Maple Leaf Foods has agreed to buy Canadian hog production firm Puratone, a deal the food group said would provide a "consistent supply" to its value-added meats business. The C$42m transaction includes livestock, facilities and interests ...
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The Australian Made Campaign is encouraging consumers to buy local this Christmas to support and celebrate local industry and local jobs. "The festive season is a great time to celebrate the fantastic products and produce we have here in ...
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Glass has been with us at least from the first century BC,but most of the time we either look through it or drink from it—we don't generally look at it.While the magnificent stained glass windows in Renaissance cathedrals are works of ...
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Canadian food manufacturer Maple Leaf Foods has booked a drop in first-half profits. In the six months to the end of June, net earnings amounted to C$33.3m (US$33.2m), a 5.2% decline on the prior year. Adjusted operating earnings, ...
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Kraft Foods is to list on the NASDAQ later this month, citing cost as a factor in its decision to move from the New York Stock Exchange. Shares in Kraft will start trading on the NASDAQ from 26 June, the company said today (8 June). Its ...
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Production is getting back to more-normal levels, following a period of inventory correction Worldwide wafer fab equipment (WFE) spending is expected to decline by 8.9% to $33bn in 2012 from from $36.2bn recorded in 2011, according to ...
Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system and next-generation smartphones launch later this year will accelerate semiconductor revenue growth in 2013 and beyond Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to grow by 4.6% in 2012 to $315bn ...
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Canadian food group Maple Leaf Foods has booked a drop in third-quarter earnings due to the write-down of certain assets. Maple Leaf earnings fell to C$32.6m (US$32.6m), down from $43m last year, the company revealed today (31 October). ...
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ST-Ericssona's integrated applications processor and modem,NovaThor,recorded 28%sequential growth in shipments in Q2,according to Strategy Analytics. While Qualcomm maintained its lead position with 48%of the apps processor ...
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Food giant Heinz has appointed Lee Rolston to the role of director for its Explore UK & Ireland division. Rolston, who joins Heinz from Muller Dairy where he was marketing director, will head up the firm's Explore team, created earlier ...
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Xtrinsic FXOS8700CQ combines a 14-bit accelerometer and 16-bit magnetometer with a high-performance ASIC in a single 3 x 3 mm package Embedded processing application provider, Freescale Semiconductor has introduced Xtrinsic FXOS8700CQ, ...
Dr Asim Hussain adviser to the Prime Minister on Petroleum and Natural Resources has said that the government will facilitate and extend full cooperation towards investment in the country's oil and gas sector.This while addressing the ...
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Global snacks group Mondelez International has revealed an R&D site in New Jersey is still closed in the wake of the super storm Hurricane Sandy that swept across the eastern parts of the US this week. Food manufacturers that shut ...
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Kraft Foods has extended its Cadbury stable in the UK with the addition of a mini variant for its Bubbly chocolate bar. The company said the "self eat" version will be available in a smaller format and will be supported by a GBP1.5m ...
For mainstream and ultrathin laptops Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has launched its new A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) for mainstream and ultrathin notebooks all-in-one PCs, home theater systems and embedded designs. Part ...