Tripling cigarette taxes around the world -- an ambitious notion -- would prevent 200 million people from dying prematurely over a century and shrink the number of smokers worldwide by one-third, a new review estimates. Tripling the taxes ...
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Tripling taxes on cigarettes around the world would reduce the number of smokers by one-third and prevent 200 million premature deaths from lung cancer and other diseases this century, according to a review published today in the New ...
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House of Fraser, the UK and Ireland’s premium department store group, provides an update on its best ever Christmas trading period. Trading highlights include: - Like-for-like sales (ex VAT) for the first 9 weeks of the fourth ...
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Tripling cigarette taxes worldwide would cut the number of smokers by one-third and prevent 200 million premature deaths this century, Canadian researchers say. Dr. Prabhat Jha, director of the Center for Global Health Research of St. ...
Oxford Photovoltaics, a commercial offshoot of the University of Oxford, has developed colorful and transparent glass that can generate electricity from the sun’s energy. This semi-transparent dyed glass that acts as a solar panel ...
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There's no evidence to support the safety or effectiveness of nearly 8 percent of all components used in hip-replacement surgeries in England and Wales, a new study finds. The University of Oxford researchers said the current regulatory ...
China is one of the earliest textile production country.As early as in primitive society, people have collected wild ge, hemp, silk and so on, and using the hunt animals and birds hairiness, rub, performance, knitting, woven into rough ...
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A British researcher says an international team found those at higher risk for type 2 diabetes may reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke by walking. Dr. Thomas Yates of the University of Leicester and colleagues at Duke University ...
Global Blue, the international retail tourism experts, report that total international tax free spend has surged up 21% to date this year with globe shoppers from South East Asian driving the growth. Thai spend in particular is up a massive ...
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UK retailer Debenhams has asked its suppliers for a 2.5% discount on stock as a "contribution" to help fund its growth. In a letter dated 16 December, the high street retailer told suppliers the contribution would be applied to all orders ...
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CFOs are frustrated with "excessive IT costs" and limited insights into their business despite IT investments, acccording to joint research from Oxford Economics and consulting firm AlixPartners. The two organisations initially brought in ...
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Amarc Resources Ltd. ("Amarc" or the "Company") (TSX-V: AHR; OTCBB: AHR) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an Option and Joint Venture Agreement ("Chilcotin Belle Agreement") with Oxford Resources Inc. ("Oxford") in relation ...
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The BMW Group reported record monthly sales for November. With 174,996 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles delivered worldwide, sales were 2.7% higher than for the same month last year (prev. yr.: 170,461). Between January and November ...
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Green Biologics Ltd. a technology developer and emerging bio-based C4 chemicals producer, focused on renewable n-butanol, based near Oxford, UK announced today the closing of a £15.4 million ($25 million) Series B round led by ...
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UK-based drug discovery and development firm Summit has formed a strategic alliance with the University of Oxford in order to further strengthen its utrophin modulator program for the treatment of the fatal muscle wasting disease duchenne ...