(i) GDP Data In 2005, the GDP of Liaoning province reached RMB800.5 billion yuan, the proportion of the primary industry, the secondary and the tertiary industry was 6.1%, 60.7% and 33.2% respectively, and the per-capita GDP was RMB18, ...
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Reuters reported that Shanghai steel futures climbed more than 1%on Monday to their highest since October,after fresh data boosted optimism that China's economic recovery was gaining traction,boding well for demand for both steel and its ...
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US cereal giant Kellogg has booked a drop in first-half profit as raw material prices and weakness in Europe weighed on earnings. Net profit in the six months to the end of June amounted to US$659m, a 7% decline on the prior-year period, ...
Belgium-based Ter Beke has reported a sharp drop in half-year profits, due to higher raw material costs and one-off charges. For the six months to the end of June, the meat and ready meals group said net profit sank by 31% on the same ...
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Dutch food group CSM reported a decline in third-quarter profits today (25 October) as one-off costs hit earnings. In the three months to the end of September, EBITA fell to EUR20.9m (US$27.1m) from EUR28.3m a year earlier. One-off ...
Visa Steel, which went into a corporate debt restructuring program 2 months ago, might try to bring in a strategic investor in its core long steel business. Mr Vishal Agarwal MD of Visa Steel said that "In the special steel business, we ...
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Enchanting and magical power of orchids are studied a unique research center in the world: Guerlain Orchidarium. High in the jungle treetops in Yunnan province in southern China, the Vanda Coerulea orchid is ...
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Denmark-based food ingredients firm Chr. Hansen has booked an increase in full-year profit and said it is "well prepared" for future growth. EBIT in the 12 month period climbed 16% to EUR185m (US$239.7m), the company reported yesterday ...
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French vegetable processor Bonduelle has booked an increase in full-year earnings, with sales growth outside of Europe offsetting weakness on the continent while cost cutting initiatives and lower financing costs boosted the bottom line. ...
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New technologies and novel green ingredients are the focal themes of the European edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit (21-23rd November, 2012) The impact of new technologies on the sustainable development of the cosmetics ...
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Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has reaffirmed its mid-term guidance, depsite booking a drop in full-year profit. In the 12 months to the end of August, the company reported a net profit of CHF142.6m (US$151.7m), down from CHF178.6m ...
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Associated British Foods today (10 September) revealed it had taken an impairment charge of A$150m (US$155m) on its Australian meat business as it battles "difficult" trading conditions in the market. The UK-listed group announced the ...
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Canadian food and drink manufacturer Lassonde Industries has booked an increase in first-half profits. In the six months to the end of June, earnings climbed 16.8% to C$21.6m (US$21.7m). The acquisition of juice firm Clement and Pappas & ...
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Belgian food group PinguinLutosa has reported a profit for the first half of its current financial year as it prepares for business without potato division Lutosa. PinguinLutosa, which has agreed to sell Lutosa to McCain Foods, booked a ...
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it has entered into a technology license agreement with China-based Henan Billions Chemicals Joint Stock Co., Ltd., that will provide Henan Billions the right to use PPG’s technology for ...
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