Fifth & Pacific Companies, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with the landlord at 650 Fifth Avenue, a joint venture between Jeff Sutton's Wharton Properties and SL Green Realty, to terminate the lease for its flagship Juicy ...
Tags: Fifth&Pacific, Juice Couture Exit, $51mn
The US Department of Energy concluded that all 38 models of PAR38 lamps tested surpass halogen lamps in terms of energy efficiency. Subjective testing of some models by IES members determined that single emitters performed best. The US ...
Tags: DOE, LED PAR38 lamps, energy efficiency
India-based Mahindra Intertrade, part of Mahindra Group, has announced that it has entered into a joint venture with Taiwan's China Steel Global Trading Corporation and Singapore-based Mitsui & Co. (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd to set up an ...
Tags: India, Mahindra, intertrade, auto, steel, service, center
The government of Singapore will use 3D smart city technology for urban planning and has signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with mapping technology giant Esri. Esri Founder and President Jack Dangermond, Esri Singapore ...
The food processing industry and its raw food supplier allies have been clever at marketing their products as healthy while attacking the foods they replace as unhealthy. And it has worked both ways. Saturated fats including coconut oil ...
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The ASEAN and Asia Pacific countries combined are now regarded as significant marketplaces with inter-country potential for Asian suppliers. The global financial crisis leading to the continued sluggish economic performance of the ...
Tags: Footprints
The Alkaline Water Company Inc. (OTCBB: WTER) (the "Company"), developers of an innovative state of the art proprietary electrolysis beverage process, packaged and sold in 3 liter and 1 gallon sizes under the trade name Alkaline88, is ...
Amsterdam-based financial services conglomerate ING has agreed to dispose of its 11.3% direct stake in Sul América, to Swiss Re Group, as part of its plans to further shrink its stake in the Brazilian insurer. As per the terms ...
The standard American diet (SAD) is high in omega-6 from usually processed hydrogenated oils like soy, cotton, and canola oils. These oils are used in a multitude of processed and packaged foods, even those sold in health food stores and ...
Tags: soy, cotton, canola oils, Food
Plug Power has received funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to demonstrate the viability of replacing diesel generators with hydrogen fuel cells for powering transport refrigeration units ...
Tags: Plug Power, NYSERDA, funding, fuel cell, delivery
Smartphone subscriptions will triple and smartphone traffic will increase by a factor of 10 between the end of this year and 2019. By that time about two-thirds of the world’s population will be covered by LTE, according to a report ...
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The Asian financial sector is predicted to increase its cloud uptake, according to IDC Financial Insights’ latest study, ‘Business Strategy: Asia/Pacific Financial Cloud 2013 – Getting the Best of Both Worlds.’ The ...
The spread in Asia between paraxylene and feedstock isomer-grade mixed xylene hit a three-year low of $160/mt Wednesday, amid an open arbitrage into Asia for PX but tight regional supplies for isomer-MX. On Wednesday, Platts assessed the ...
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The market for functional and barrier coatings that are used in paper and board applications, is expected to increase by about 420,000t globally by 2018 and is worth around $4.2bn in 2012, reported Smithers Pira. Smithers Pira's 'The ...
Plastic packaging manufacturer Amcor has entered into an agreement to buy Australian flexibles packaging business Detmold Flexibles for $50m. Following the transaction, the business will be integrated with Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific. ...
Tags: Amcor, Plastic packaging