China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang meet with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the Great Hall of People in Beijing on Wednesday, Dec 16. China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang called for further parliamentary exchanges and ...
Gas Natural Fenosa plans to invest $1.1 billion over the next decade to double its number of clients at Chilean subsidiary Metrogas to 1.5 million, from around 700,000 currently, CEO Rafael Villaseca said Tuesday. During the first five ...
Cause for concern over the potential toxicity of some flame retardant chemicals has prompted the UK’s largest furniture association to investigate further. Findings from research into current and alternative flame-retardant ...
The EU will stick to its goal to cut emissions by at least 40% by 2030 for the moment, and any decision to change that will not be taken till after 2020, the EU's climate action and energy commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said Monday. The ...
Tags: greenhouse gas
Crude futures fell Friday after the International Energy Agency said global oil markets will remain oversupplied at least through 2016. NYMEX January crude settled $1.14 lower at $35.62/b. ICE January Brent settled down $1.80 at $37.93/b. ...
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled that Canada and Mexico could impose tariffs worth $1bn on goods from the US in response to the latter's COOL law. The global trade body stated that the US meat labelling law is ...
Tags: meat labelling law, livestock
A new toolkit for designers of furniture for the home and specialist furniture for elderly and bariatric users is set to be launched in January. Officially launching during the January Furniture Show - rescheduled from September -the ...
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Supramax shipowners are bracing for a tough finale to a disappointing year as limping grain and petcoke trade in the Atlantic fails to support the monstrous weight of available tonnage. That has been keeping freight rates low, while hopes ...
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Australian parents are taking to social media in uproar as they stress over not being able to purchase their favourite infant formula brands. Expressing concerns through Facebook and other sites, consumers are saying that the popular A2 ...
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PeopleForBikes last week was in Washington D.C. for an all-women’s Fly-in with sixteen of top bicycle industry executives to help make biking better in America. PeopleForBikes leaders and industry executives met with members of ...
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The dietary supplements industry has been predicted to be worth a USD$131 by 2016 in a new report by Future Market Insight (FMI), an American research house. Demand for dietary supplements has been attributed to a strong Baby Boomer ...
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Dry bulk shipowners are heading toward 2016 with the prospect of one fewer cargo option on the key loading region of the US Gulf Coast, as new environmental legislation introduced by Beijing this summer could mean China will no longer be ...
Alaskan legislators on Wednesday approved the state's buyout of TransCanada's interest in the Alaska LNG Project. The state House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve funds for the acquisition, which was proposed by Governor Bill ...
Tags: Alaska LNG, TransCanada, oil revenues
Today, the global average LED lamp retail price is $23.50 per unit, indicating a fall of 1.2 percent in March 2014 over February 2014 and a 9.4 percent drop from the same time last year. The figures come from the latest release of IHS ...
Tags: LED Lamp, retail price, Drops
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said Monday it is working with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Maritime Institute and ClassNK in a bid to boost development of eco-friendly maritime technologies in the city state. ...