The new Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) for Australia's food packaging was given the final go-ahead by commonwealth, state and territory consumer affairs ministers this week. Each label will indicate the proportion of Australian ...
Tags: Country of Origin, CoOL, Green Light, Food packaging
China's central bank continued to pump money into the market to ease a liquidity strain this week. The People's Bank of China (PBC) conducted 395 billion yuan (61.16 billion U.S. dollars) of seven-day reverse repurchase agreements (repo) ...
Tags: liquidity strain, PBC
Honda showcased three new Civic vehicles at the 2016 New York International Auto Show. These include Honda Civic Hatchback Prototype, Civic Redbull Global Rallycross racecar and Demi Lovato designed 2016 Civic Sedan. 2017 Honda Civic ...
Tags: New York International Auto Show, Honda Showcases, Civics
Popular brand of outdoor furniture, Brown Jordan has announced a license agreement with G. A. Gertmenian, a fourth generation importer and wholesaler of accent and area rugs, to produce a collection of fine quality rugs for indoors or out. ...
Tags: Brown Jordan, G.A.Gertmenian, Partnership
Bournemouth-based retailer Beales has secured a rescue package in the form of a CVA, which will see rent cut at 11 of its 29 stores, reports The Guardian. In a process similar to that which took place at BHS earlier this week, Beales' ...
Tags: Beales, CVA, Rescue package
There are hundreds of potential combinations for Apple Watch cases and bands and thanks to the launch of new nylon straps, the number rose significantly this week. Thankfully, and not before time, Apple has made it easier to flip through ...
Tags: Apple, Apple Watch, Nylon staps
Apple is expanding its original programming horizons beyond music with a new unscripted series about app developers. The production was confirmed by Apple executive Eddy Cue and will apparently tell the story of a number of app developers ...
Earlier this week, Netflix admitted to throttling streams on certain US mobile networks to prevent customers from going over their data caps. Now the streaming giant has slammed data restrictions in a public statement that was released ...
Tags: Netflix, Mobile networks, Caps
WASHINGTON (FERN's Ag Insider) - This week, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $24 million grant to Cornell University, funding a global wheat research group, known as Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat. The aim is to develop new ...
Tags: Stem-Rust Disease, Wheat
PGA Tour Superstore is launching a multi-faceted “Custom Fit Sweepstakes" campaign starring Rickie Fowler, one of the PGA Tour’s rising young stars, and Lexi Thompson, the top-ranked American on the LPGA Tour, and Cobra Puma ...
Power management company Eaton today announced that the home field of the Vanderbilt University men’s baseball team, Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee, has installed an advanced light-emitting diode (LED) system designed to ...
Tags: Vanderbilt university, LED system, Eaton
Somma Food Group has launched a partnership with the New York City Public School System in offering Chickentopiatm Drumstix in over 1,700 of their schools. First served in December, Chickentopiatm Drumstix are served to New York City's ...
Sainsbury's, Argos and Amazon also took home the gongs at the annual retailer awards earlier this week. Online retailer Shop Direct emerged as the big winner at this year’s Retail Week Awards 2016, taking the gong home in no less ...
Tags: Shop Direct, Retail Week Awards, Amazon, Argos
Packaging firm Sonoco has introduced a new quad-seal flexible bag, which features Cross-Seal technology. Initially, the firm is commercially offering the new bag with Cross-Seal technology for coffee manufacturers. Sonoco said that ...
Tags: Sonoco, Pakaging, Cross-Seal technology, Coffee industry
Australia’s top medical news program made some startling revelations this week. The most surprising finding is that there is a 45% higher mortality risk for people with Body Mass Index (BMI) of 23-25 than for people with a higher BMI. ...
Tags: BMI, Cold Showers, Medical program, Scientific discovery