Swiss commodities trader Glencore International has announced that it has received approval from the Canadian government for C$6.1bn ($6.01bn) acquisition of grain handler Viterra. Glencore, which has been in discussion with the ...
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According to Deutsche Bank AG, BHP Billiton Ltd, the world's biggest mining company may attract investment of USD 2 billion from fertilizer makers as well as sovereign wealth funds in its Canadian potash project. Deutsche analysts Mr ...
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Canadians are confident in the country's food safety system,according to results from a recent study commissioned by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA). According to the study,93%of Canadians surveyed expressed a degree of ...
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The Canadian government has passed the Safe Food for Canadians Act,S-11,which has been designed to modernize,consolidate and add consistency to the country's food inspection system. The bill was tabled in the Senate in June.It passed a ...
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The Canadian Apparel Federation(CAF)welcomed the announcement earlier by International Trade Minister Ed Fast that the Canada-Jordan Free Trade Agreement will come into force on October 1,2012. According to CAF Executive Director Bob ...
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Google says the number of requests by copyright holders to have content removed has doubled in the past month to 1.5 million a week. Under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act,copyright holders have the right to demand that websites ...
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The Canadian government is boosting food-safety procedures and practices as a part its efforts to support Chicken Farmers of Canada(CFC)–a national organization representing 2,700 farmers. Member of Parliament James Bezan said the ...
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Swiss commodities trader Glencore International has announced that it has received approval from the Canadian government for C$6.1bn($6.01bn)acquisition of grain handler Viterra. Glencore,which has been in discussion with the ...
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The United States and Canada have announced a two-year extension of the Softwood Lumber Agreement, which those in New Hampshire’s lumber industry say is good news. “Most everybody that I know that’s producing softwood ...
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Incandescent, or 'regular' light bulbs, were planned to be illegal by next year but their replacements, compact fluorescents, bring new risks along with them and new rules handling them requires more time to learn. Also known as CFLs, ...
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