The Canadian government has secured export agreement for Alberta seed potatoes to Thailand. After Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, Alberta has now become the third Canadian province to get market access for seed potatoes in ...
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The Canadian government will inject a $350m into the country's dairy sector to support its competitiveness ahead of the likely implementation of the Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Investment ...
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A third of the world’s investment in renewable energy last year came from China, the head of the International Renewable Energy Agency has said. Adnan Amin, director-general of IRENA which has 149 member states and works with ...
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Mobile operators are failing to live up to coverage targets pledged in 2014 and as a result should allow for users to roam within the UK, a cross-party report has proposed by MPs said today. The report (PDF), produced by the British ...
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Coca-Cola has reported a 7% decrease in its net sales to $10.6bn for the third quarter of this year, compared to $11.4bn for the same period in 2015. The soft drinks giant has blamed the impact of foreign currency and structural changes ...
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POS Bio-Sciences has partnered with Apeiron Lanka to set up a manufacturing facility in Sri Lanka to extract pure essential oils. The new facility will process raw materials from Sri Lankan farmers, employing the local people. Apeiron ...
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ZF has established a company to invest in technology companies. Zukunft Ventures GmbH, headquartered in Friedrichshafen, opened its doors for business in September 2016. The new company’s mission is to identify and invest in companies ...
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The Fair Work Commission has made an order to terminate Protected Industrial Action (PIA) in the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP). This means that PIA can no longer be taken by DIBP employees, including those in the ...
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German luxury car-maker Audi is expanding its production footprint worldwide by opening a new automobile plant in San José Chiapa, state of Puebla, Mexico. The plant has an annual production capacity of approximately 150,000 ...
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Freedom Foods Group has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with its Guangzhou based partner Shenzhen JiaLiLe Food (JLL) to set up a new company for expansion of its Australia’s Own (AO) brand in China. The new company ...
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Global food commodities trader Bunge’s subsidiary Agribusiness Singapore has entered into an agreements with Oleo-Fats to distribute its products for the foodservice, retail and food processor industries in the Asia-Pacific region. ...
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The Chinese government has released a plan on scientific and technological (S&T) cooperation between China and countries along the Belt and Road. China plans to set up joint labs, research centers, tech transfer centers and S&T parks with ...
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Shell has reached an agreement with Dansk Olieselskab ApS for the sale of A/S Dansk Shell in Denmark, which consists of the 70 thousand barrels per day Fredericia refinery and local trading and supply activities, for approximately $80 ...
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Saudi Arabian Oil Company ("Saudi Aramco") through its wholly owned Saudi Refining Inc. ("SRI") subsidiary and Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Shell"), through its U.S. downstream affiliate, announce today they have signed a non-binding Letter of ...
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Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has priced its public offering of 15,000,000 shares of its common stock at $8.35 per share. In addition, Oclaro has granted the ...
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