Samsung has won the latest round in its long-running intellectual property dispute with rival Apple,with a US appeals court ruling that a lower court should reconsider an injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet computer. The ...
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Automotive press parts and electric components manufacturer Thai Auto Tools and Die is planning to invest about THB1bn ($32.5m) in Thailand over the next two years,including setting up a new plant. Out of the total investment, the company ...
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The UK Department of Health’s consultation on plain tobacco packaging came to an end, after being, following its extension by a month to let more people to respond as it evoked strong public interest. As per the proposal, packets ...
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PTI reported that Indian government has not come across any demand from domestic steel makers for removing steel from the purview of free trade agreements with Japan and South Korea or imposing ban on imports from the 2 countries. Mr ...
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The labelling of lighting products in Europe has been overhauled with two new top tiers of energy-efficiency, lumens replacing watts as a measure of a given product's output and labelling for luminaires and lamps. It is anticipated that ...
Italy-based bio-polymer firm Novamont has demonstrated its eco-friendly bio-plastic bag in India that may replace polythene bag in the retail markets in the country. The Supreme Court of India has recommended the government to take strict ...
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The News reported that under a strategy to make its presence possible in the lucrative developing markets of Africa and Asia, Lucky Cement has now approached the Indian government to acquire details about setting up a cement production ...
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Folk customs reflect the life of the people -- their habits and customs, ideologies and beliefs, social activities and the like. Traditionally, folk customs and folk arts have been congenial twins. since the New Stone Age, folk arts have ...
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Environmentally friendly and socially acceptable production conditions will continue to be one of the greatest challenges of the textile industry–that was the bottom line of this year's meeting of the OEKO-TEX General Managers which ...
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Taipei, Oct. 26, 2012 (CENS)--China's incandescent phase-out this month is expected to create multibillion RMBs of business opportunity for LED (light emitting diode) lighting makers there. The Chinese National Development and Reform ...
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Antigua reported that copper dealers will not get the month end green light they were hoping for to resume trading. This as government announced a further extension of the ban on the trading of copper, which had been slated to cease on ...
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PTI reported that seeking immediate intervention of Steel Ministry, steel producers from Karnataka said they may have to shut their shops due to shortage of iron ore and its higher prices. As per report, there are 37 units which are ...
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Pakistan's largest cement maker and exporter Lucky Cement Ltd has evinced interest in setting up a manufacturing plant in India in the first such overture since New Delhi allowed foreign direct investment (FDI) from its western neighbour ...
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PTI reported that Vedanta group firm Sesa Goa may have to resort to imports of iron ore for feeding its 625,000 tonnes pig iron plant in Goa, expanded from 250,000 tonnes in August 2012, due to a mining ban in the state. Mr PK Mukherjee ...
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France has said that it will not challenge Monsanto’s license to market genetically modified corn in the European Union (EU) after the country’s food safety agency concluded that a study associating the corn to cancers was ...
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