From the get go, the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) chairmanship of the Kimberley Process (KP) had a fair share of controversies as civil society, and a number of member states, expressed their concern with seating the 2016 chair in Dubai. ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Goodman Company, L.P., of Houston, Texas, has agreed to pay a $5.55 million civil penalty and has agreed to other terms of a consent decree (which is ...
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Evince Technology Ltd of Netpark, Sedgefield, County Durham, UK, which is developing technologies to enable the manufacture of synthetic diamond-based electronics, has closed its largest funding round to date, amounting to £750,240 in ...
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Mondelēz International has once again been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for both the North America and World indices. The DJSI is a globally recognized independent benchmark that conducts comprehensive ...
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Asset management company Blackrock has joined a group of Volkswagen shareholders who are bringing a lawsuit against the German automaker over its diesel emissions scandal. Law firm Quinn Emanuel is expected to file complaint on behalf of ...
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Dairy organizations in the United States, Australia, the European Union, Mexico and New Zealand has issued a joint letter to their respective trade and agriculture officials, expressing indignation about Canada's recent actions to deepen ...
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Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) and NorthStar Battery have entered into a 7 year agreement, where the latter will supply Ultra High Performance Pure Lead AGM batteries as part of improvements to the next generation Cascadia truck. ...
Many natural resources are about to run out because of overuse. As an air conditioning company with social responsibilities, Gree focuses more on the sustainable development of human beings apart from being No.1 in tax payment in China Home ...
China's fiscal revenue rose 1.7 percent year on year to 989.4 billion yuan (US$224 billion) in August, data from the Ministry of Finance showed Tuesday. Revenue growth was down from the 3.3-percent gain posted for July. The ministry ...
The profitability of Chinese baijiu makers recovered last year, according to a report published by the World Alcoholic Beverage Alliance on Monday. The gross margin of baijiu, or "white liquor," producers' main business grew to 33.1 ...
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Northrop Grumman Corp of Redondo Beach, CA, USA has received a contract from the US Marine Corps (USMC) for an additional nine AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) low-rate initial production (LRIP) systems. This is the ...
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Antibiotic-resistant E. Coli bacteria has been found in one in four chicken samples collected from the UK’s largest supermarkets, according to a recent research commissioned by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics. It also found ...
The last phase of China’s incandescent bulb ban will be effective as of Sept. 30, 2016. China will ban the imports and sales of 15W and above general incandescent bulbs Starting from Oct. 1, 2016, and will make adjustments based on ...
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Tokyo-based Showa Shell Sekiyu, along with its subsidiary Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ...
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The Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP), a national apex body, is reportedly developing new packaging specifications for pharmaceutical products being exported to African and Asian countries. The development of new specification, as ...
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