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Olympics: Sailor lends hand to clean Rio's bay before Games

Edit Khaleej Times 30 Jul 2016
Inea has deployed 12 green eco-boats - each with a wire metal scoop on the front that lifts rubbish out of the water and into its hull. It has also placed 17 red floating eco-barriers across the mouth of rivers and canals feeding the bay, which collect debris floating on the water's surface. Just the eco-barrier in the Canal do Cunha had collected 208 tonnes of rubbish in the last month, Inea said....

GCC's $900 million LED lighting market growth on track

Edit Topix 30 Jul 2016
As regional governments implement eco-friendly green building regulations, demand for LED technology is expected to grow by 16-17 per cent annually over the next five years. Photo - Supplied As regional governments implement eco-friendly green building regulations, demand for LED technology is expected to grow by 16-17 per cent annually over the next five years ... ....

Cleaning house as the Brits do

Edit Arkansas Online 30 Jul 2016
Even more interesting, many of the cleaning methods she unearthed from servants' memoirs and housekeeping guides feel super modern in their eco-friendliness and simplicity ... And while few people these days use stewed rhubarb or boiled figs to treat rust, or a mixture of gin and water to clean mirrors, the more eco-conscious among us do keep drains ......

Walmart has partnered with a massive Chinese messaging app

Edit Business Insider 30 Jul 2016
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "E-Commerce Briefing" subscribers ... Walmart is shifting away from Chinese e-commerce, as it looks to grow its in-store offerings in the country ... Instead, it opted to sell through Yihaodian, its once-owned Chinese e-commerce subsidiary. But Walmart sold Yihaodian in June to JD.com in exchange for a 5% stake in the company’s e-commerce business....

DHL expanding Groveport operations

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 30 Jul 2016
DHL's e-commerce division is expanding its Groveport hub a year after the operation opened, part of a bigger effort to also beef up similar operations in Los Angeles and New Jersey ... The e-commerce unit is part of the DHL Supply Chain division, which employs more than 2,300 workers in central Ohio....

Joint Statement of Coordinators' Meeting of The Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of The Johannesburg Summit of The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Jul 2016
(Source. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China) ... 1 ... Both sides will focus on the protection of eco-environment and strengthen cooperation on eco-civilization. Both sides will simultaneously promote economic cooperation and protection of local environment and wild lives according to laws, so as to ensure that China-Africa cooperation will never be pursued at the expense of local eco-system and long-term interests....

Everybody is a stakeholder in Vanam-Manam: Minister

Edit The Times of India 30 Jul 2016
Visakhapatnam. Every single citizen is a stakeholder in the Vanam-Manam initiative, said excise minister Kollu Ravindra while participating in the programme at Kambalakonda eco-park with district collector Pravin Kumar on Friday ... Meanwhile, the drive was conducted by all the major institutions in the district ... Employees at Nalco also planted saplings in the premises....

China slams higher European steel tariffs as unjustified

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 30 Jul 2016
... Chinese steel as "unjustifiable" protectionism coming just weeks after commerce ministers from G20 nations pledged to promote free trade....

China blasts 'unjustified' EU steel tariff increase

Edit Belfast Telegraph 30 Jul 2016
Beijing has criticised new European tariffs on Chinese steel as "unjustifiable" protectionism, weeks after commerce ministers from G20 nations pledged to promote free trade....

Premier Li’s call to simplify business licensing answered by ministries (The Presidency of the People's Republic of China)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Jul 2016
This online story said that since business licenses, tax registration certificates and organization code certificates are issued by the administration of industry and commerce, it is indeed convenient for newly-established enterprises ... Industry and Commerce (SAIC) to enhance information sharing and simplify business license application procedures....

Intesa Sanpaolo: The Innovation Center signs two important partnership agreements in Israel (Intesa Sanpaolo SpA)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Jul 2016
The cooperation with Bank Leumi gets underway and an agreement is signed with the Italian Israeli Chamber of Commerce ... one with Bank Leumi and the other with the Italian Israeli Chamber of Commerce ... Ronni Benatoff, President of the Israel Italy Chamber of Commerce, declared....

LeEco unveils ambitious Pan-India offline retail expansion plan

Edit The Times of India 30 Jul 2016
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI). After successfully establishing itself in the online space in India, internet and ecosystem conglomerate LeEco has announced today that it is all set to strengthen its offline presence across the country ... LeEco will be offering Le 1S and Le 1S Eco Superphones through the offline model in the first phase and has plans to offer the entire product portfolio in the offline market in the coming months ... (ANI)....

In Brief: News Across the County (Los Angeles County Fire Department)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Jul 2016
(Source ... Commerce city officials honored firefighters, sheriff's deputies and other public safety professionals and volunteers during its annual Public Safety luncheon on July 25 ... City of Commerce Recognizes Public Safety Professionals. The city of Commerce honored Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel from Fire Stations 22, 27 and 50 as part of its second annual Public Safety Luncheon on Monday, July 25 ... 2 ... (noodl. 34763012) ....
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