Investors have continued to cut back on share ownership, both directly and through managed funds, according to an ASX survey released today. The survey, conducted every two years, revealed that more than half a million people, or almost 3 ...
Brazil’s steel output is expected to rise by 5.8% to 36.51 million tons this year, driven by recover y of the domestic economy, according to report of Brazil Steel Institute (IABr). It’s forecasted that the sales in ...
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The sharemarket opened the week with a solid gain yesterday on signs of recovery in the US economy ahead of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's monetary policy testimony on Wednesday (US time) before the joint economic committee of ...
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Restaurants in the EU have to serve olive oil in tamper-proof packaging from next year, as Brussels has announced that it will ban the use of refillable bottles and dipping bowls of olive oil at restaurant tables From 1 January 2014 ...
Tags: Packaging, Olive Oil, Tamper-Proof Packs
Symphony Environmental Technologies said it has made an “encouraging start” to the year In a recently published AGM Statement, he oxo-degradable additive firm said it had successfully developed from a UK commodity type ...
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Design consultancy P4CK has launched a brand new packaging concept for takeaway fish and chips The news follows an appearance by the firm, last year, on BBC2’s Dragon’s Den and a £50,000 investment from Theo Paphitis. ...
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Seasoning Transfer Netting combines the convenience of the company's patented transfer technology with the shaping properties of tight-weave netting for a one-step process that forms and applies flavor, color and pattern to boneless and ...
Recloseable packaging and microwaveable plastic trays were named top packaging breakthroughs that most impacted peoples' lives over the last 25 years in an on-line survey hosted by DuPont. Together the two categories of invention captured ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Packaging, Lives
Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper although the government promised to import 50 million rolls, foreign media reported. Due to years of economic dysfunction, Venezuelans has been used to the shortage of medicines and ...
Tags: Toilet Paper, basic food items
GDP fell by 0.2% in the euro area (EA17) and by 0.1% in the EU27 during the first quarter of 2013, compared with the previous quarter, according to flash estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the ...
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The Ifo World Economic Climate Indicator continued to rise, even if only slightly. Both assessments of the current economic situation and the six-month economic outlook improved slightly compared to the previous quarter. There are a growing ...
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Growth in home sales and prices is contributing to a broader improvement in the overall economy, aided in part by current homeownership tax treatment, according to presentations at a residential real estate forum during the Realtors Midyear ...
Tags: Housing, Economy, Construction&Decoration, mortgage interest
The Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) announced that its net income was at BRL16.31 million in the first quarter of this year, slumping by 95% from BRL316.13 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 and decreasing by ...
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The cloud-based system is a spot colour tool designed to extend control and repeatability. According to GMG, the product is the “industry’s first application to offer precise and predictable spot colour simulation by analysing ...
Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 5/16/2013 6:31:56 PM DuPont celebrated the silver anniversary of its global packaging awards program Thurs. night, May 16, granting top honors to U.K.-based design firm ...
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