Experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have recently found record levels of microplastic in arctic sea ice. However, the majority of particles were microscopically small. The ice ...
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Futamura has reported better sales growth and record levels of operational efficiency in the year since its purchase of Innovia Films’ cellulose business. The acquisition was announced back in April last year. The company stated ...
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China's consumer price index, a key gauge of retail inflation, rose 0.8 percent last month, the slowest growth in two years, due to the distortion caused by the timing of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Analysts said the low consumer ...
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Sonoco, one of the diversified global packaging companies, reported financial results for its third quarter, ending 2 October 2016. Third Quarter Highlights Third quarter 2016 GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.64, compared with ...
The first major shipment of mascarpone from Fonterra is set to sail for Japan in January 2017. The recently commissioned mascarpone line at the Co-operative’s Te Rapa site brings a new offering to Fonterra’s already strong ...
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Land O’Lakes announced third quarter financial results, reporting net sales of $2.62bn and net earnings of $8.2m for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2015 Year-to-date net earnings were $188 million on sales of $9.74 billion. Net ...
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According to a new forecast report by Ovum, FTTx optics will reach a new record level in 2015, following a record-breaking 2014. The report forecasts that FTTx optical components revenue will exceed $1bn this year, up almost 5% from $953m ...
In its 2015 economic forecast, the National Retail Federation (NRF) projected retail industry sales, excluding automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants will increase 4.1 per cent*, up from the 3.5 per in 2014. The 4.1 per cent growth ...
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Gold jewelry demand cooled in China in 2014, in sharp contrast to the frenzied off take in 2013, and plunged 33 percent year-on-year to 624 metric tons, according to data published by the World Gold Council on Thursday India displaced ...
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Halfords Group plc reported same-store sales by its Cycling and Travel Solutions stores increased 7.6 percent and 5.7 percent respectively in the 15 weeks and fiscal third quarter ended Jan. 9. The UK’s leading retailer of ...
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John Lewis' first full week of clearance got off to a bumper start, with sales up 9.6% on last year. Customers took advantage of the longer Christmas holiday to go shopping. There was a robust performance from shops which benefited from ...
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John Lewis' Home directorate had a record sales week and this was reflected in its year-on-year increase of +0.6%. With the final few shopping days before Christmas still to come, last week John Lewis achieved sales of £160.6m +6.5% ...
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There's less corn and fewer soybeans on hand in the U.S. right now than the trade expected heading into Wednesday's monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates and Crop Production report. Wednesday's WASDE report shows a ...
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New categories in the organic sector in Australia have driven record growth in the $1.72 billion industry, according to a biennial industry report from organic certifying group Australian Organic. The Australian Organic Market Report is a ...
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The corn and soybean crops in the U.S. are massive. Monday's USDA Crop Production report shows the soybean crop continues to skyrocket in size, but the corn crop's slightly smaller than earlier estimates. Now, speculation's rising that ...
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