In a latest loss of face for public health advocates, California lawmakers have rejected a proposed tax on sodas and other sugary beverages. The legislation brought in the assembly by Assemblyman Richard Bloom asked to impose an extra 2 ...
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Swedish automaker Volvo Cars has chosen South Carolina for its first American plant that would be built at an investment of $500m with an initial annual installed capacity of 100,000 vehicles. Banking on the US' potential for housing ...
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American food and beverage company Dean Foods will halt operations at its Verifine Dairy plant in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, by the end of April this year. The Verifine Dairy fluid milk processing plant closure will result in 70 job cuts, ...
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Industrial Revolution, manufacturer and distributor of essential and reliable outdoor accessories from brands such as UCO, Morakniv, Esbit, and Light My Fire, has hired Anita Rodgers as vice president of finance. “Five years of ...
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The citizens of Berkeley in California have voted for additional tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, becoming the first city in the US to okay such a move. Berkeley voted 75.12% to 24.88% for a penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened ...
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Baltimore--Niche magazine has named the finalists for its 2015 awards for excellence in fine craft, which includes various categories for jewelry design. Judging is based on three main criteria: technical excellence in both surface ...
TYLT, a leader in portable power and wireless charging, today revealed two new accessories: the VU Wireless Charging Car Mount, a hands-free car mount that doubles as a wireless charger, and the VU SOLO, a compact single-coil wireless ...
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Happy Planet, makers of award-winning fresh soups and the top selling fresh soup in Canada, has launched two new delicious chicken soups just in time for Fall and Winter; a gluten free, green-curry based all-natural Thai Chicken and a ...
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General Mills - the maker of Cheerios, Bisquick and Yoplait - has secured approval from US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the acquisition of Annie's, a natural and organic food company. The approval is given under the ...
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The company has raised more than $110 million since it was founded in 2008. Kateeva makes the YIELDjet™ platform – a precision deposition platform that leverages inkjet printing to mass produce flexible and large-size OLED ...
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SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded more than $335,000 to the University of California Berkeley and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control for projects to help businesses and ...
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Samsung is building its own home in Silicon Valley, which will primarily concentrate on memory and display R&D. The Korean company aims to tap into the top-drawer pool of component, system and semiconductor talent here, and, of course, a ...
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Intel hopes to take hardware performance to the next level with its latest Xeon Phi supercomputing chip, which packs an array of new hardware technologies that could eventually find their way to laptops and desktops. The new Xeon Phi ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it is awarding the University of California, Berkeley, a $1.5 million grant for work to assess the impact of pollution from household and village-scale stoves on air quality in ...
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The US Department of Energy's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) has conducted simulations showing that nanostructures half the width of a DNA strand could enhance the efficiency of LEDs. In particular, efficiency ...
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