Editor's note: The following story first ran in the November issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News. It was published before Interbike's decision to allow consumers to attend the show and has been edited slightly as a result. LAS ...
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The Food Standards Agency(FSA)has published the 2012 annual report on the monitoring of chemical contaminants in Scottish shellfish harvesting waters.According to the agency,the results are broadly consistent with the data generated in ...
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Around 1,500 guayabera shirts, the national attire of Cuban men, will be exported to the beautiful tropical regions of the Caribbean Islands, according to the Prensa Latina news agency. The shirts are being produced in the textile ...
A small Hawaiian subsidiary of Australian energy and infrastructure company Macquarie said Thursday it wants to use natural gas to slow the stream of oil imported by the US' only island state. Hawaii already has a statewide plan to reduce ...
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Scottish Re Group has reported a net income of $17.13m for the first quarter of 2012, compared to $22.38m for the same period in 2011. The total revenues decreased to $130.25m for the first quarter of 2012, compared to $165.74m for the ...
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Mercedes-Benz, a division of the German manufacturer Daimler, has awarded a three year spare parts contract to supply chain management firm CEVA Logistics. Under the deal, CEVA collect spare parts and manage the consolidation and ...
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Haida Enterprise (HaiCo) has acquired seafood firm Seapak QCI Processing of Massett through Haida Seapak Limited Partnership (HSLP). Seapak QCI owns processes salmon and groundfish. It also sells fresh and frozen salmon, smoked salmon, ...
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Bloomberg reported that Japanese aluminium buyers look set to secure their first fee reduction from suppliers in a year as the economy continues to shrink. Aluminium fees have doubled over the last year hitting record highs on the back of ...
Cache Inc., a specialty chain of women's apparel stores announced estimated third quarter fiscal 2012 sales results and updated third quarter earnings guidance for the 13-week period ended September 29, 2012. The Company expects to report ...
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Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with a major project to develop the world's fifth largest oilfield which will pump nearly 900,000 barrels per day of heavy crude and 90 million cubic feet per day of sour gas. State owned Saudi Aramco said ...
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Taipei, Nov. 6, 2012 (CENS)--Hiwin Technologies Corp. will open a branch office in Brazil to tap the Latin American market for machine tools in line with its Japanese customers, according to company chairman Y.T. Cho. Cho pointed out that ...
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The Gin (Jing) ethnic minority has a small population of only 22,517, according to the census taken in 2000. Most live on the three islands of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and the rest live and mingle with the Han, Zhuang and Yao ...
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Robert Hammond … ‘strong base’ Clark Equipment will expand its materials handling business in New Zealand, making it the centre for distribution into the Pacific Islands. The company is forecasting further growth in ...
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The government has been given the green light by the European Union to roll out GBP530m in broadband funding, intended to bring superfast broadband to 90% of homes, and a minimum speed of 2Mbps elsewhere. The investment had been pending ...
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Lonely Planet Guide Reveals Its Best for 2013 Lonely Planet's eighth eagerly-awaited annual collection of the best places to go has named Hobart and Christchurch as two of the world's top cities for next year in 2013. Other cities to ...
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