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US Election: Google May Be The Best Place to Follow Trump Vs Clinton
Nov 9, 2016Google has revealed how it will enable users will be able to follow the US election as the nation heads to the polls tomorrow. A search for ‘election results’ will show a dedicated page where users can keep track of results ...
Tags: Google, US Election
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Workshop on Technologies and Equipment for Global Energy Interconnection Held in Berlin, Germany
Sep 28, 2016The conference on technologies and equipment for global energy interconnection was held in Berlin from December 10 to 11, 2015 local time. This conference was co-hosted by State Grid Corporation of China or SGCC, and German Electrical and ...
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Hamburg and Volkswagen Agree Strategic Mobility Partnership
Sep 6, 2016The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the Volkswagen Group will collaborate over the next three years to jointly develop innovative solutions for making urban mobility more environmentally-friendly, safer, more reliable and more ...
Tags: Hamburg, Volkswagen, partnership
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US Senate Approves Nationwide Labeling Law for GMO Food Products
Jul 12, 2016The US Senate has approved a bill, which mandates nationwide labeling of food products containing genetically modified organisms (GMO). The bipartisan bill, which mandates GMO labeling contents with words, pictures or a bar code on the ...
Tags: GMO, food system
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US Senators Reach Deal on Gmo Labeling on Packaged Food
Jun 27, 2016US Senator have reached a bipartisan deal for mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in packaged foods across the country. The proposal was introduced by Senate Agricultural Committee members Sen. Pat Roberts, R- ...
Tags: GMOs, mandatory labeling
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Senate Passes Defense Bill with Amendment on Made-in-America Athletic Shoes
Jun 20, 2016The U.S. Senate passed a defense bill with language requiring the Pentagon to buy US-made athletic shoes for military recruits. ADVERTISEMENT The legislation is expected to benefit Boston-based New Balance, which has three factories in ...
Tags: athletic shoes, Pentagon, NDAA
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Feds to Include Outdoor Rec Economy
Apr 20, 2016Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced the federal government will begin measuring and quantifying the ecoomic impact of the outdoor recreation economy when calculating gross domestic product. Jewell, who served as CEO for REI before ...
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ConAgra To Disclose GMOs On Labels Throughout US
Mar 28, 2016ConAgra Foods has joined other food giants in plans to use labels that disclose the presence of genetically modified organisms or GMOs in its food throughout the US. ConAgra and other food companies such as Campbell Soup Co , General ...
Tags: ConAgra Foods, GMOs, Labels
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TWU Gathers On The Retail Front
Mar 22, 2016Coles has been a focus of the TWU’s road transport campaign promoting ‘Safe Rates’. The Transport Workers’ Union has lodged an application at the road safety watchdog to force major retailers to pay transport ...
Tags: TWU, Coles, Safe Rates, Retail front
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General Mills Completes Sale Of Venezuelan Business To Lengfeld
Mar 22, 2016US-based food company General Mills has completed the sale of its Venezuela business to private investor Lengfeld, exiting from the country. The sale of the Venezuelan business includes brands such as Underwood, Rico Jam and ...
Tags: General Mills, Venezuela business, Lengfeld
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Italy Set To Pass Bill To Reduce Food Waste
Mar 21, 2016Italy is all set become the second European country after France to pass a law to reduce food waste by encouraging supermarkets to donate unsold food to charities. Food waste which costs the Italian economy €12bn (£9.4bn) ...
Tags: Food waste, Law, Donation, Unsold food
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US Senate Stalls GMO Labeling Bill
Mar 18, 2016The US Senate has stalled a bill which would have eliminated state by state laws requiring food manufacturers to label products made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), ahead of Vermont’s law coming into effect from July. ...
Tags: US Senate, GMO, Food manufactures, Label products
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California Senate Committee Passes SB 819 To Ban Powdered Alcohol
Mar 15, 2016Alcohol Justice and the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) are reporting that the first of two proposed bills to ban powdered alcohol in California has been passed by the powerful California Senate Governmental Organization (GO) ...
Tags: Powdered Alcohol, CAPA, GO, SB819
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US Agriculture Committee Approves National Labeling Bill For Bioengineered Foods
Mar 8, 2016The US Senate Agricultural Committee has passed a bill which paves the way for a single national labeling law for food made with genetically engineered ingredients, while doing away with state by state labeling. With this bill, which ...
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US Lawmakers Express Concerns Over Ab InBev-SABMiller Merger
Dec 10, 2015Anheuser-Busch InBev faced some serious queries from the US lawmakers over its plan to acquire SABMiller. The lawmakers are concerned that deal could stifle the growing craft beer industry. The £71bn deal that was announced in ...
Tags: craft beer, caft beer industry
