Chinese homebuyers have driven housing prices and developers’ stocks skywards in the past decade but that has been clearly over for more than a year. Official economic data released on Wednesday showed the slowdown in the sector ...
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(Boston) – The U.S. EPA announces that BJ's Wholesale Club is the first wholesale club and the most recent participant in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge, a national initiative aimed at encouraging businesses and institutions to ...
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The new games join the firm’s Action Games division and will both be TV advertised and supported by a heavyweight PR campaign. John Adams is expanding its children’s games portfolio with the acquisition of new titles Pig Goes ...
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LEGO fans can help a bear in trouble in the Jungle Bridge Rescue set. LEGO is welcoming six new welcoming jungle-themed sets to its LEGO Friends range. The Jungle Rescue Base (£44.99) sees Andrea use the telescope to look for ...
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Digital Sign Technologies (DST) is launching new dye sublimation inks on their new domain www.DyeSub.ink to simplify ordering textile inks online. The new dye sublimation inks display extended color gamut and extra-deep black, and have ...
Tags: DST, New Dye Sublimation Inks, Textile
Energizer Holdings, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend for the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2014 of $0.50 per share of Common Stock, payable on September 10, 2014 to all shareholders of record as of the close ...
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Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) will further fund the expansion of the popular Lifetime Ewe Management course (LTEM), investing an additional $800,000 for the further expansion of the course to 2017. AWI has been the principal funder ...
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Ilapak has introduced a new automated feeding and trayless flowrapping system for apples, which will allow packhouses to reduce packing costs and improve efficiency. The new system has been designed by using firm's Carrera 1000/40 ...
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UK retail sales were up 0.5% on a like-for-like basis from May 2013, when they had increased 1.8% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 2.0%, against a 3.4% rise in May 2013. Clothing was the best performing category, ...
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The International Plant Protection Convention has developed a new standard, which stipulates how wood packaging material used in international trade should be treated prior to export. The new International Standards for Phytosanitary ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued updated draft advice on fish consumption. The two agencies have concluded pregnant and breastfeeding women, those who might become pregnant, and ...
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The University of Melbourne, together with Regional Development Victoria, has opened a new upgraded Dookie Robotic Dairy facility. The new facility features robotic milking capabilites, milking shed as well as feeding systems with a ...
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An FDA news release has announced that the agency has given de novo approval to the Deka Arm System, the first prosthetic arm that can perform multiple, simultaneous powered movements controlled by electrical signals from electromyogram ...
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TreeHouse Foods (THS) today reported first quarter earnings of $0.38 per fully diluted share compared to $0.62 per fully diluted share reported for the first quarter of last year. The Company reported that adjusted earnings per share ...
Food microbiology laboratories can now confidently test to a recognized standard for Salmonella species with the Thermo Scientific SureTect Salmonella Species Assay, which has been granted an NF validation certificate by AFNOR Certification ...
Tags: Food Pathogens, Salmonella