Raising the alarm against deepening income disparities in countries around the world, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) called today for a shift to more inclusive growth patterns – supported by redistributive ...
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At the end of 2013, Consumer Reports made national headlines by reporting that 97 percent of retail chicken breasts were contaminated with some form of gut bacteria. Granted, not all of those bacteria are likely to make consumers sick, but ...
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According to the Indian government's Press Information Bureau, at the 24th meeting of the National Steel Consumers' Council, Minister of Steel Shri Beni Prasad Verma said that ten steel plants are being set up in Indian state of Uttar ...
Any shift in an organisation's circumstances can result in significant changes to its data storage and processing requirements. In turn, this can have a knock-on effect on the UPS equipment used to support the critical load and maintain ...
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The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has welcomed the European Parliament's approval of a resolution demanding technically and economically feasible climate and energy targets for Europe's steelmakers within the European Union's steel ...
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Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to drop 8.4 percent in February from the same time last year as the shipping cycle reaches its slowest month of the year, according to the monthly Global Port ...
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In a long-anticipated move, the US Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released guidelines for the use of diesel fuel in hydraulic fracturing fluid. The guidelines bring the agency into compliance with the Energy Policy Act of ...
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A year ago APP declared a permanent end to natural forest?clearance across its entire supply chain through the introduction of its FCP. Covering over 2.6 million hectares of forest concessions, it says the commitment is the largest plan ...
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TUESDAY Feb. 4, 2014, 2014 -- A downward trend in antibiotic use among children may have leveled off in certain areas of the United States, a new study shows. Researchers from Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School reviewed ...
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More than 6,200 cattlemen and women from across the country are registered to attend the 2014 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show, which kicked off today at the Gaylord Opryland Resort. The ...
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On behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz,Parliamentary Secretary Pierre Lemieux(Glengarry-Prescott-Russell)and Member of Parliament(MP)Mark Warawa(Langley)announced today an investment of over$2.8 million for the development of ...
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Cantrell Drug Company today announced amendment of its U.S.Food and Drug Administration(FDA)registration to include the new 503B"compounding outsourcing facility"designation established under the recently passed Drug Quality and Security ...
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The federal government yesterday announced that the nation s cement industry had attracted an additional investment worth$8 billion,based on the successful implementation of the Backward Integration Policy. The Minister of Industry,Trade ...
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In 2014, the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine (ABIHM) will expand to become an international academy, the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine (AIHM). The mission of the expanded global academy will be to implement the ...
The predominantly cotton based Indian textile industry, particularly Tamil Nadu textile industry which accounts for 47.5% of the spinning capacity, has been facing several challenges during the last five years on raw material front, ...
Tags: Cotton Prices, Spinners