The theme of the 73rd Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) will be “From Land to Brand: Strengthening the Cotton Value Chain". This annual event is one of the premier fixtures in the world cotton ...
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As China is executing its ambitious shale gas development plans to reach 6.5 billion cubic meters (cm) by 2015, the US' experiences in the industry may offer a number of lessons for China, US and Chinese academics concluded in a conference ...
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The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has started an anti-dumping investigation of China- and Taiwan-based solar players and is expected to announce preliminary anti-dumping tariffs in June. Taiwan-based solar cell makers can tolerate tariffs ...
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After a continuous decline in 2013, sales of luxury goods have shown no signs of rebounding in China in the beginning of 2014, after a tightened campaign against corruption, the Beijing Morning Post reported on Feb. 12. Many luxury brands ...
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BASF today inaugurated its Research and Development Laboratory and Application Technology Center for Battery Materials in Amagasaki, Japan. The facility, located in the Amagasaki Research Incubation Center (ARIC), is BASF’s first ...
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Russia's state-owned Rosneft and China National Petroleum Corporation are in talks over upstream co-operation in Russia, including the Arctic and Far Eastern territories, and could reach concrete agreements by May, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin ...
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Reaching underserved populations who are newly qualified for coverage remains a major concern and challenge to advocacy groups like Families USA. For insurers and government officials, the target is healthy people who will help balance new ...
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After the driest year on record in 2013, California is facing its driest January ever, and the dryness mixed with pollution is unhealthy, officials say. A stuck high-pressure zone off the West Coast of the United States is creating dry ...
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The challenge for the textile sector of Argentina is to increase production at a rate of 8 percent per annum, while generating jobs, said Argentine Minister of Industry Debora Giorgi after a meeting between textile industry representatives ...
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It's a fully encrypted smartphone that aims to foil snooping governments, industry rivals and hackers. It's also a sleek, attractive device that fits in your pocket and can impress friends and colleagues, according to its makers. The ...
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Health experts say they doubt a smoking ban in China will reduce the size of the country's smoking population. The estimated 350 million smokers in China face a ban on public smoking, to be imposed by the Chinese National Health and ...
American adults are eating healthier diets, making better use of nutrition information on food labels, consuming more fiber and less cholesterol, and getting fewer calories from total fat and saturated fat, a federal government report says. ...
People who study shippers said senders and receivers of freight want predictability - even as the economy and technology change rapidly. Truck makers and other manufacturers, meanwhile, said their engineers are pushing scientific advances ...
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The relaxed timetables reflect efforts by the insurance industry, as well as the Obama administration, to "coax" people towards "cementing" their 2014 coverage, reports Bloomberg News. In addition, a Commonwealth survey finds more people ...
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U.S. government officials say under the Affordable Care Act most health insurance companies will cover drugs that help prevent breast cancer for free. Kathleen Sebelius, secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and ...