The Chinese government is struggling to meet its annual fiscal targets, finance minister Lou Jiwei warned Wednesday. The central treasury received 2.968 trillion yuan (about 446.4 billion U.S. dollars) from January to May, a year-on-year ...
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UK based biotech firm Lycotec claims to have developed the world's first longevity SIRT chocolate. It plans to introduce the longevity SIRT chocolate to the technology and scientific community later this month at the 10th World Congress ...
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The U.S. Senate passed a defense bill with language requiring the Pentagon to buy US-made athletic shoes for military recruits. ADVERTISEMENT The legislation is expected to benefit Boston-based New Balance, which has three factories in ...
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In booth 10.2/L36 at the ANGA COM 2016 Exposition & Congress for Broadband, Cable and Satellite in Cologne, Germany (7-9 June), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for ...
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The diamond industry is waking up to a new reality. Not only are the banks insisting on stricter compliance standards and pipeline integrity, but the largest mining companies and jewelry retailers are rapidly following suit. This is forcing ...
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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced the federal government will begin measuring and quantifying the ecoomic impact of the outdoor recreation economy when calculating gross domestic product. Jewell, who served as CEO for REI before ...
UPM Raflatac has cooperated with Italian wine producer Cielo e Terra on a life-cycle assessment (LCA) to study the environmental impacts of wine bottles. The comprehensive study took into account the full life cycle of the wine bottle and ...
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With rave reviews, the Galaxy S7 looks sure to be one of this year’s most popular handsets. Samsung is said to have shipped nearly 10 million Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge phones in the first quarter of 2016. That’s according to ...
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The LG G5 could be here sooner than expected. A new advert posted by LG lists the release date as April 1 (that's a week on Friday). However, retailers like Amazon say it'll be available from April 8. So what's going on? We've ...
ConAgra Foods has joined other food giants in plans to use labels that disclose the presence of genetically modified organisms or GMOs in its food throughout the US. ConAgra and other food companies such as Campbell Soup Co , General ...
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Earlier this week, Netflix admitted to throttling streams on certain US mobile networks to prevent customers from going over their data caps. Now the streaming giant has slammed data restrictions in a public statement that was released ...
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The recently concluded session of the 12th National People's Congress appraised and delineated China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) which essentially encompasses the overall development of the country. The Five-Year Plan echoes China's ...
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In an ongoing effort to defend its rights and ownership of the Havana Club rum brand and trademark in the US, Bacardi has filed an amended complaint with the US District Court for the District of Columbia. This filing amends the original ...
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The first ever review of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) will test whether consumer protections will suit the modern market place says Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims. Speaking today at the ...
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Kush Bottles has developed a line of child-safe packaging options for electronic cigarettes (e-cigs). Recently, the US President Barack Obama has signed a law, which includes new regulations that require child-proof packaging for e-cigs. ...
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