When corn is cheap, hogs get plentiful. The annual Pork Powerhouses ranking of the 25 largest producers in the U.S. shows a gain of 128,000 sows in the past year. With two new packing plants set to open in 2017, producers are gearing up to ...
Tags: corn, Pork, Smithfield Foods
Notebook brand vendors including Asustek Computer, Acer, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell are preparing to launch their new Skylake-based 2-in-1 devices starting October and expect these devices to attract consumer demand to help boost ...
Tags: Notebook, Computer, 2-in-1 devices
For first-half 2015, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has reported unaudited results in line with expectations and its July trading update. Revenue was £53.2m, down 11% on £60m in second-half ...
IC foundries based in China and Taiwan are all gearing up for rapid demand growth for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices driven by a new wave of expansion for the Internet of Things (IoT), according to industry observers. The ...
Tags: MEMS sensors, MEMS products
The international market is proving such a successful revenue for the firm, that it is projected to account for a third of Kids@Play’s turnover by next year. Kids@Play is celebrating a 35 per cent year-on-year growth with further ...
Tags: toy, toy development
China's big players are gearing up for a price war in the high-end smartphone sector, and the only big winner will be the consumer. Xiaomi Corp, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp's Nubia have all rolled out new products in what has ...
Tags: high-end smartphone, smartphone
Credit rating agency India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has maintained an overall stable outlook for the cotton textile sector for FY16. This is led by stable spinning margins in the cotton yarn segment, range-bound cotton prices and ...
Tags: textile manufacture, garment manufacture, cotton textile
Indian automobile major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is gearing up to unveil a light commercial vehicle Jeeto by June-end. In what has been inferred as a bid to compete with minitruck Ace Zip, manufactured by Indian automotive giant Tata ...
Tags: light commercial vehicle, Jeeto
IC orders for PCs have remained slow thus far in 2015, whereas orders for handsets and consumer electronics devices are picking up prior to the third quarter peak season, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses. PC-related ...
The firm introduces new dinosaur-themed lines in preparation for this summer's blockbuster movie, Jurassic World. With the release of the blockbuster movie Jurassic World on the horizon, dinosaurs are tipped to be a key trend for ...
Tags: Galt Toys, Dinosaur Toys
The government is working towards creating an ambitious grid programme in order to fulfill Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of providing quality power to all by 2019, Minister of State with independent charge for Power, Coal and ...
Tags: Quality Power, Power Grid
Service will allow users to drop sold items at their nearest outlet for packing and shipping by eBay. eBay and Argos are partnering to trial a new ‘click and drop’ initiative that could help online sellers cut the cost of ...
A2 Milk Company approved for ASX listing and aims US market launch with new brand message New Zealand-based dairy company the A2 Milk Company has announced that its application for listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) ...
Tags: A2 Milk Company, A2-milk, Food
Peer-to-peer lending, websites that allow individuals to borrow money from other individuals without going through banking middlemen, is facing its first serious government regulation as defaults undermine confidence in the online systems. ...
The studio has partnered with Hasbro, LEGO, Mattel and more for toy lines ahead of the film's release this April. The Walt Disney Company has unveiled several new product ranges to celebrate the release of the hotly anticipated ...
Tags: Disney, Toy Partners, Toys