Canada's closure of science libraries containing a vast repository of environmental data dating back more than a century has researchers worried that valuable books and reference materials are being lost in the name of cost-cutting. ...
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Executives from Columbia Sportswear, Adidas Group and Puma SE condemned the Cambodian government's use of deadly force against protesting garment workers and urged the nation's factory owners and trade unions to work together to help the ...
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India-based Mahindra Group has announced that Mahindra Intertrade, Mahindra Auto Steel Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture between its subsidiary Mahindra Intertrade, Taiwan's China Steel Global Trading Corporation and Singapore-based Mitsui & Co. ...
In the Arizona desert, the first U.S. commercial plantings of Giant King Grass are being established – for use as livestock feed first, and hopefully as a renewable energy feedstock in the future. That's according to Carl Kukkonen, ...
Tags: Energy Crop, Livestock Feed
Yahoo said that malware spread by advertisements served by its European websites had not affected users in North America, Asia Pacific and Latin America as people in these locations did not receive them. In addition, users using ...
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The Lubrizol Corporation announces the opening of its new Innovation Centre in Singapore, the latest addition to Lubrizol's growing presence in Asia. The opening ceremony for the new laboratory facility marks another milestone in support ...
To sustain its international growth strategy and with a view to remaining closer to its clients and consumers, the independent French company Silab is opening its fifth promoting platform Silab South East Asia in Singapore in January 2014. ...
Tags: international growth strategy, Silab, Silab South East Asia, extension
A starfish has an eye at the end of each arm. While scientists have known about the existence of these eyes for about two hundred years, until now, they haven't been able to find out what starfish can see or what starfish use their eyes ...
Tags: starfish, morphological study, compound eyes, habitat
The leatherback turtle in the Pacific Ocean is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Its population has declined by more than 90 percent since 1980. One of the greatest sources of mortality is industrial longlines that set ...
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A 20% drop in the price of distiller dried grains, or DDG, after top consumer China turned away two shipments that may contain unapproved genetically modified corn strains are "clearly a negative" for US ethanol producers which rely on the ...
In 2013 LED lighting market value was only half of backlight market, but with rising demands LED lighting market value is expected to be the same as backlight in 2014, said FOREPI Chairman Chien Fen-ren during Asia Pacific LED Lighting ...
Tags: HV LED, LED, Lights, Lighting, taiwan, backlight market
Be it a family holiday to exotic locations in Europe or US, sporting branded jewellery, driving around in top-end SUVs, going out for a fine dining in five star hotels, India’s luxury life style market has remained largely affected by ...
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Kaiser Permanente has extended the deadline to Jan. 15 for receipt of the first month's premium for a Jan. 1 coverage effective date. In addition, Kaiser Permanente has begun calling new members to inform them about the deadline extension ...
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Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered novel compounds produced by certain types of chemical reactions – such as those found in vehicle exhaust or grilling meat - that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than their ...
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Much of the country is under the grip of the one of the coldest air masses in nearly 20 years. Temperatures have dropped to freezing as far south as the central and northern Gulf Coast with areas as far south as central and southern Texas ...
Tags: Agriculture, coldest air