General Mills released on April 30 its 2013 Global Responsibility Report, which outlines the company's progress and commitments in the areas of health, environment, sourcing, workplace and community engagement. "Through our products, we ...
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The range of three products comes from a Russian Kefir and was founded by Bowes, a former figure skater originating from Moscow. Bowes designed the bottles, which aim to “echo the digestive benefits and lightness of the natural dairy ...
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Readymade garment manufacturing units in Bangladesh reopened on May 2, 2013, after the Savar building collapse. “Yes, the garment factories have reopened today,” Mr. Atiqul Islam, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers ...
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An estimated 34.1 million hectares of cotton are being harvested in 2012/13, 5% below the previous season; another 5% drop to 32.2 million hectares is forecast in 2013/14. Accordingly, global cotton production is estimated down 5% from 27.8 ...
Signs that a nascent recovery in the housing sector stumbled in March pushed the Australian dollar to its lowest since mid-April. The number of house-building permits fell 5.5 per cent in March, the most since July, curbing optimism that ...
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In March this year, the value of South Africa's exports of base metals and articles thereof totaled ZAR 7.9 billion ($873 million), increasing by 12 percent over the previous month, according to data released by the South African Revenue ...
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The Ukraine is planning to introduce export duty on roundwood for a period of five years starting from 1 January 2014. Under the latest draft law, which was examined by the Ukrainian parliament in February 2013 in its first reading, an ...
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Clariant reported first quarter sales 2013 from continuing operations of CHF 1.526 billion compared to CHF 1.513 billion in the previous-year period, an increase of 2% in local currencies and 1% in Swiss francs. Organic growth of 2% was ...
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Goya Foods Inc., based in Secaucus, N.J., the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the U.S. and a leader in Latin American food and condiments industries, has undertaken a major redesign of its marinade product line, converting 12-oz ...
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Mrs. Freshley's, a line of snack cakes and pastries from Flowers Foods, Thomasville, GA, has unveiled a brand new look: Packaging with a bright modern design that compliments a new logo unveiled earlier this year. The updated packaging ...
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According to report, Brazilian steelmaker Usiminas may consider to raise its operation close to full capacity if seeing the demand to rise. Currently the capacity is operated at 80~85 percent. The nominal crude steel capacity is 9.5 ...
It’s reported that Indian miner Sesa Goa launched its financial result for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year 2012/13 ended on March 31st. Sesa Goa posted a net profit of INR2.98 billion for the fourth quarter of this year, ...
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ANZ Bank's better than expected half-year result yesterday was the trigger for a buying scramble in the big four banks that single-handedly pushed Australia's major sharemarket index up 65 points, or 1.2 per cent, to a five-year high of ...
Kim Jae-Yeol, the Senior Vice President of the Korean steel giant Posco planned to raise its auto-sheet sales this year by increasing exports to customers in emerging countries such as India and China, aiming to offset the forecasted drop ...
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It is reported that Finnish steelmaker Rautaruukki announced to focus on its special steel business instead of a commodity steel business in order to increase the profitability of the entire group this year. It’s learned that the ...