The oil complex settled lower Monday on bearish China data and increased OPEC production, amid weak fundamentals in the US. NYMEX June crude settled 87 cents lower at $95.17/barrel, having traded in a $94.47-$95.68/b range throughout the ...
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The 2013 Rakow Grant for Glass Research will support two studies by researchers Dr. Souen Fontaine of the Centre Camille Jullian (CNRS-Aix-Marseille University) in France and Dr. Rainer Richter of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. ...
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On 18 April 2013, the Austrian sawmill-equipment supplier M-T-T Maschinentechnik filed its own application for the commencement of rescue proceedings at the Klagenfurt district court. In addition to declines in order receipts totalling ...
Volkswagen has given a revealing insight into its next-generation powertrain technology, confirming development of a 10-speed DSG, a high-performance diesel engine and a focus on plug-in hybrid and natural gas propulsion systems for its ...
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Recently, Baosteel Group Co., Ltd. chairman Xu Lejiang and his retinue attends 2013 International Iron and Steel Association Council special session and Executive Committee 49th meeting held in Vienna, Austria. During the meeting, Xu ...
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In daily life Around the turn of the 20th century, bicycles reduced crowding in inner-city tenements by allowing workers to commute from more spacious dwellings in the suburbs. They also reduced dependence on horses. Bicycles allowed ...
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There's a new movement to create a mechanism to certify and track coloured gemstones from their countries of origin. It began with a meeting a couple weeks ago in Hong Kong led by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice ...
The Volkswagen iBeetle and iBeetle Convertible have been unveiled at the 2013 Shanghai auto show, debuting the brand’s first two models with full Apple iPhone 5 vehicle integration. To be launched early in 2014, in parallel with ...
Rolls-Royce has launched the exclusive Alpine Trial Centenary Collection to commemorate the marque’s 100th anniversary of conquering the arduous Austrian Alpine Trials. In 1913, the Rolls-Royce Works Team and privateer entrant James ...
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The seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf has been launched in Australia with a revised range offering improved fuel efficiency, more technology and stronger value. Germany's famous small car starts from $21,490 before on-road costs, $500 ...
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Benetton megastore Kärntner Straße Benetton megastore Kärntner Straße The new megastore of Italian fashion brand United Colors of Benetton in Vienna is presenting itself in an ...
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One of Austria's most important cultural projects is the reopening of the Kunstkammer (lit-erally, chambers of art and natural wonders) in Vienna. Zumtobel was able to make an es-sential contribution ensuring the state-of-the-art ...
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Vienna-based biotech company Marinomed Biotechnologie's antiviral nasal spray, which is based on proprietary technology platform Mavirex, has secured the approval in Canada as a 'natural health product'. The approval of the spray followed ...
When Michael Thonet (Boppard am Rhein 1796 - Vienna 1871), around 1830, he invented the serial technique of steam bending of beech wood, so far only small-scale, gave impetus to a new style of working of this material and it was unanimously ...
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In an effort to combine the best of two database technologies, startup FoundationDB has launched a new data store that it claims can offer the reliability of transactional databases and the scalability and speed of NoSQL. The data store, ...
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