $43 billion acquisition of Covidien would be the largest tax inversion deal yet. ...
Tags: Medtronic-Covidien, Health, Medicine
LOS ANGELES—Today, Bret Sutterly, a fifth grade teacher at the Walnut Elementary Education Center in Turlock, Calif., received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Education ...
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GUAM—Today, Melanie Blas, a science teacher at the Simon A. Sanchez High School in Guam, received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Education (PIAEE) for her contribution ...
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LOS ANGELES—Today, students from San Diego, Calif., received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) for their contributions to environmental protection. In a ceremony at the ...
Turkish Steel Exporters Association (CIB) chairman Namk Ekinci has commented on the US countervailing duty (CVD) decision on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) imports from Turkey. "As a result of the pressure by US senators on the Department ...
Tags: OCTG, Turkey, Metallurgy, Mineral
Medtronic officials apparently see the political blowback over their proposed $43 billion acquisition of Covidien as serious business. The company has paid $200,000 to lobbyists including former U.S. Sens. Trent Lott and John Breaux to ...
The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) brought more than two dozen apparel, footwear, and retail executives to Capitol Hill this week to lobby for key international trade policies and programs. The visits came as part of ...