In the January-April this year, total real estate investments in China amounted to RMB 2.2322 trillion ($0.364 trillion), up 16.4 percent year on year, with this growth rate down 0.4 percentage points compared to the year-on-year increase ...
Tags: Real Estate
As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in April this year the wholesale selling prices of industrial products in Germany were down 1.3 percent compared to April 2013, following the 1.7 percent year-on-year price ...
Tags: Metal Prices, metal ores
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for the proposed revisions to the agricultural Worker Protection Standard for an additional 60 days, until August 18, 2014, in response to requests from growers, ...
Tags: EPA, Certification, Service
Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), one of the world's largest producers of titanium parts for jet engines, has agreed to pay a record $13.75 million civil penalty and perform an extensive investigation and cleanup of potential ...
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Bioplastic manufacturer FKuR Kunststoff and lactic acid derivatives and lactides producer Corbion Purac have established partnership to develop poly lactic acid (PLA) compounds for applications that are heat-resistant and GMO-free. The ...
Tags: Packaging
An FDA news release has announced that the agency has given de novo approval to the Deka Arm System, the first prosthetic arm that can perform multiple, simultaneous powered movements controlled by electrical signals from electromyogram ...
Tags: Bionic Arm, medical device
Automotive supplier Continental's Sensors & Actuators (S&A) Business Unit has opened a new competence center in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The new facility will be responsible for worldwide research and development of sensors and ...
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Academic research and high-end product novelties Already today there are specific fields where China can pride itself of being in the top league of the world’s innovators. The quality and activity of Chinese academic and industrial ...
Tags: Innovation, China, Focus Vision, China Culture, Chinese Innovation Models
China has set out on a significant transformation process from being "the workbench of the world" to becoming a modern society underpinned by a progressive economy. No wonder the term "innovation" is echoing from government institutions and ...
Tags: Innovation, China, Focus Vision, China Culture, Innovation in China
EPA announced today that it will seek public comment on what information could be reported and disclosed for hydraulic fracturing chemicals and mixtures and the approaches for obtaining this information, including non-regulatory approaches. ...
Electronics have become an integral, almost mundane, part of our everyday lives. The convenience they bring is great, but there is a downside to their presence. The other day, one of the students I work with took apart a plug-in air ...
Tags: E-Waste, Oncoming Tide
In March this year, the seasonally and working-day adjusted turnover in the German manufacturing industry decreased by 0.6 percent compared to February, according to the preliminary data reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office ...
Tags: Metal Manufacturing, metal product
At present, stationery enterprises in China are facing a more complex situation of foreign trade.Demand of international market is still growing slowly, and the export enterprises will face with the more prominent of shortage of demand, ...
According to the survey, majority of stationery manufacturers recently not only face with the pressure of intense competition in the market ,but also the high cost .The rising prices lead to the stationery production of raw materials ...
Tags: Office Supplies, Stationery
An office in Guildford has been awarded the first Low Carbon Workplace Standard. Investec Wealth and Investment Management achieved the Standard by making a 33 per cent reduction in carbon emissions per person at its office. The scheme ...
Tags: Commercial Building, Low Carbon