Chocolate and cocoa products maker Barry Callebaut is expanding production capacity at its American Canyon facility with $20m investment. The facility expansion is in direct response to the increase in demand for chocolate in the American ...
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Chinese manufacturers and traders were optimistic about overcoming global economic headwinds as they turned up at the month-long Canton fair which opened its 120th session on Saturday at the southern city of Guangzhou. The biannual event, ...
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Australian business attitudes are upbeat as we head into the year-end holiday trading period. According to Dun & Bradstreet’s September Business Expectations Survey, companies are anticipating increased sales, profits, employee ...
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North Star Packaging and Print announced the installation of a new Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102 6 + LX UV press. The state of-the art 6-color plus coating tower model features Prinect Image Control, Heidelberg's most advanced imaging ...
Late in 2015, BlackBerry took a massive gamble when it launched its first ever Android smartphone – the privacy-focused BlackBerry Priv. There was room for cautious optimism at the time, as the phone was actually– wait for it ...
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According to new research released by Euromonitor International, global alcoholic drinks volumes registered a decline of 0.7% in 2015, entering negative territory for the first time in more than a decade. This translated into a loss of ...
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Granarolo has acquired, partially in the form of an increase in capital and partially in the acquisition of shares, 60% of CONBIO, an Italian company in the production of a wide range of vegetable and organic food products. The operation ...
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Chinese consumer sentiment eased slightly in April, while a range of spending gauges improved thanks to a better outlook for retail sales and consumption expenditure in general, a latest study shows. The Westpac MNI China Consumer ...
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Fireman Sam: Alien Alert and Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie are both set to air in 2017. Mattel Creations, a new theatrical, television and digital content creation division from Mattel, has detailed new TV specials for ...
The United States is expected to be the most competitive manufacturing nation, moving China into the number two position by 2020, according to the 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index report from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited ...
BlackBerry sold fewer phones than expected in the last quarter, in the latest blow for the troubled smartphone maker. During its investor conference call, the firm said it sold 600,000 phones in the last quarter, which is fewer than the ...
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Chinese and U.S. representatives expressed optimism for the future of the China-U.S. Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) negotiations during a session at this year's Boao Forum for Asia annual conference. Against the backdrop of a global ...
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The IATA reports that air cargo global growth continued to perform below its potential – “mediocre growth is now the new reality”. Growth in freight tonne kilometres (FTK) had positive momentum since 2H2015 and into ...
The world's stock markets are spiralling downwards. The U.S. equity market fell 10 percent last month. Investor terminology calls this a "correction" not a crash. But prospects don't look good. Big investors, banks and financial ...
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Taiwan consumers have continued to show lower expectations about future income and investment as well as general economic situation for the eighth-consecutive month in December, said a survey publicized Monday. The consumer confidence ...
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