Politicians from the three main political parties had a spirited debate last night on the future of intellectual property policy after the General Election. Panellists from the political parties were Mike Weatherley MP (Conservative), Iain ...
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Bank of China (BOC) predicted in a report on Tuesday that China's GDP will expand by around 7.2 percent in 2015, lower than the target set for this year. It is one of few public predictions made by a major state firm indicating that the ...
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Writing to the Chancellor ahead of this week’s Autumn Statement, David Workman Workman highlighted that the UK Paper Industry continues to make significant progress in reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions. However, ...
The UK retail and property sectors are poised to hear whether the Chancellor will use his final chance to make meaningful reforms to the business rates burden in his Autumn Statement, according to the British Council of Shopping Centres ...
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The company’s chief executive officer Michael Laurier said: “The suggestion by the promoters of the ban that the Member-states were acting in the interests of Symphony is ludicrous. They were acting in the interests of the ...
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More than 70% of chicken being sold in UK supermarkets are contaminated with campylobacter, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) statistics. The FSA has announced cumulative results from the first two quarters of its year-long ...
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Rémy Cointreau Group achieved consolidated sales of €471.8m for the first six months to 30 September 2014. The trend for the period (an organic(**)decline of 5.6%) thus showed some improvement compared with the 2013/14 fiscal ...
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In the domestic exported sales decline situation, FOTON AUMAN can achieve growth trend this year. On November 20th, FOTON delivery ceremony was held in Jakarta. And FOTON signed an export contract of 75 units of CNG vehicles with ...
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Working at the National Cotton Council of America since the last 12 years, Gary Adams has been named the next president of the cotton body. He takes over from Mark Lange, who retires in February, 2015 and will be officially anointed ...
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US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member at the US Congress Homeland Security, has appreciated Bangladesh for being a role model for encouraging women working in the readymade garment (RMG) sector, while talking to Bangladesh ...
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American apparel brand Tommy Hilfiger’s India joint venture with Arvind has registered a 66 per cent rise in its profits in the last fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, the company said in a filing to the Registrar of Companies. ...
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Last year China leapfrogged past Germany to become the world’s largest market for solar equipment, according to industry figures. True, a September report showed the former is also set to push global carbon emissions to a record high ...
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The main business revenue of China's petrochemical industry will hit 14.5 trillion yuan (2.36 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2014, according to data released by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) on Wednesday. CPCIF ...
China will boost service outsourcing industry to forge a new advantage in foreign trade and offset weakening exports, the central government announced on Wednesday. China will bolster outsourcing businesses of high technology and high ...
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New research by Beyond Zero Emissions, referenced by Ross Garnaut at the recent Melbourne Economic Forum, details what it calls “the vast gap between Australian government projections and the realities of trade in a carbon-constrained ...
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