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US Congress Passes Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act
Dec 25, 2017The 115th United States Congress has passed the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA), which reduces the federal excise tax for breweries, wineries and distilled spirits producers. Under the bill, the federal excise tax ...
Tags: Craft Beverage, Tax Reform Act
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PBOC Welcomes US Ratification of IMF Quota and Governance Reforms
Dec 22, 2015The US Congress' approval of the quota and governance reforms of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been welcomed by the People's Bank of China (PBOC). According to the statement on the central bank's official website, this ...
Tags: Ratification, Imf Quota
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IMF Quota Reforms to Give Emerging Economies Larger Say: Analysts
Dec 22, 2015China has the third largest IMF quota and voting share after the United States and Japan since the IMF reform plan being ratified by the U.S. Congress last week. [Photo: finance.sina.com.cn] Emerging powers like China, India, and Brazil ...
Tags: IMF quota, Emerging Economies
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IDFA Urged to Pass The Bipartisan Bill to Create a Labelling Standard for Foods with GMOs
Mar 27, 2015The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) in the US has urged Congress to pass the bipartisan bill that will create a labelling standard for foods with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling ...
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Sheila Jackson Lee Appreciates Bangladesh for Being a Role Model
Nov 28, 2014US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member at the US Congress Homeland Security, has appreciated Bangladesh for being a role model for encouraging women working in the readymade garment (RMG) sector, while talking to Bangladesh ...
Tags: Role Model, women empowerment, Apparel
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100 Percent of New Pipelines in The US Are Made with US-Produced Steel
Apr 28, 2014Minnesota Congressman Rick Nolan announced Thursday a legislative initiative to require that 100 percent of new pipelines in the US are made with US-produced steel. Currently, the 100 percent steel requirement (also known as the ...
Tags: pipelines, US-produced steel
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ICE Cotton Gains Almost 400 Pts to Settle at 83.22 C/Lbs Basis H4
Dec 16, 2013ICE Cotton had its best week since August, gaining almost 400 pts to settle at 83.22 c/lbs basis H4. The USDA WASDE release on Tuesday was a non-event – failing to include an increase in US exports as had been expected by many – ...
Tags: ICE Cotton, Textile
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Anonymous Sources Confirmed to Steelorbis That Representatives of The US Rebar Industry
Dec 10, 2013Anonymous sources have confirmed to SteelOrbis that representatives of the US rebar industry filed a "critical circumstances" allegation late Wednesday in the ongoing AD/CVD investigation of rebar from Turkey. The allegation, which claims ...
Tags: US, rebar, US rebar industry, Turkish rebar, critical circumstances
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Grant Opportunities Include Search for Novel Solutions in LED-Based Luminaires and Lamps
Dec 4, 2013The 2014 grant opportunities include search for novel solutions in LED-based luminaires and lamps, SSL enabling materials and components, and system-level sensors and software. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced funding ...
Tags: LED-based luminaires, LED lamps
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Changing The Texture of Bread to Make It Less Dense Could Help Reduce The Salt Content
Nov 22, 2013Changing the texture of bread to make it less dense could help reduce the salt content without losing saltiness as well as makes bread taste pleasantly salty. In a report in American Chemical Society's (ACS) Journal of Agricultural and ...
Tags: Altering Texture, Salt Content, Bread
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China and The United States Are Increasing Their Cooperation in Fighting Climate Change
Nov 12, 2013China and the United States, the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, are increasing their cooperation in fighting climate change. US Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern said the US has a very good relationship with ...
Tags: Carbon Reductions, Emitters
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Investors Must Learn From The Past
Nov 8, 2013Hearts must have sank at 58.com and Qunar Cayman Islands late last month when a report from short seller Muddy Waters sent shares at the US-listed Chinese firm NQ Mobile plummeting by 47%. The two firms, both based in China, planned to list ...
Tags: Chinese Listings, Investors
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Intelligence Agencies Have Been Developing Their Own Mass Internet
Nov 4, 2013Intelligence agencies across Europe have been developing their own mass internet and phone surveillance capabilities in partnership with the UK's GCHQ electronic intelligence agency. That is the latest claim to arise from the cache of US ...
Tags: Phone, smartphone
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The US Congress' Dance with Default Impressed Policymakers
Oct 22, 2013Deal or no deal, the US Congress' dance with default impressed policymakers and investors in China and Japan with just how vulnerable their own economic revival plans are to the next political tantrum on Capitol Hill. The 11th-hour ...
Tags: Dollar Drama, Economy
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Normal Operations and Functions of America's Nhtsa Was Restricted
Oct 9, 2013Normal operations and functions of America’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have been restricted as a result of the US Federal Government shutdown announced on Tuesday. In a statement the NHTSA told AOL ...
Tags: Car Safety, Traffic Safety