The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) should once again be asked to play the price stabilization role, in addition to the support price role, The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council of India (Texprocil) has said. Addressing a press ...
Tags: CCI, Price Stabilization Role, Textile
Chinese manufacturing activity growth slowed in August, losing momentum for the first time in six months after having hit its highest level in more than two years. The official purchasing managers index (PMI) came in at 51.1 last ...
The China government is likely to raise the target total capacity for PV systems installed around China in 2014 from 13GWp to 15GWp, consisting of 11GWp for ground-mounted PV power-generating stations and 4GWp for distributed (mostly ...
Last month the EU proposed a tough set of waste recycling targets that have been met with much resistance by the packaging industry. The new proposals revolve around the aim for 80% of packaging waste materials to be recycled by 2030. ...
American food company Dole has announced plans to expand its Springfield plant to increase its production capacity. As part of the expansion, the company will invest around $9m in the installation of three new packaging lines and one ...
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According to a report from ESPN.com, Under Armour has offered Kevin Durant, the Oklahoma City Thunder superstar forward, a 10-year endorsement package worth between $265 million and $285 million. The deal also reportedly includes Under ...
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Six of the stadia for the FIFA World Cup in Russia in 2018 will be assessed under the BREEAM standard. A key sustainable feature of the new stadia will be highly energy efficient lighting designed to achieve international best ...
China's ministry of health stated on Monday that it will seek to speed up the development of the country's medical device industry and promote wider use of local products to "effectively control unreasonable increases in the cost of medical ...
Tags: medical device, medical care
For the 2014/15 season, the August report of USDA forecasts global world cotton production at 117.6 million bales, up 1.2 million bales above the forecast made in July, but is slightly below 2013/14 cotton output. In its report, the US ...
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Brazil Fast Food Corp, one of the largest food service groups in Brazil with 1,235 points of sale, operating under (i) the Bob's brand, (ii) the Yoggi brand, (iii) KFC and Pizza Hut São Paulo as franchisee of Yum! Brands, and (iv) ...
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China-based PV module makers have drastically decreased orders released to solar cell makers in Taiwan due to uncertainty about US preliminary anti-dumping tariffs, and are likely to resume normal orders after the US makes its decision on ...
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Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to settle a patent infringement lawsuit involving insulin pumps. On July 28, Judge Ronald Lew in U.S. District Court for California’s Central District issued a joint stipulation, ...
Medtronic isn’t the only medtech company facing criticism over potentially moving its headquarters overseas. Hospira is also taking flak—even though it is only rumored so far to be in talks with French company Danone for a ...
ZAP (ZAAP), an Electric Vehicle (EV) automotive company incorporated in California and headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, and its subsidiary Jonway Auto are realigning its resources to support volume production of their EV product ...
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President Obama clearly doesn’t like Medtronic’s plan to move its headquarters to Ireland through the acquisition of Covidien. Medtronic’s $43 billion acquisition of Covidien would be the largest tax inversion deal yet. ...
Tags: Medtronic-Covidien, Health, Medicine