Global DRAM module sales totaled US$7.3 billion in 2013, up 32% from US$5.5 billion a year earlier, buoyed by rising standard DRAM chip prices, a booming spot market, and rising ratio of contract sales, according to DRAMeXchange. The ...
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On Wednesday, July 9 Governance Studies hosted the 3rd annual John White, Jr. Forum on Public Policy. The topic was Regional Manufacturing Hubs in the US, and we heard from a number of different experts. As noted in a recent White House ...
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China is the first exporter of cotton. In 2012, china's export value accounted for 22.3% of the world's total cotton exports, with a decrease of 4.2%, followed by India, accounting for 12.9% and with an increase of 9.9%. Textile Industry ...
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Import volume at major U.S. container ports is expected to hit an all-time record in August as retailers concerned about the lack of a West Coast longshoremen’s contract rush to bring holiday season merchandise into the country, ...
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China has issued an emergency decree ordering officials to halt the development of new cement and plate glass capacity, as it struggles to overcome entrenched local government resistance to halting wasteful investment in glutted industries. ...
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ATLANTA - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored Sprouts Farmers Market of Dunwoody, Georgia, for its innovative climate-friendly refrigeration technology. Regional Administrator Heather McTeer Toney presented the ...
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President Obama clearly doesn’t like Medtronic’s plan to move its headquarters to Ireland through the acquisition of Covidien. Medtronic’s $43 billion acquisition of Covidien would be the largest tax inversion deal yet. ...
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When changes to China's environmental law saw the light of day last year the resulting din was so loud it was felt even in the National People's Congress. China's oldest non-governmental organization focused on the environment, Friends of ...
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WASHINGTON– Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Request for Information (RFI) to seek comment on potential revisions to its Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations and related programs to modernize its ...
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WASHINGTON – Today, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy signed the EPA Policy on Environmental Justice for Working with Federally Recognized Tribes and Indigenous Peoples, reinforcing the agency’s ...
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“The recent downfall in the prices of cotton at the global level is a major threat and to add fuel to the fire, the curtailment of import of cotton and yarn by Chinese has only added fuel to the situation”, said a top official ...
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ATLANTA- Today, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded Gulf Breeze teacher Charlene Mauro with the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educator. The ...
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LOS ANGELES—Today, Bret Sutterly, a fifth grade teacher at the Walnut Elementary Education Center in Turlock, Calif., received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Education ...
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GUAM—Today, Melanie Blas, a science teacher at the Simon A. Sanchez High School in Guam, received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Education (PIAEE) for her contribution ...
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LOS ANGELES—Today, students from San Diego, Calif., received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) for their contributions to environmental protection. In a ceremony at the ...