The volatile solar market will rationalize extensively over the next year, with the handful of leading companies likely to have successful initial public offerings (IPOs) outweighed by several others going to the wall. Jason Eckstein, the ...
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Pricing pressures and a varied international outlook are still facts of life for industrial laser vendors, but overall demand remained in line with expectations during the first quarter of 2014. The regular survey of vendors carried ...
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The Center for Disease Prevention (CDC), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have issued a warning to food companies to be more proactive in preventing food-borne diseases after a new data shows ...
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Despite the apparent saturation of optical coherence tomography systems in the ophthalmology markets of developed countries, the distinct OCT market for healthcare and life science sectors is still expected to grow from around €500 ...
Axalta Coating Systems has announced that Ms. Lori Ryerkerk has joined the company’s Board of Directors. Ms. Ryerkerk is Executive Vice President, Global Manufacturing for Royal Dutch Shell (Shell), based in the U.K., where she is ...
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The US deficit, down from the $1 trillion-plus levels of Obama's first four years and a $483 billion gap in fiscal 2014, will stay largely flat in 2016, then begin to march upward due to rising costs for debt and caring for fast-retiring ...
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Duke Energy Indiana has deferred into 2016 some coal contracted for delivery this year as it seeks to cut down on a stockpile that at one point approached 5 million st or 80 days of supply, a company official said in a filing to the state's ...
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Scientists have confirmed that those following a low-fat diet will not experience greater long-term weight-loss than those following a higher-fat diet. With the findings coming from the analysis of 6, 800 adult diets, lead author, Dr ...
The joint bid by Beijing and Zhangjiakou to stage the 2022 Olympic Winter Games is based on ideas of sustainability and frugality and places athletes center stage, according to the capital's mayor. "Holding the games in a frugal way is ...
Coca-Cola has launched a new $5.7m PET bottling line in Liberia which was formally commissioned by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who has challenged Liberians to create the enabling environment for businesses investing in this country to ...
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As part of festivities marking the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Palace Museum in Beijing, a "Long Live Celebration" show will be staged. Many rarely- or never-before-seen national treasures will be displayed and Riverside Scene ...
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PepsiCo has chosen North American beverage company Barfresh Food Group as its exclusive sales representative within the foodservice channel to offer Barfresh’s ready-to-blend smoothies and frozen beverages line throughout the US and ...
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US-based Mars Food has pledged its commitment with the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) to augment sustainable rice cultivation while reducing environmental footprint and improving the lives of farmers. The partnership has launched a global ...
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Despite its long and proud history, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has never been a popular topic for major Chinese TV programs, but a new documentary is set to change that. Bencao Zhongguo, which translates as 'materia medica of ...
Tags: Documentary, traditional Chinese medicine, TV programs
Traditional Chinese medicine has won more recognition in Western countries in recent years, but the 5,000-year-old medical science still needs a modern interpretation to break into the mainstream Western market. According to the ...