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  • New light rocket Angara ready for launch

    Russia's first light-class modification Angara 1.2PP carrier rocket is ready for its maiden launch, its manufacturer Khrunichev Center said. The first Angara will be sent to the Plesetsk space centre in northern Russia later this month, the manufacturer said in a statement, but did not give a precise launch date. Meanwhile, the first heavy-class Angara-A5 has been completed and will soon be ...

  • Food-inspired clothing like butcher briefs meat socks could soon be reality

    Food-inspired clothing like butcher briefs, meat socks and chef jeans could soon become a reality. Several years ago, chef Chris Cosentino teamed up with goofy clothes company Betabrand to create Gluttony Pants. Now, Cosentino is back with three new projects, and he needs your help to make them a reality, the Huffington Post reported. These items will go into production if enough people ...

  • Ford to close manufacturing operations in Australia slash 1200 jobs

    Ford will close its manufacturing operations in Australia and 1200 workers will lose their jobs in October 2016. Ford Australia president and CEO Bob Graziano said that the company would shut the Geelong engine factory, costing 510 jobs, and the Broadmeadows car assembly line, shedding another 650 positions, reports News.com.au. Sacked workers have been offered a 39 million-dollar rescue ...

  • Rosario Dawson suffers wardrobe malfunction by flashing undies at Cannes

    Rosario Dawson suffered a fashion mishap on the Cannes red carpet by accidently flashing her underwear to cameras while posing on the steps, on Monday. The 34-year-old actress looked gorgeous in a white beaded Elie Saab gown as she attended the premiere of 'As I Lay Dying', but she flaunted the front high-slit a little too much on the red carpet, Us magazine reported. After the mishap, Dawson ...

  • 3D printers give rise to desktop manufacturing

    Digital technologies such as 3D modeling software and 3D printers have grown cheap and accessible enough for ordinary people to make prototypes of objects that could, until recently, only be made by people who owned factories. (Emily ...


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The Pillow Book

Those who are already die-hard fans of British filmmaker Peter Greenaway may find cause for celebration in his newest film, "The Pillow Book." Those who hate his work will find more reason to despise him and call him pretentious and banal. And those who have never been exposed to his work will probably just be confused. Like all Greenaway's films, "The Pillow Book" is nothing if not a visual marve ... ...

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  • Global manufacturing slowdown to grind metals prices

    A worker wearing protective glasses welds steel products at a heavy equipment manufacturing factory in Luoyang, Henan province May 1, 2013. (China ...

  • Chinese manufacturing contracts in May

    Chinese manufacturing contracted in May for the first time in seven months. The result can be added to signals that economic growth is losing steam for a second ...

  • Monthly visits to Fits.me virtual fitting rooms hit 75000

    The most recent million visits to Fits.me Virtual Fitting Rooms have contributed to sales of £6m, Fits.me reported. 75,000 customers use a Fits.me Virtual Fitting Room every month, with visitors recorded from 181 of the 190 sovereign states in the world.By the end of the summer, as new clients go live with the launch of their Autumn/Winter 2013 collections, there will be in excess of 45 ...

  • Kimberly-Clark bags six awards at Effie Awards

    Kimberly-Clark Corporation was awarded six Effie Awards including one Gold, two Silver and three Bronze for its 2012 commercial programs for Depend, U by Kotex and VIVA brands at the 45th annual North American Effie Awards last night in New York.The company and its Depend brand were also recognized on the North American Effie Effectiveness Index Rankings; Kimberly-Clark as the No. 2 most ...

  • 9 dip in Q1 FY’13 sales at Aeropostale

    Aeropostale, Inc., a mall-based specialty retailer of casual apparel for young women and men, reported results for the first quarter of fiscal 2013, and provided guidance for the second quarter of fiscal ...

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