While major principals and media players turn their eyes to non-OECD countries to check CSR compliance issues, sector-specific social risks can still be found in Europe. In France, in downtown Paris (known as the “Le Sentier” ...
Tags: Garment Units, SGS
For case goods vendors looking to regain market share, it's as important as ever to provide a story for the retail floor. Legends Furniture's Plateau collection includes this wall bed and a patent-pending Co-Z-Dresser, which features ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, bed, floor
Russia and China on Tuesday signed an agreement by which Russia will supply an additional 10 million tonnes of crude oil to China each year over the next 10 years, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in Beijing. "(We) will supply ...
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Bridgelux today announced the company has been named in the annual San Francisco Business Times 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area list. The San Francisco Business Times recognizes private companies, and their ...
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Medical technology company Medtronic has introduced the Export Advance aspiration catheter, a new device to remove coronary thrombus, in the US. Export Advance aspiration catheter has a pre-loaded stylet, which increases the ...
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A push for a change is growing on a problem first exposed by I-Team 8 last month. Some national experts are now calling for a reconsideration of plans to require high strength, laminated glass on car side windows. If you're involved in an ...
Tags: Laminated Glass, Construction, Decoration
China's dominant refiner Sinopec, or China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, expects to spend Yuan 30 billion ($4.9 billion) annually over the next few years to upgrade its refineries to produce cleaner oil products, the company said Thursday. ...
Tags: Fuel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Lexington Home Brands built two Tommy Bahama retail shops in its High Point Market showroom, one featuring a traditional lifestyle, top, and the other an island lifestyle. HIGH POINT - Lexington Home Brands is introducing a Tommy ...
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Spain hopes to reinvigorate its flagging automotive industry by extending a ‘scrappage’ scheme to subsidise the purchase of new cars. Under the scheme, people who scrap a car or commercial vehicle that is at least 10 years old ...
Tags: Scrappage Scheme, Transportation
La-Z-Boy is expanding its casual contemporary offerings in a big way at the High Point Market with the launch of Urban Attitudes, an eclectic collection of sofas, sectionals and chairs designed for smaller living spaces. The sophisticated ...
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Kobe Steel, Ltd. and China's Angang Steel Company Limited, a leading subsidiary of Anshan Iron & Steel Group Complex signed a joint venture agreement today, October 17, in Anshan, Liaoning province, to establish a joint venture in China to ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, steel, CR Auto Sheet
APM Automotive Holdings has received approval to construct its new car parts and modules manufacturing plant in Bago, from the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC). The permit includes a land lease agreement for 50 years between APM ...
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Twenty years ago, a group of 12 individuals—11 installers and one retailer—who were concerned with the way the installation profession was being viewed and treated decided it was time to band together and change the image of ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, flooring
RPM International Inc. today announced at its annual meeting of stockholders that its board of directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share, payable on October 31, 2013, to stockholders of record as of October ...
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The Northern Territory Government will reintroduce open speed limits on a stretch of the Stuart Highway as part of a 12-month trial program beginning next year. A 200km section of the highway between Barrow Creek and Alice Springs will be ...
Tags: Speed Limits, Road Safety Trial