Closer partnerships between textile recyclers, local authorities and waste management companies can play a major role in diverting greater volumes of discarded clothing and household textiles from landfill, delegates at the UK’s ...
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The Office of the Textile Commissioner has informed that those textile companies, who are willing to apply under the Restructured Technology Up-gradation Scheme (R-TUFS) but have not applied for subsidy benefits till date, can submit their ...
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The Nama are about 50,000 or 60,000 people that live in two western districts of Yunnan Province: Lanping and Weixi. 750 years ago, when the Mongolian troops commanded by Kublai Khan conquered the Dali Kingdom, many of their inhabitants ...
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Optical components, modules and subsystems developer Oclaro of San Jose, CA, USA has reported financial results for its fiscal first-quarter 2013 (ended 29 September 2012), including about ten weeks of operating results of Opnext Inc of ...
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Related government agencies will integrate the resources of state banks and public funds, totaling NT$300 billion in scale, to bolster the languid stock market via coordinated investment strategy, according to the program for bolstering the ...
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Solid State Capital Services Launches Solid State Capital Services, LLC (SSCS) launched in September, introduced by its founding board members, Dennis Pearson and Terrence Walsh. SSCS is an independent, LED lighting industry–focused ...
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According to Bank of Communications, China's consumer prices will likely fall in the second half of the year, trimming growth of the consumer price index to 4% by the year's end. The bank forecast the rise of CPI, the main gauge of ...
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Date: Third Lunar Month 15th-17th Place: Taijiang and Jianhe Counties in Guizhou Province The Sisters' Meals festival is celebrated by the Miao people in southwest China's Guizhou province, especially in the Taijiang and Jianhe Counties ...
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The water-releasing ceremony on the Qingming Festival is a folk custom in Dujiangyan City where the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, a UNESCO world cultural heritage site, is located. On Qingming Festival (one of the 24 Chinese solar terms) ...
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The offshore banking units (OBU) and overseas branches have become an increasingly important source of profits for Taiwanese banks, due to expanded loans and higher interest spread. Thanks to spike in U.S.-dollar loans for mainland Chinese ...
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Taiwan may be able to establish RQFII (renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor) mechanism, similar to Hong Kong, thereby facilitating the flowing back of renminbi to mainland China, which is critical for Taiwan to develop into a ...
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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing a Scheme on Development of Solar Cities which provides support for 60 cities to develop as Solar Cities in the country. The Ministry has given sanctions for 41 cities for developing ...
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Mobile phones are expected to play a significant role in the future of cashless payments in remote and on-premise purchases. Payment companies are ramping up their mobile offerings in the scramble for this lucrative market. ...
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The £1.4bn losses caused by a rogue trader at Swiss bank UBS could have been avoided had a computer used to detect unauthorised trading been more effective, according to the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The FSA has fined UBS ...
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PORTLAND, OR (BRAIN) — Dealer Tour riders set out on the third and final day of visits in Portland under foggy conditions and temps in the low 40s. But within hours, the clouds cleared bringing temps up to the mid 50s, but no rain. ...
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