A consortium of Chinese investors, which includes Changchun Lianxin Investment Consulting and Shanghai Ground Food Tech, has acquired Brownes Dairy through Australia Zhiran. Brownes was sold by its current owner Archer Capital, a private ...
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Arrow Energy, jointly owned by PetroChina and Royal Dutch Shell, will use Shell’s proprietary LNG technology. The engineering design will be undertaken by an international consortium comprising the Chiyoda Corporation, CB&I (Chicago ...
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Australia’s first fully driverless and electric shuttle bus, the RAC Intellibus, has started the on-road stage of its trial in South Perth. The RAC Intellibus will carry passengers and interact with traffic, parked cars, cyclists ...
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An investigation by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IRAC) has concluded drinking very hot beverages probably causes cancer of the oesophagus in humans. The investigation did not ...
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Grocery wholesaler, Metcash, has turned its profits around announcing a AUD$216.5 million profit after tax for the 12 months ended 30 April 2016. This is a vast turnaround on its AUD $384.2 million loss it reported for the prior 12 month ...
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The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey results show that the steady increase in hiring intentions in Australia will continue into the third quarter of 2016. Of the 1,500 public and private employers surveyed, 13 per cent indicated ...
Subject to local regulatory approvals, Hong Kong based Plantations International plans to start importing Australian "Kensington Pride" Mangoes into Indonesia says Mr. Marvin Lee, the director of communications for Plantations International ...
Aldi Australia has the potential to be bringing in AUD $15 billion in annual sales by 2020 says a new Morgan Stanley report. Released yesterday, the report analysed that shoppers are now spending an average of AUD$100 per month at ...
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A new study from Roy Morgan Research shows Aldi is continuing to win over more Australian supermarket shoppers. According to the study, as of December 2015, Aldi had a 12.1 per cent market share of the Australian supermarket grocery ...
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Further details on Aldi’s expansion into Western Australia show things are running on time. While Woolworths supermarkets group announced the ditching of the Homebrand private label, analysts say the decision is an attempt to ...
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Genuine Parts Company has announced that is has completed one automotive acquisition and two industrial acquisitions, effective March 1, 2016. GPC Asia Pacific, the Company's wholly-owned automotive distribution company based in ...
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Coles and Lion have issued recalls for milk a number of milk products sold in Western Australia after discovering a microbial coliforms contamination. The two Coles branded milks are "Coles Brand Western Australian fresh hilo milk 98% fat ...
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Congestion at most Chinese ports has eased further over the past week due to a general improvement of the weather, a port agent source said Wednesday. Dense fog, strong winds, heavy rain and snow made several China ports close from time ...
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ASX-listed Collins Foods, which owns KFC and Sizzler restaurants in Australia, has reported profit growth for the six months ending the 18 October 2015. Total revenue was reported as AUD$269.7 million, a 5.1 per cent increase on the same ...
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Western Australian (WA) researchers are trialling technology which offers an innovative way to control the destructive Mediterranean fruit fly. Horticulture Innovation Australia along with the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western ...
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