China's government pledged to cut overall coal use in eastern parts of the country and said it would reduce dependency on the fuel nationwide, as leaders struggle to respond to rising public concern over choking levels of pollution. The ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
A bill filed in the Philippines, would require all agencies to fit LED lighting, according to an article published by Business World Online on Sept. 12. The measure, which has been filed with the House of Representatives, aims to conserve ...
Tags: LED Striplights, LED, Lights, Lighting, Philippines
The outlook for coatings producers in Europe has suddenly brightened after prospects for higher sales and profits appeared to be gloomy earlier in the year. The financial results of some leading players among coatings producers and raw ...
Tags: Construction, Coatings
China's manmade fibres capacity has been growing until quite recently at an average 15% a year; well in excess of global demand which over the period 2000-10 grew on average at just under 5%. Over this period, while Chinese capacity was ...
Tags: Manmade Fibres, Textile
Following the announcement last week that a consortium of ASEC Cement and Qemmet El-Iraq will rehabilitate and manage Iraq's Muthanna Cement, owned by Southern Cement Company, comes news that a new plant is to be built in the Karbala ...
Tags: Cement, Construction
Xiaomi paraded its new international figurehead on stage at a press conference late last week in Beijing, signaling to the world that the company is preparing to go global. Hugo Barra, the former Google executive Xiaomi poached last ...
Tags: Xiaomi, Homegrown Strategy
PDD is a London-based global product and service design innovation consultancy. The company has expertise in what it describes as providing innovation in packaging across multiple industries including the medical and consumer industries. ...
The Packaging Innovations shows, organised by easyFairs, have built their reputation on being a great place to network and find new products. But they have also become a forum to learn about the latest ideas and trends right across the ...
Caracole Light is launching a furnishings collection in October called Live Love Laugh, its first-ever collaboration with an independent furniture and interior designer, Ana Cordeiro of Portugal. The 40-SKU furnishings collection will ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Light
Aetna, a US-based medical insurance provider, has teamed up with The Company for Cooperative Insurance (Tawuniya) to offer its Pacific Prime clients in Saudi Arabia with new medical insurance options. The new medical insurance coverage ...
Tags: Medical Insurance
Stock markets in Moscow and copper mines in Chile appear to have little in common. But these are two spots where investors in New York and London have been pumping money borrowed on the cheap to seek out big returns. Aggressive monetary ...
Tags: Tapering Waves
Mobile browsing continued to post gains last month at the expense of personal computers, a trend that has put Google into the second spot behind Microsoft as the browser maker with the longest reach, a Web metrics company said Sunday. ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products, Mobile service
Mobile data services, external controller-based storage systems, business IT services and enterprise application software will all contribute to healthy growth in information technology (IT) in China, according to a new report from Gartner. ...
Tags: IT services, Mobile data
Lingerie was a closed door subject in India for long time because there was a social discomfort associated with it but the market is now catching up with the advent of e-retailers in the sector. Although intimate wear is a fit ...
Tags: E-Commerce, Lingerie
Apple faces a threat from an unexpected quarter: Chinese developers crafting Android apps, an analytics firm said today. Chinese developers build nearly two-thirds of the mobile apps used by Chinese consumers — an even higher ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Apple