IRL has published new edition of “A Profile of the Central European Paint Industry.” This report has been developed and expanded upon from IRL’s previous studies and forms part of a series of ten reports assessing the ...
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In March this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by one percent in the euro area and by 0.9 percent in the EU-27, as compared with February, when production had increased by 0.3 percent month on month in both zones. ...
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According to Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in March this year industrial producer prices decreased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and in the European Union (EU-27) month on month. Compared to March last ...
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Mozilla sent a cease-and-desist letter on Tuesday to a European company that created a piece of spyware masquerading itself as the Firefox browser. The move comes after computer security researchers said Tuesday they discovered that a ...
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The overall tax-to-GDP ratio, meaning the sum of taxes and social contributions in % of GDP, in the EU27 stood at 38.8% in 2011, from 38.3% in 2010 and 38.4% in 2009. The overall tax ratio in the euro area (EA17) increased to 39.5% in 2011, ...
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On Wednesday, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) initiated an expiry review of its order made on January 8, 2009 concerning the dumping of hot-rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel plate from the Republic ...
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The ProMinent Group is expanding its presence in the Balkan peninsula with a subsidiary in Turkey. The Heidelberg-based company already has offices in Bulgaria, Greece and Romania. The new subsidiary opened its doors in January 2013. ...
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High unemployment and the continued slowdown in economic growth in the Southern European crisis countries in particular is still hampering economic development in the European Union (EU). While the countries moving towards recovery are ...
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Great Wall could become the first large-scale Chinese automotive brand to go on sale in the US after the company announced its intentions to launch in the market by 2015. Great Wall president Wang Fengying told industry journal Automotive ...
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Greece, Italy and Albania have formed a trilateral cooperation committee that will oversee their support of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline gas link, Greece's Energy Ministry said Saturday. In a meeting in Rome, ministers from the pipeline's ...
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Some 2.12 million counterfeit toys were seized in Europe in 2011 - a whopping 15 per cent of which were confiscated in Romania. In fact, over half of all counterfeit toys seized in Europe (57.11 per cent) were detained in five countries ...
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Yogurt or yoghurt or yoghourt (/ˈjoʊɡərt/ or /ˈjɒɡərt/; other spellings listed below) is a dairy product (soy milk, nut milks, such as almond milk, and coconut milk can also be used) produced by ...
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In February this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 0.4 percent in the euro area and in the EU-27, as compared with January of the current year. In January, production had decreased by 0.6 percent and 0.5 percent ...
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The Swedish multinational apparel-retailer Hennes & Mauritiz (H&M) has released its global supplier list for the first time to the public. The supplier countries of the fast fashion clothier H&M include India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in February this year Turkey's steel scrap imports fell 15.6 percent compared to January and were down 40.6 percent compared to the same month of 2012, amounting to ...
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