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The Year Trust Returned to The Diamond Trade
Apr 30, 2019There was little surprise when Time magazine named Donald Trump its ‘Person of the Year.’ Love him or hate him, Trump left his mark more than any other individual on 2016. Notably, the choice says as much about the impact he ...
Tags: Diamond, diamond industry
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Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult to Receive £51m From UK Catapult Network
Aug 20, 2018Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns has announced that the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult – Wales’ first and the UK’s newest Catapult – will open its Innovation Centre, based in South East Wales, ...
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UK's Iceland Foods Launches Two Meal Products in Renewable Packaging
Feb 24, 2018UK-based frozen food retailer Iceland Foods has introduced two new ready meal products in renewable packaging, as part of its effort to reduce the use of plastic for packaging. The company has packaged its new ready meal products in Stora ...
Tags: Meal Products, Renewable Packaging
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Iceland Foods Commits to Eliminate Plastic Packaging by 2023
Jan 18, 2018UK-based frozen food supplier Iceland Foods has committed to eliminate plastic packaging from all of its own brand products within next five years. The move follows a recent decision made by the UK Prime Minister Theresa May to eradicate ...
Tags: frozen food, plastic packaging
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UK Car Industry Seek Clarity From Theresa May on Brexit
Nov 6, 2017Chief executives from automotive industry are seeking urgent clarity from the UK Prime Minister Theresa may on Brexit. Executives from companies such as Jaguar Land Rover, McLaren, Bentley, Nissan, Honda, Toyota and BMW met with May to ...
Tags: automotive industry, automakers
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UK and EU Wine and Spirit Trade Bodies Unite on Brexit
Oct 24, 2017The UK's Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has joined forces with trade bodies from across Europe to agree a ground breaking Brexit position paper. While politicians refuse to discuss the future trade relationship between the UK ...
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BMW to Invest EUR400m at German Research and Innovation Centre
Oct 12, 2017German luxury automaker BMW will be investing EUR400m to expand its its FIZ research and innovation centre in Munich. The “FIZ Future” masterplan, which was developed as part of an urban development competition, will expand ...
Tags: BMW, luxury automaker
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Construction Starts on First Polish Production Site of Mercedes-Benz Cars
Jun 21, 2017Mercedes-Benz has started construction on a new engine plant in Poland, which will be the company's second facility for engines outside of Germany. The company is building a 50ha plant in Jawor by investing €500m in the site and ...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz, Car
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Samsung Sdi Completes Construction of Ev Battery Plant in Hungary
Jun 1, 2017Samsung SDI has completed the construction of an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Hungary. Samsung SDI President Jun Young-hyun hosted a completion ceremony for the state-of-art electric vehicle (EV) battery plant scheduled to open ...
Tags: Samsung SDI, electric vehicle, battery
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Death of The Ebook Reader? New Stats Reveal Boom in Printed Book Sales
Apr 28, 2017A phenomenon described by one expert at “screen fatigue” could be to blame for declining ebook sales, as printed books see a significant jump in revenue. The Publishers Association has released new figures that reveal a stark ...
Tags: ebooks, printed books
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BlackBerry Opens New Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Centre in Canada
Jan 6, 2017BlackBerry has opened a new QNX Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Centre (AVIC) in Canada. The centre was inaugurated by BlackBerry executive chairman and CEO John Chen and he was joined by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Housed ...
Tags: BlackBerry, Autonomous Vehicle
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PSA Signs Loi with Stafim to Assemble Peugeot Brand Pick-up Truck in Tunisia
Dec 16, 2016PSA Group and STAFIM have signed a letter of intent to assemble and sell a Peugeot brand Pick-up truck in Tunisia. This planned assembly plant will start operations in mid-2018, producing 1,200 units annually to meet the demand in the ...
Tags: Pick-up Truck, PSA Group
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China Is Facing Growth Deceleration
Dec 12, 2016A slowdown in China is the greatest threat to the global economy, Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff told BBC in a curious interview in late September. "The [Chinese] economy is slowing down much more than the official figures show." As the ...
Tags: Chinese economy, global economy
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European Commission Raises Concerns on UK's Assurances to Nissan
Nov 9, 2016The European Commission is asking the UK Government to explain about the assurances it gave to Nissan that prompted the carmaker to commit for building two new models at its Sunderland factory. Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn recently met ...
Tags: European Commission, Nissan
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Radical Pirate Party Ahead in The Polls Days Before Icelandic Election
Nov 3, 2016As Iceland prepares to go to the polls for its Parliamentary elections on Saturday, a radical pirate party, made up of hackers and activists, is ahead in the polls. The country's once-fringe Pirate Party is led by a former WikiLeaks ...
