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EAN Country Codes The first two or three digits of an EAN-13 barcode identify the country in which the manufacturer's identification code was assigned.  They do not necessarily indicate the country in which the goods were manufactured.   Many countries have EAN coding authorities which regulate the use of retail barcodes. For names, addresses, and telephone numbers, click here to view our list of Standards Organizations.  In the United States the UPC-A and UPC-E symbologies are used for marking retail products; the administering authority is the Uniform Code Council in Dayton, Ohio (tel. 937-435-3870) The figure below shows a typical EAN-13 barcode. EAN•UCC Prefixes Country ISO country code 00 to 13 UCC (USA & Canada) us/ca 20 to 29 In-store numbers 30 to 37 GENCOD-EAN France fr 380 BCCI (Bulgaria) bg 383 EAN Slovenija si 385 EAN Croatia hr 387 EAN-BIH (Bosnia-Herzegovina) ba 400 to 440 CCG (Germany) de 45 + 49 Distribution Code Center D...

Imagination Technologies ( IMG.L ) has been told by Apple ( AAPL.O ), its biggest customer, that the maker of iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches is to stop using its graphics technology in its new products, sending shares in the company crashing by more than 70 percent on Monday. Imagination said Apple, which accounts for about half its revenue, had notified the British firm it was developing its own graphics chips and would no longer use Imagination's processing designs in 15 months to two years time. "The biggest risk to Imagination's business model was realized this morning," analysts at Investec said. "The loss of this revenue stream will have a material impact on the financials of the company." The technology company, which was founded in 1985 and listed in 1994, has licensed its processing designs to Apple from the time of the first iPod and receives a small royalty on every device using its graphics. Imagination said i...

Expectant parents love to guess what their future child will look like. Whose eye, hair colour will the baby take after? Every feature from the nose to the toes is dreamed about. Science is trying to determine and predict so anxious moms and dads can know in advanced. Although it cannot verify with 100 percent accuracy, there are guides that can give you a small glimpse into the future traits and features of your offspring. Dominant vs. recessive genes Dark eyes, hair, and skin are considered recessive genes. For example, if one of the parents has brown curly hair and the other has a straight blonde locks, the child is likely to be a brunette with curly hair. Nonetheless, even when both parents have light hair, dark genes come into existence.   Compare both parents' features and take an educated guess. Some features will overpower others but you can still be surprised when two parents with brown hair give birth to ...

It is natural that mothers carrying their children, but to get them to specifically left shoulder was a mystery baffles scientists many years ago that revealed a recent study to hide this simple act. The new study has shown that mothers carrying their babies on the left shoulder, help to keep the babies in a safe position by allowing the right side of the brain processes information about their situation and interact with their behavior quickly. This phenomenon is known to control brain, and previous research has shown a preference between 70% and 85% of mothers carrying their babies on the left shoulder. The scientists from the Saint Petersburg State University in Russia to examine the extent of the preference of mothers to put their babies on the left shoulder, not only in humans but also included the study of animals in order to understand the feasibility of this preference in the interaction between mother and child. The report, which was published in "Natu...