The Government's plans to change Sunday trading laws in England and Wales, which would allow larger shops to trade for more than six hours, have been scrapped after being rejected by MPs. The plans were rejected by 317 votes to 286, ...
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Energized by demand from hybrid and electric vehicles, power supplies and photovoltaic (PV) inverters, the emerging global market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors will rise from just $210m in 2015 to ...
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CCL Industries, a provider of label and packaging solutions for global corporations, small businesses and consumers, has acquired the assets of Brazil-based privately owned Powerpress Rotulos & Etiquetas Adesivas (Powerpress) for $10.25m. ...
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Snacks and confectionery company Mondelez International is introducing its first savoury snack brand in 10 years – Good Thins. The brand includes real ingredients such as wheat, rice and potato along with flavours such as garlic, ...
A wide-format inkjet manufacturer Roland has launched the TrueVIS VG series 64" and 54" printer/cutters, a new generation of advanced eco-solvent inkjets to be released under the TrueVIS brand name. According to Andrew Oransky, Roland ...
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Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has agreed to sell SABMiller’s Chinese beer business to China Resources Beer Holdings for $1.6bn, in an effort to gain regulatory approval for its pending acquisition of SABMiller. The Chinese ...
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Bugatti will unveil its new production sports car Chiron at the Geneva International motor Show 2016. The company claims Chiron to be one of the fastest production sports cars ever, with a top speed of 420km/h. The sports car manufacturer ...
Tags: Bugatti, New fast production sports car Chiron, The Geneva Show
The total number of Chinese homeport cruise ship travelers reached 2.22 million passenger trips in 2015, and China's cruise industry is set to grow faster in the next decade, a report said. Throughout 2015, China's 10 cruise ports ...
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Flavored beverages producer Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS) is joining the Closed Loop Fund to increase beverage container recycling rate in the US to 60% by 2030. The company is investing $5m in the social impact fund, which was set up in 2014 ...
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A former executive at Kellogg's Australia has claimed in an article appearing in Fairfax's Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers that the supermarket majors Woolworths and Coles could be using supplier information to help develop ...
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SurePure, a global leader in liquid photopurification, announced the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published its opinion stating that cow's milk treated by SurePure's UltraViolet light photo purification technology after ...
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Adidas will emerge from 2015 with one of China's best reputations for corporate social responsibility thanks to recognition from a variety of domestic non-profits and the Chinese Communist Party. On Nov. 1, the Chinese Academy of Social ...
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Australian scientists have identified a network of nine genes that play a key role in the onset of Alzheimer's Disease. The discovery could help researchers develop new treatments to delay the onset of the chronic brain disease, which ...
Insiders are predicting an increasing in the number of Chinese tourists visiting the United States next year, partly due to the easing of restrictions on Chinese citizens acquiring tourist visas. 2016 is also the China-US tourism year, as ...
Tags: Chinese Tourists, Travel
Student Li Xiangnan has been charged with the killing of his girlfriend Shao Tong, in the United States, Wenzhou City People's Procuratorate said. Li, 24, a native of east China's Zhejiang Province, is accused of strangling his girlfriend ...
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