The annual amount of carbon reduction as a result of recycling glass containers in Taiwan is about 1,000 times the carbon dioxide absorption of Taipei's Daan Forest Park, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said yesterday. ...
Tags: Glass Recycling, Glass, Construction
The government and NHS will invest £1bn in technology over the next three years in a bid to improve patient care and ease pressure on A&E departments, health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today. The move is part of ongoing efforts ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Microsoft is to acquire Nokia's Devices & Services business, which includes the smartphone and mobile phones businesses, and license the Finnish company's patents for a total of €5.44 billion (US$7 billion) in cash, the companies said ...
Tags: Microsoft, Nokia, Mobile Phones Business, Smartphones
Customers who bought e-books during a period of alleged price-fixing between Apple and five major publishers may be eligible to compensation payments. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has announced ...
State-owned Chinese oil giant Sinopec has taken its first step into Egypt's upstream sector with a $3.1 billion deal to buy a 33% stake in US-based Apache's assets there. The deal is the first under in a new global strategic partnership ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Yesterday, Hong Kong and Mainland China inked the tenth supplementary agreement for CEPA, including 73 measures serving trade opening for the convenience of trade investment, which will further boost bilateral trade cooperation. Qualified ...
Sharply dropped share price of Kunlun Energy Co., Ltd. (SEHK: 0135) is expected to stop Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings from investing more in it. Kunlun Energy, a subsidiary of PetroChina Co., Ltd. (SHSE: 601857 and ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has welcomed the announcement of Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) for implementation during the 12th Plan Period. In a statement here Mr. S.V. Arumugam, Chairman stated that the ...
Tags: Indian Textile Industry, Apparel
MetLife Chile Acquisition, a subsidiary of MetLife, is planning to acquire all the issued and outstanding common shares held by US holders and American depositary shares of AFP Provida for $6.14 and $92.21 per share in cash respectively. ...
Tags: MetLife Chile, Service
TEXPROCIL welcomes Continuation of the Technology Up gradation Fund Scheme in 12th Plan period. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for continuing the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) during the 12th ...
Tags: Textile
Following the TWU's threat of further protected strike action made on Monday, Toll spokesperson Christopher Whitefield said the company was hopeful the union would not take industrial action while negotiations were still ongoing. "[The] ...
With nearly twenty days remaining in the campaign that went live on August 11th, makers of a new modular scrolling LED matrix, LEDgoes, are happy to announce successful traction of their Kickstarter project. Two years in the making, ...
Tags: Smartphone App, LED Matrix
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is looking for "the next wave of innovative cleantech entrepreneurs" through its SD Tech Fund, which is open for applications starting now, August 28, through to October 16, 2013. The ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
The Foreign Buyers Association of the Philippines (FOBAP) is seeking financial help from the Government to fund three projects aimed at revival of the domestic garment industry. According to FOBAP President Robert M. Young, through ...
Tags: Garment Sector, Apparel
Laticrete, a manufacturer of globally proven construction solutions for the building industry, announced a joint auction with CTDA, NTCA, TCAA and TCNA for 12 world-class mosaic pieces to be held at the 2013 Total Solutions Plus event in ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration