Leading independent bed retailer Land of Beds has won the Family Business Award of Excellence at Cheshire’s 10th annual High Sheriff’s Awards for Enterprise 2015-16. The awards recognise leaders of outstanding businesses in ...
Alcohol Justice and the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) are reporting that the first of two proposed bills to ban powdered alcohol in California has been passed by the powerful California Senate Governmental Organization (GO) ...
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A report released by the Australian Parliament’s joint standing committee on Northern Australia last week is recommending that all food-service industry providers be forced to declare the country of origin (CoOL) of seafood served. ...
The year of 2016 is the important period of transformation development and the starting of the “Thirteenth Five-year Plan” for Beiben Heavy-duty Group Co., Ltd. of China North Industries Group Corporation. Beiben, leading by the ...
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The US Senate Agricultural Committee has passed a bill which paves the way for a single national labeling law for food made with genetically engineered ingredients, while doing away with state by state labeling. With this bill, which ...
China-based protein food developer Sino Agro Food (SIAF) has effected management changes to expand its brand in Europe. SIAF has announced that Bertil Tiusanen has resigned from his position as the CFO and has taken up the role of New ...
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Broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA says that on 20 February II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA submitted a further revised set of proposed amendments to its original 15 January ...
Western Digital has disclosed its agreement with Unisplendour (Unis), and Unis Union Information System (Unis Union), a subsidiary of Unis that agreed to make a US$3.775 billion equity investment in Western Digital, has been terminated by ...
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Chinese central authorities on Sunday issued a document to set the basic principles, key tasks and targets for future urban development and management, aiming to make China's sprawling cities more livable, efficient and green. The ...
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Broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA says that, on 18 February, II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA delivered a set of proposed amendments to its 15 January agreement to acquire ...
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A law forcing tobacco companies to wrap their cigarettes in plain packaging could be in force in New Zealand by the end of 2016. New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has confirmed a bill, which is on pause, would be resumed. He expected ...
Broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA says that on 16 February the competing bidder designated 'Party B' delivered a further set of amendments to its latest proposal (made on 1 ...
Campbell Soup is launching a $125m venture capital fund, Acre Venture Partners, to invest in food startup companies, seeking new areas of interest for growth. The company will be the limited partner in the new venture capital fund and ...
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Canada-based organic food company SunOpta has entered into an agreement to sell Opta Minerals business to Speyside Equity Fund for CAD$6.2m ($4.4m), in order to focus on its core business of food distribution. The acquisition proposal has ...
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Swiss food company Nestle is planning to acquire the remaining stake of 36.3% in Israel-based food manufacturer Osem for $840m. Nestle had originally invested in Osem around two decades ago, when it had taken 63.7% stake in the company, ...