The stockmarket was awash with fresh optimism that the dollar may finally be on a sustained decline as it plays catch-up to the fall in interest rates and commodity prices, reversing a major earnings headwind several sectors have faced for ...
Perhaps it's the growing network of bike paths, trails and green lanes. Or Chicagoans coming to the realization that it takes longer to drive somewhere than to bike. But retailers we visited on day two of the Dealer Tour report a growing ...
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Experts from Brazil and representatives of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) are currently visiting Peru to promote the development of small-scale farming for cotton production. The visit is a part of the Brazil-FAO International ...
Tags: Cotton Growing, Cotton
Australian stocks recovered from a steep intraday fall to close only marginally lower yesterday, as the Reserve Bank cut interest rates to a record low. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 12.5 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 5143.7, after ...
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US-based Infinity Group and its partner the LR Group , have announced plans to build and finance the new Beijing Eco-Valley Project, the first Sino-Israeli ‘smart’ agricultural city The project is a joint initiative between ...
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Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to space tourism, launching its first rocket-powered flight of a space vehicle earlier Monday. The company, which is looking to be the world's first commercial spaceline, now is in the final phase of ...
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The European Cycling Federation’s Cycling Industry Club has announced six grant recipients for 2013 as part of its Leadership Program. The six organizations selected for grants, in Italy, Austria, Sweden, Ukraine, Ireland and the ...
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Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) has supplied six electric buses to the the provincial government in Friesland in Netherlands. The automaker has delivered the 12m (40ft) transit bus that are powered by its Iron Phosphate ...
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The European Cycling Federation's Cycling Industry Club has announced six grant recipients for 2013 as part of its Leadership Program. The six organizations selected for grants, in Italy, Austria, Sweden, Ukraine, Ireland and the Czech ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Researchers have announced a collaboration to develop an affordable photovoltaic (PV) system capable of concentrating solar radiation 2000 times and converting 80% of the incoming radiation into useful energy. The system can also provide ...
Tags: Swiss Funding, IBM, Electronics
Victoria has moved a step closer to a second international airport with a new memorandum of understanding between Australia and the Philippines securing the rights for international flights to Avalon. The MOU will allow Australian and ...
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To mark the Vietnam-France Friendship Year 2013-2014, International Textiles and Garment Festival, which aims to feature works of artisans, designers and craftsmen from all over the world, will be hosted for the very first time in Vietnam. ...
A mining company with a plan to do for emeralds what De Beers has done for diamonds has been delivered a blow by the government it is in partnership with. Seemingly out of the blue, the Zambia Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water ...
In March, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.1 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.0 percent in cities and 2.2 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 2.7 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.8 ...
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Emirates Tim Clark and Qantas Alan Joyce at the signing of the agreement. Understandably, Qantas and Emirates airlines have welcomed the ACCC's conditional approval of their partnership, while the Transport Workers Union continues its ...