Vienna Snow-Globe Maker Has Global Market
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As his grandson tells it, it began as a project by a man trying to build stronger lights for Vienna's operating room. Instead, the first snow globe was born.
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South Korean company sold materials that can be used in chemical weapons to North Korea. Vienna (AsiaNews/Agencies) - By a unanimous resolution of its 137-member general conference in Vienna today, the International
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By Jonathan B. Cox, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 17--Wangfujing Street in central Beijing is a shortcut to the other side of the world.   Above the Mercedes-Benzes and Audis whizzing nearby, a billboard promotes Adidas.
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GENEVA -- Spring blossoms are popping up all over the Austrian Alps. Geneva's official chestnut tree has already sprouted leaves and flowers. Swedes are still picking mushrooms.
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The research by Roland Berger, a Munich-based business consultancy, reinforces the rapid strides made in recent years by China as an important base for global manufacturing.
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Bears in Slovakia are awakening early from hibernation. So are barmaids in Bavaria, unseasonably busy in outdoor beer gardens. Bushes are blooming in Austria, and skiers at snowless Bosnian resorts are chilling out in hotel pools.
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Shares in Rossignol, the French company that is the biggest ski equipment maker in the world, rocketed upwards Monday after the Australian-US surfwear company Quiksilver said it was negotiating a takeover.
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A Christmas tree carved from 30 tonnes of ice has been erected in Austria and officials hope it won't melt away during a record run of mild weather at the start of winter.Comment
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ABB, the Swiss engineering company, will sell an oil and gas production plant, Lummus Global, to the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company for $950 million, ABB said. The buyout, subject to approval by regulators and Chicago Bridge shareholders, is expected to close in the fourth quarter, ABB said. ABBâs chief executive, Fred Kindle, said the sale was the final step in his companyâs strategy to focus on power and automation technology. Lummus Global provides proprietary process technologies, project management, engineering and procurement services to the oil and gas industry. It has 2,400 employees and reported sales of $988 million last year. Chicago Bridge is based in the Netherlands.
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Google&#39;s shopping-specific search site, Froogle, has seen its first release outside US shores. The UK is the first European country to get Google&#39;s shopping search and comparison service.
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Designed by Wolf Prix of the Vienna-based architectural firm Coop Himmelb(l)au, BMW Welt â or BMW World â joins an impressive list of high-profile architecture projects by German car companies in recent years.
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Bode Miller from the United States clears a gate during the men&#39;s ski World Cup giant slalom race, on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004, in Soelden, Austria.
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Swiss ski resorts plan for a future where less snow - through global warming - threatens business, writes Imogen Foulkes.
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Christmas plant has become multimillion-dollar industry in one of the most picturesque tourist spots.
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The office furniture maker is producing impressive growth overseas.
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Business: 28 September 2004, Tuesday. Austria's insulating materials producer Austrotherm plans to invest over EUR 3,5M in the construction of a new plant near Bulgaria's capital city Sofia.
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A dusting of snow at the weekend brought some relief to anxious European ski resorts, where snow-making machines are out in force when it's cold enough.