Displaying items 25-36 of 1487
» View ky3.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-124
•
Next >
-
China steps up inspection of meat trade after fake lamb scandal
ReutersBEIJING, May 16 (Reuters) - China has begun a crackdown on the sales of fake, diseased and tainted meat products after a series of scandals that have further dented public confidence in the food industry, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday....Tags: Bird Flu, Food Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Beijing (China)
-
Global accountants stick to plan to get leases on balance sheets
Reuters* Accountants issue revised draft, still want leases on balance sheets * Dual track approach for equipment, property leases * Industry criticises cost of planned rule change * Rule may not come in until 2016 due to corporate opposition By Huw Jones...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Credit Ratings, Science and Technology, Finance
-
Bangladesh factories shut by worker protests to reopen Friday
ReutersDHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh will reopen more than 300 garment factories on Friday, ending a three-day forced closure due to worker protests over pay and working conditions after a building collapse killed more than 1,100 people. A series of deadly...Tags: Employees, Plant Openings, Labor Legislation, Consumer Goods Industries, Clothing and Textiles Industry
-
L.A. artists, architects' effect on each other at MAK Center exhibit
"Everything Loose Will Land" has landed. And its timing could hardly be better. The exhibition at the MAK Center in West Hollywood, curated by UCLA architectural historian and critic Sylvia Lavin, is a wry study of the ways Los Angeles artists and...
Tags: MAK Center, Arts, SCI-Arc, Artists, The Getty
-
Global accountants stick to plan for leases on balance sheets
ReutersLONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Company balance sheets could swell by trillions of dollars under an international plan issued on Thursday by two accounting bodies to show more clearly the cost of leasing everything from photocopiers to property. If the...Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Ernst & Young, United Kingdom, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Brad Sherman
-
Roof collapse at Cambodian shoe plant kills three - minister
ReutersPHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Three people were killed when the ceiling of a warehouse fell in at a shoe factory in Cambodia, a government minister said on Thursday, adding to concern about safety standards at Asian factories producing clothes cheaply for...Tags: Cambodia, Government, Consumer Goods Industries, Collective Contract, Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
-
Residents in southern China shout 'Protest! Protest!' against plans for refinery in Kunming
Associated PressKUNMING, China (AP) — More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a petroleum refinery, in a large environmental rally that local authorities allowed to go forward in...Tags: Conservation, Chemical Industry, Plant Openings, PetroChina Company Limited, Environmental Pollution
-
PRA nationally recognized
The Easley Progress, S.C.The Pickens Revitalization Association has now been officially accredited as a National Main Street Program by the National Main Street Center and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. "The PRA is very proud to have received this recognition,"...Tags: Science and Technology
-
U.S. banks push back on change in loan loss accounting
Reuters* U.S. banks pan accounting change to speed up loan reserves * Banks urge alignment of U.S. and international rules By Dena Aubin NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - More than a dozen of the biggest U.S. banks have questioned a proposed accounting change...Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Unrest, Conflicts and War, Science and Technology
-
No More Golf Tourneys For Electric Grid Overseer
We guess that most people in New England haven't the faintest idea what ISO New England is, or does. That may be part of the problem. ISO (for Independent System Operator) New England performs the vital task of managing the electricity grid in the six-...Tags: Science and Technology, Budgets and Budgeting, Sports, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Politics
-
Broken Arrow exploring options in firefighting services
Tulsa WorldBroken Arrow's population has nearly doubled in the past 20 years. In 2011, its population reached 100,000 people. The steady growth over the years had created a need for more services and a continual effort to keep up with the demand, officials say....Tags: Insurance, Fires, Science and Technology
-
Get your brain in gear at the HoCo STEM Festival
Calling all kids interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related activities? The first annual HoCo STEM Festival is June 9, 1 to 4 p.m., at Howard Community College. This free community event is the brainchild of the Committee to...Tags: Weather Science, PTA, Mathematics, Teaching and Learning, National Institute of Standards and Technology
May 16, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 16, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 16, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 16, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 16, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 16, 2013
|Story| AP Broadcast
May 15, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 13, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 13, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 12, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 15, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Original site for Standards topic gallery.