"The Chinese may take risks far more than average Americans do, thanks to advice from traditional proverbs." The saying "At a good bargain, think twice" is pretty risk-averse. On the other hand, a typical Chinese proverb such as "Seize an ...
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Crossroads LED,a leading innovator of intelligent,energy-efficient white and RGB LED lighting solutions,announced today that it will completely transform the Tulsa Performing Arts Center(TPAC)with its retrofit LED lighting ...
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Florida-based Gulf South Products has been awarded the highest recognition for a US exporter at a White House ceremony. The Presidential E Award for Exports was presented by US Department of Commerce secretary John Bryson. Fort ...
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Last year's tsunami tore apart the Miyoshi lumber company here, launching logs into neighboring buildings and sweeping an employee onto a rooftop where he froze to death. Grieving workers spent weeks cleaning up the family-owned import ...
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It may no longer be the city's tallest skyscraper, but the Empire State Building still plans to be one of the brightest. The owners of the iconic tower, which was recently eclipsed in height by the new World Trade Center, plan to unveil ...
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It may no longer be the city's tallest skyscraper, but the Empire State Building still plans to be one of the brightest. The owners of the iconic tower, which was recently eclipsed in height by the new World Trade Center, plan to ...
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Mexico-Robe lighting has a new Mexican distributor-Mexico City based Vari Internacional-a high profile company established for over 25 years. The announcement was made during the recent 2012 Soundcheck Expo trade show also in Mexico ...
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Philips Color KineticsNew lighting is being installed in the Empire State Building that will allow for a much more varied display at night. When redesigning the exterior lighting for one of the world's best-known buildings,how should you ...
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The U.S. Defense Department needs to realize the dangerous consequences a potential lack of domestic rare earths may have on the U.S. weapon industry, suggests a latest study by the Congress released last week. The document, titled Rare ...
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From a sprawling manufacturing base deep in China’s southwestern Hunan province, some 100 kilometers from where Mao Zedong was born, construction-machinery maker Sany Group (SANYIZ) plans to take on the world. While workers in blue ...
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The U.S., Japan and the European Union have filed an official complaint at the World Trade Organization this morning, urging the body to take actions against China’s restrictions on these metals. "China's restrictions on rare earths ...
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Leading Industrial Values and Building a Bridge to Wealth China Ceramics Pioneers List (CCPL) has been reputed as the Oscar in China's ceramic industry. Jointly initiated by China Ceramics Industrial Association (CCIA) and Ceramic Town ...
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Trade measures passed by the US Congress violated both US laws and World Trade Organization rules, Chen Deming, minister of commerce, said on Wednesday. The US House of Representatives passed a measure on Tuesday confirming that the ...
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Global trade will grow 7 percent this year and at an annualized rate of 3.8 percent over the next five years thanks to an earlier economic recovery, HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBC) said today in a report. The trade forecast suggests grounds for ...
A warm winter is rare in the Arkhangelsk region, an inhospitable, vast Russian tundra bordering the Barents and Kara seas. But this year it came close, with temperatures rarely dropping below -6C until the middle of January. Welcome relief, ...
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