UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a GBP5m (US$7.7m) funding programme aimed at helping improve dairy farmers' competitiveness. Cameron used Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (11 July) to unveil the funding, which is ...
Tags: dairy, dairy industry, funding programme, dairy processors
When you work in the industrial world,you know exactly how much expensive equipment is necessary to operate your business.This can lead to high costs of running your business,which can often hurt your bottom line.You don't have to pay full ...
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The government of Afghanistan announced its preferred bidders for three of its four current mineral tenders with a consortium backed by City of London banker Mr Ian Hannam former BHP Billiton CEO Chip Goodyear and Poland’s ...
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Supervalu Inc has announced a number of executive leadership changes as new CEO Wayne Sales bids to turn around the US retailer. The retailer has given executive VP for retail operations Kevin Holt the newly-created position of president ...
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Dutch meat supplier Vion has announced it wants to quit the UK, a market it has said suffers from over-capacity and "extremely challenging" trading conditions. Vion said today (19 November) it is already in "detailed discussions with a ...
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The London Underground has announced that 20 more stations have been connected to Virgin Media's Wi-Fi service including Camden Town,Notting Hill Gate and Seven Sisters. The total number of Wi-Fi enabled stations come in at 92,with a ...
Tags: Wi-Fi, London Underground stations, mobile operators EE and Vodafone, TfL
A teacup used once by pop diva Lady Gaga hits $50,000 and rising in Japan at an auction that will help young Japanese artists. Lady Gaga teacup with the inscription "We pray for Japan" and an autograph appeared at a press conference in ...
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Imported iron ore market,improved by 2%breaking 10 days hiatus.The prices of raw materials went up while,prices of steel products kept stable,indicating a typical sign of rebound. Increased steel production touching 1.9599 million tonne ...
ConAgra Foods has swooped to buy US own-label group Ralcorp Holdings, a business that rejected a number of takeover bids from the company last year. The $90-a-share deal, which values Ralcorp at US$6.8bn, was announced today (27 ...
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French retail giant Carrefour has sold its Malaysian operations to Japanese giant Aeon. The sale, announced today (31 October), was made for an enterprise value of EUR250m (US$324.1m). The transaction, Carrefour said, is part of its ...
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Singapore conglomerate Fraser and Neave has booked a drop in annual profits from its dairy business after production was hit by the floods in Thailand late last year. F&N, which is the subject of a takeover battle, reported its results ...
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Asian benzene prices continued to edge up Wednesday to surpass the $1,450/mt psychological barrier on bullish buying sentiments, with morning pegs assessed at $1,462/mt FOB Korea, up $12.50/mt from Tuesday's close. Buyers were out in the ...
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The Atlantic Coast ULSD differential surged Thursday, with most of the runup occurring during afternoon trading. Platts assessed Atlantic Coast ULSD for Buckeye Pipeline at the NYMEX January heating oil futures contract plus 8.75 ...
Investors are betting on a battle for Inmet Mining Corporation to control the coveted Cobre Panama project in Central America. Inmet shares have catapulted 23% in the two tradings sessions since the company disclosed it received and ...
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Reuters reported that government infrastructure spending should help Zambia's economy grow faster over the next 2 years providing copper prices do not fall. Median forecasts from last week's survey of 13 economists show Africa's top ...
Tags: copper, Capital Economics, copper price