German luxury car maker BMW is planning to build new assembly plants around the world, with Mexico and Eastern Europe being considered as its options. BMW reported that it was planning to expand its production sites but has not yet ...
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The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee conferred 20 Shilp Guru Awards, 18 Sant Kabir Awards along with 74 National Awards to master craftspersons and master weavers at a function in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Speaking on the ...
Tags: handloom sector, handicraft sectors, craftsperson, handloom market
Siemens AG reached a settlement with its former board member Dr.Thomas Ganswindt.The settlement is subject to the approval of the annual shareholders´meeting of Siemens AG on January 23,2013.The settlement will terminate the pending ...
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PPR's Balenciaga announced the appointment of Alexander Wang to the post of Creative Director of the Balenciaga fashion house,after PPR said goodbye last month to Nicolas Ghesquiere,Balenciaga's designer of 15 years,who it is said to ...
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Creative Edge Nutrition,a nutritional supplement company,has acquired Innovative Fulfillment,a provider of fulfillment and other logistics services businesses within the direct to consumer channel. Innovative Fulfillment provides services ...
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HIGH POINT — Custom upholstery lines Michael Thomas Furniture and Miles Talbott Furniture will consolidate their operations into one High Point manufacturing facility, according to company officials. The lines, both of which are ...
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) is to continue an anti-dumping investigation into hardwood plywood imports from China despite a variety of appeals by converters and associations. After completing the preliminary investigation, ...
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ING has appointment Delfin Rueda and Dorothee van Vredenburch as members of the Management Board Insurance EurAsia (MBE), effective from 1 November 2012. As a chief financial officer (CFO) within the MBE, Rueda will be responsible for all ...
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Mr Abdullah Sultan Al Fan Al Shamsi assistant undersecretary for Industrial Affairs at the Ministry of Economy affirmed that the Ministry of Economy successfully terminated two countervailing investigations on UAE exports of steel pipes ...
Population and Distribution: The Chaoxian ethnic group (also written as 'Korean'), with a total population of 1,923,842 according to the census taken in 2000, is scattered mainly in Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning Provinces. Smaller ...
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I was too young to recognize Lunar New Year as anything more than feasts of dumplings and sweet pastries and extra pocket money in red packets the last time I spent it in China. Lighting up fireworks and firecrackers was also just the ...
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Canadian Apparel Federation (CAF) provides webinar on various free trade negotiations, import duties and other trade policies affecting the apparel sector. Webinar will be held on 28th November, 2:00 - 3:00 pm. Canadian Apparel ...
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The Lisu women are not obliged to abstain from certain foods during pregnancy and they go about their household duties as long as they are able. When the birth is imminent the husband calls to his ancestors by their spirit name, offering to ...
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Market situation of ferroalloys in Japan as of November 15th 2012 is as follows. Summary: Market is watching China to see whether it will decide in December to alter export tax rates on ferroalloys and silicon manganese metals. A rumor is ...
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LOS ANGELES --- Online retailer LuxeYard, which sells home furnishings and décor through online "flash sales," reported third-quarter revenue of $574,381, but had an operating loss of more than $3.6 million. The publicly traded ...