The Canadian government has launched public consultations on plain packaging requirements for tobacco products, in an effort to protect Canadians against the dangers of tobacco use. The ruling will regulate the size and shape of tobacco ...
Tags: Tobacco Products, Plain Packaging
On October 4, 2015, Ministers of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries announced conclusion of their negotiations. The summary of the TPP Agreement is as follows: Disclaimer: The Following Summary of the Trans-Pacific ...
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A cross party group of peers tabled amendments to the children and families bill that would have introduced plain packaging, although implementation will be subject to an evidence review. In July the government delayed plans to ban ...
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It is hard to argue that hardwood flooring, derived from rapidly renewable trees, is one of the greenest floor covering options available. But is it worth selling that aspect of the floor? For residential consumers, a floor's sustainable ...
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TECO is North America's value-added, truly independent third-party certification agency for building products. We certify all types of structural and non-structural panel products including: OSB, plywood, particleboard, and MDF panels ...
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Formaldehyde is produced on a large scale worldwide. One major use includes the production of wood binding adhesives and resins. The Air Resources Board (ARB) evaluated formaldehyde exposure in California and found that one of the major ...
Tags: CARB, ATCM, MDF, particle board, certification
Taipei, Nov. 20, 2012 (CENS)--The Insurance Bureau, under the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), put forth yesterday (Nov. 19) seven major control measures for investments by insurance firms in realties, effective immediately, which ...
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response to the influx of hot money into Asia following the rollout of the third-round quantitative easing policy(QE3)of the U.S.,the Central Bank of China(CBC)has included 20 U.S.and European investors with frequent funding movement into a ...
Tags: CBC, Speculative Foreign Funds, QE3, hot money