Russia plans to ban chilled beef, pork and poultry imports from Germany beginning 4 February over food safety concerns, according to Russia's animal and plant health watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor. Rosselkhoznadzor spokesman Alexei Alexeyenko ...
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Olymel, a processor and distributor of pork and poultry products in Canada, has acquired the Canadian assets of hog producer Big Sky Farms for C$65.25m ($65.7m). Olymel noted that this acquisition is a strategic response to the challenge ...
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Apple iPhone 5 users consume the most cellular data, while owners of Samsung's Galaxy S III upload more data than any other smartphone, according to a survey conducted by Arieso. Growing data volumes continue to challenge operators, ...
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Spin Master US is turning to digital games to supplement its range of toys. It will launch four apps in 2013,based on its Air Hogs,Tech Deck and recently acquired Spy Gear toys,as well as one for a new toy that will also tie in to a game ...
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Sprint 4G engineering manager Viet chu shows off a new Alcatel Lucent router for LTE service in Baltimore. Sprint officials showed off new 4G LTE cellular service today in Baltimore, the carrier's 16th market in the U.S. to get the ...
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Despite a recent backlash by play purists who argue that electronic toys stifle imagination and are environmentally-unfriendly, electronic toys are very popular with children and are taking an increasing share of the toy market. So what ...
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Maple Leaf Foods has agreed to buy Canadian hog production firm Puratone, a deal the food group said would provide a "consistent supply" to its value-added meats business. The C$42m transaction includes livestock, facilities and interests ...
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II . Economy i. GDP The GDP of Sichuan province in 2005 reached 738.511 billion Yuan, per capita GDP achieved 9,060 Yuan. The volume of primary industry, secondary industry and tertiary industry accounted for 149.57 billion Yuan, 305.27 ...
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Maple Leaf Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Puratone, a leading hog production company in Canada, for C$42m ($42m). The acquisition includes livestock, facilities and interests in some joint ventures. The deal is expected to ...
Liannan Yao Autonomous County of Qingyuan City in northwest mountain areas of north Canton is the only habitation of Paiyao in our country, and it is also the popular region for Shuagetang songfest. Shuagetang songfest is a large-scale ...
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WHEAT:The 2012/13 U.S.wheat balance sheet is unchanged this month;however,small by-class adjustments are made to projected exports and stocks.Projected exports for Hard Red Winter wheat are lowered 25 million bushels with Hard Red Spring ...
Taiwan has passed a bill to lift the import ban on beef containing the feed additive ractopamine,a move which will give US beef an expanded access to the Taiwanese market,and also facilitate the resumption of free trade talks with ...
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The proposed $4.7 billion sale of Smithfield Foods, America's largest pork producer, to China's biggest meat processing company comes amid significant trade friction between the two countries over meat and livestock. China bans ...
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With governments across the globe regulating light bulb use to encourage energy efficiency, products such as LED track lights are enjoying healthy public-sector support One of the forces driving the adoption of LED lighting across Europe ...
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