In 2014, 68 per cent of Australian adults drank alcohol in any given four-week period, with the average volume consumed over this time being 23.6 glasses per person, according to the most recent findings from market research organisation ...
The diamond market is slowly becoming more disciplined. It needs to. With high rough prices, declining polished, less available credit and lower retail inventory levels, it has become increasingly difficult for diamantaires to turn a ...
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At this year’s SNEC tradeshow, many PV module manufacturers and PV system developers focused on prompting their solar projects. With optimistic outlook of demand for both ground-mounted and distributed generation projects, exhibitors ...
Plans for labelling the calorie content of alcoholic beverages should be tabled by the European Commission at the latest in 2016, according to members of the European Parliament. The resolution calls for a new EU Alcohol Strategy focusing ...
The Australian Government has said the Federal Budget, set to be delivered next week, will include measures to support small business. Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey and Federal Minister for Small Business Bruce Billson have said the Jobs ...
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A record turnout for the annual Wheat Quality Council Winter Wheat Tour of Kansas will see a wide variety of wheat conditions over the three-day tour. That's according to Aaron Harries, director of research at the Kansas Wheat Commission ...
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Most trade analysts expected corn planting to have reached just shy of the halfway point by Sunday, but USDA's Crop Progress report released Monday shows that point came and went quickly in the last week, with planting sitting at 55%. ...
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According to the monitoring of MOFCOM, the prices of farm produce in 36 large and medium-sized cities continued to fall, and prices of production means in circulation stopped falling and picked up last week (April 27-March 3). Last week, ...
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A delegation of representatives from 18 companies from China’s Fujian province met officials of Vietnam’s Binh Duong province this week to learn about the local investment climate and seek business opportunities, Vietnamese ...
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Privately held spirits company Bacardi will release super-premium rum Bacardi Gran Reserva Maestro de Ron next week. Named after the Maestros de Ron (Master Blenders), Bacardi Gran Reserva Maestro de Ron will be formally launched at ...
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Nordic fashion and textile industry is set to become the most sustainable in the world. The vision of a new Nordic action plan presented by the Nordic Ministers for the Environment in Copenhagen earlier this week is for the region to ...
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TSMC Solar Ltd, which was founded in 2009 as a subsidiary of the world's biggest silicon wafer foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Inc (TSMC), says that its latest commercial-sized (1.09m2) copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) ...
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After a booming year, the bull run of China's stock market is expected to continue, boosted by economic and financial reforms in addition to easing measures. China's stock market has soared over the past year, even as the world's second ...
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China will levy a resource tax on rare earths, tungsten and molybdenum based on sales value instead of production quantity, the Ministry of Finance announced on Thursday. The new tax, taking effect from May 1, is set at 6.5 percent for ...
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The world’s biggest online retailer, Amazon.com reported a net loss in the first quarter ended March 31, 2014 as against net income in the corresponding quarter of 2014. Net loss in the first quarter of 2015 stood at $57 million or ...
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