SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's new proposed upholstered furniture flammability rule could give furniture manufacturers until mid-2014 to meet its requirements. The second draft of the new Technical Bulletin 117 rule, uses a ...
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According to one survey on electronic cigarette conducted by German federal health education center, electronic cigarettes contain a large number of propylene glycol, which stimulates respiratory tract and can lead to acute symptoms. Thus, ...
Eonsmoke, a leading brand of electronic cigarettes today publicly denied rumors of an Altria Group buyout of the young e-cigarette business. The company stated they are not involved in any acquisition negotiations with Phillip Morris. ...
1. What's the difference between business relationship in China and in western countries? Unlike western business relationship which remains professional and perhaps, aloof, even after a long time, Chinese business relationship inevitably ...
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The newly launched BMW Car Hotspot LTE is now bringing LTE high-speed mobile internet access to the road. Just like a router in the home, the BMW Car Hotspot LTE provides internet access for mobile client devices. All that is required ...
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What's "guanxi"? Guanxi in Chinese means "relationship" or social networking. It's regarded as the central idea in Chinese society. "Guanxi" can take on many forms. It does not have to be based on money. The kernel of guanxi is doing ...
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Cigarette case dance of Yi ethnic group in Shiping, also known as "tiaoxian" or "longzong", is a kind of folk dance loved by the people of Nisupo tribe of Yi ethnic group. It goes around Gejiu, Shiping, Jianshui, Mengzi, Kaiyuan, Tonghai, ...
British American Tobacco (BAT) has commenced legal proceedings against the Australian government over the country's world-first plan to exclude all marketing text and images from cigarette packs. The company said it started the proceedings ...
Allegro Diagnostics has completed patient enrollment in 1,320-patient Airway Epithelium Gene Expression in the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer II (AEGIS II) trial for BronchoGen genomic test. BronchoGen, which is built on the company's ...
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Australia objected to Ukraine’s request to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), to set up a panel to hear a dispute on Australia’s plain cigarette packaging rules. Though Ukraine has not much of cigarette trade with Australia, ...
(i) GDP Data Henan, a big economic province in China, produced a total GDP of 1,053.52 billion yuan in 2005, which makes Henan Province the 5th province whose overall volume exceeds a trillion yuan. The structure of the three industries ...
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Lower margins from gas sales have hit half-year profits at US c-store retailer Casey's General Stores. Net income fell 6.7% to US$71.9m for the six months to the end of October despite higher sales. Casey's pointed to lower margins from ...
In a two-part series made exclusively by Watch Me Think, consumers in Australia and the UK share their views on what tobacco packaging, and the arrival of ‘plain’ packaging, means to them. The issue has caused controversy not ...
GDP Data I n 2005, its GDP reached RMB647.361 billion Yuan, ranking 13th in China. GDP per capita is RMB 10,366 Yuan calculated on the basis of the permanent resident population. The proportions of its primary, secondary and tertiary ...
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The idea of introducing plain packaging for cigarettes is likely to lead to a rise in youth smoking, according to a report by Adam Smith Institute, a free market think-tank. The report insists that the replacement of all brand packaging ...
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