Montana, known around the world as having some of the highest quality beef genetics, is continually looking for new markets. This year, after receiving funding, the Montana Department of Agriculture meat and livestock marketing officer ...
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Ford India has reported the sale of 11,209 units in December 2013, up by 3%, compared to the sales of the same period in 2012. The total sales include domestic wholesales and exports. Exports of the company were at 5338 units in December, ...
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According to data released by the South African Revenue Service (SARS), in November this year the value of South Africa's exports of base metals and articles thereof totaled ZAR 10.95 billion ($1.04 billion), increasing by 3.4 percent from ...
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Scientists from across the world have "scanned the horizon" in order to identify potentially significant medium and long-term threats to conservation efforts. Resurrection of several extinct species, the increasingly accelerated loss of ...
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Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel (NSSC), the largest stainless steel producer has settled the import prices for high carbon ferrochrome with South African producers at 126 cent/lb. CIF for the first quarter of 2014, rising by 4.6% ...
According to the latest data released by Statistics South Africa, in November this year the country's producer price index (PPI) for the basic iron and steel industry decreased by 1.2 percent compared to October and was up 12 percent ...
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Key Competitors' Wheat Output Boosted This Month World wheat production forecast for 2013/14 soared 5.0 million tons this month to 711.4 million, exceeding the record wheat output of 2011/12 by 14.1 million tons and surpassing that year's ...
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Investments in ICT are expect to increase in 2014 in Africa as both public and private spending rises and local content businesses partner with larger operators and tech companies, according to IDC. Adoption of data analytics and cloud ...
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Private contractors who worked in Afghanistan, Iraq and other conflict zones over the past two years have high rates of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study finds. Researchers conducted an anonymous online ...
Should people in danger of contracting HIV because they have risky sex take a pill to prevent infection, or will the medication encourage them to take even more sexual risks? After years of debate on this question, a new international ...
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Quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the G20 area grew by 0.9% in the third quarter of 2013, up from 0.8% recorded in the previous quarter, according to preliminary estimates. Among G20 economies, China recorded the strongest growth ...
Exco Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement with Automotive Leather (ALC) to acquire all of its shares for $17.2m in cash. The transaction is subject to receipt of applicable regulatory approvals and other customary closing ...
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Japanese automaker Nissan Motor is set to introduce its remodeled Datsun brand in Russia in April 2014, in a move to attract the first-time buyers. The car manufacturer, which terminated the Datsun brand in 1981, plans to relaunch the ...
After eight successive quarters of decline, the Middle East and Africa hardcopy peripherals market finally returned to a state of positive growth during the third quarter of 2013, with shipments up 6.6% year on year to total 1,472,000 ...
South Africa-based Kumba Iron Ore has announced that it expects its full-year earnings for 2013 to increase by 20 percent compared to the previous year, supported by an increase in export iron ore prices and a weaker exchange rate, ...
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