The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that XTO Energy, Inc. (XTO), a subsidiary of ExxonMobil and the nation’s largest holder of natural gas reserves, will spend an ...
Toyota's North American wing, Scion has started rolling out its 2015 Scion xB to dealerships with starting price of $17,120. The box shaped vehicle comes with design and functional upgrade when compared to its predecessor. It is powered ...
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Smith & Wesson reported earnings slid 70.3 percent in the second quarter, to $5.05 million, or 9 cents a share. Revenues slumped 22.1 percent. Net sales for the second quarter were $108.4 million, a decrease of 22.1 percent from net sales ...
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Link Piazzo, a member of the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame who served as Chairman of the NSGA Board of Directors in 1962, passed away Nov. 14 in his hometown, Reno, Nev. He was 95. Piazzo, the son of Italian immigrants, was ...
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For most new products it is hard enough persuading consumers to notice the product, let alone try it, become loyal to it, or start recommending it to friends and family. In the fleeting half-second between a shopper noticing a new product ...
Tags: repeat purchase rates, taste, Agriculture
For the main part of China’s history, women were dominated by a patriarchic system and forced to a background role. Only in recent history have they reached a more equal position in Chinese society and started to visibly shape the ...
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The tools used by self-dressing women to coil their hair into a bun In Zhaoqing City of South China's Guangdong Province, the smell of opening-up and reform can be felt here and there with the newly built western-style buildings, ...
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The decade of the 1950s saw women's clothing in China lose all aesthetic significance after the founding of New China. After experiencing the Great Leap Forward [*note] and the People's Communalization Movement [*note], Chinese women's ...
On the first day of October 1949, 300,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians gathered at Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing and joined the founding ceremony of the New China. Chairman Mao read out the public announcement of the Central ...
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The full decade of the Cultural Revolution movement from 1966 to 1976 saw China's fashion go underground, buried under a sea of grass green army uniforms and Mao suits. But by the end of the year 1976, the winter of fashion discontent was ...
America’s top sustainability radio show, “Green is Good,” has announced a roster of high-profile global brands and leading environmental experts as part of its scheduled lineup of guests for the fourth quarter of 2014. ...
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The American apparel retail company Tommy Hilfiger and the English television presenter and style icon Alexa Chung have come together to unveil an exclusive fashion edit selected from the former’s current seasonal offering. ...
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HONOLULU – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an order requiring the County of Hawaii to repair the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant’s ocean outfall pipe. The pipe is leaking treated wastewater close to shore, ...
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Mrs Brown's Boys The Ultimate Party Game and Classic British Comedies board games are available to retailers now. Mrs Brown could be heading to your place this Christmas, as Paul Lamond Games reveals a collection of board games based on ...
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Amid daily updates from the pharmaceuticals industry on the latest clinical trials, last week's announcement by Hutchison China MediTech that it had enrolled patients for a study of colorectal cancer was hardly cause for excitement. But ...
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