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Low enrolment in higher education poses a series of impediments to Africa's development, Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Mr. Koichiro Matsuura has said.

Top apparel brands including Levi's and Adidas are facing up to the growing number of counterfeit clothing items being manufactured in China, according to a latest just-style management briefing.

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE:AVY) today reported second quarter 2008 results. All non-GAAP terms

PASADENA, Calif.----Avery Dennison Corporation today reported second quarter 2008 results. All non-GAAP terms are reconciled to GAAP in the following tables. Second Quarter Financial Summary Q2 Q2 % Change vs.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2e9098/organic_and_printe) has announced the addition of the "Organic and Printed Electronics in East Asia" report to their offering.

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Organic and Printed Electronics in East Asia" report to their offering.

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE:AVY) today reported second quarter 2008 results. All non-GAAP terms are reconciled to GAAP in the following tables.

PASADENA, Calif.----Avery Dennison Corporation today reported second quarter 2008 results. All non-GAAP terms are reconciled to GAAP in the following tables. Second Quarter Financial Summary Q2 Q2 % Change vs.

Businesses in Asia may not be as strongly bound by law to go green as Western counterparts, but economic pressures will take care of that, says ILOG chief scientist.

Sino-Label 09 ---Over 400 local and international exhibitors are expected to gather under the same roof, serving as a market hub to showcase the latest printing technology and materials from China and worldwide. [PR.com - July 18, 2008]

ProLogis , the world's largest owner, manager and developer of distribution facilities, today released a new research report entitled, "Mexico's Maquiladoras - Climbing the Ladder of Success."

In a major expansion of its global infrastructure, Ireland-based Advanced Innovations, Ltd. , a global provider of electronics design, manufacturing and supply-chain solutions, today announced that it is adding a second location to its North American operations with the opening of a business development and customer support center in Alexandria, Virginia.

Azalea Networks, a leading innovator in wireless network equipment and technology, today announced an agreement with WAV, Inc. to distribute Azalea's network intelligent broadband wireless infrastructure products.

A new analysis of the NFC (Near Field Communications) mobile payments opportunity forecasts that the gross transaction value of payments made via NFC contactless technology, for relatively low value purchases (refreshments, tickets and food), will exceed $75bn glob...

[Cover Story] CSP Technology Shrinks RF Component Size Components and integrated circuits for RF/microwave applications have traditionally been small in size, although the limit on miniaturization has often been the package.

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Investment Report of China Computer & Intelligent Equipment Industry , 2000-2008" report to their offering.

ANAHEIM, Calif. | To get to the front door of the Elias family, the inhabitants of the new Dream Home at Disneyland, you must step onto a revolving walkway and glide past Tom Morrow, a Nathan Lane-voiced robot with a face like a machine-age Arcimboldo and a brush cut of stiff copper-colored wire.

Adelphi University congratulates School of Business Professor Jiang Zhang, one of twelve recipients of the Bender Research Fellowship Award for Best Paper this year. Dr. Zhang received $1,500 in recognition of co-authoring "Fill Rate of Single-Stage General Periodic Review Inventory Systems," in Operations Research Letters, Vol. 35, No. 4, 2007.

New Zealand-based Mainfreight Ltd has signed a call option deed to acquire all of the shares of Australia-based international freight forwarder and logistics provider, Halford International.