Manitoba Pork Council reports an internet based holiday promotion has dramatically increased the number of hits on the recipe pages of its web site. As part of its 12 Days of Christmas Holiday Giveaway the public was invited to register ...
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China's economic growth is likely to stand at 7.6 percent this year, slightly down from 7.7 percent in 2012, said a State Council report on Wednesday. Economic growth has been higher than expected since 2011 despite a declining trend, ...
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Exploration well 31/3-4 on the Mantra prospect offshore Norway has encountered reservoir quality sands but all intervals were water wet. Det norske is partner in the 551 license with a 20 percent interest. The 31/3-4 wildcat was the first ...
The chair of the National Farm Animal Care Council's Pig Code Development Committee says the update of Canada's Pig Code of Practice is on track for completion by mid-spring. The National Farm Animal Care Council's Pig Code Development ...
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Jiangsu province-based Chinese steelmaker Valin-Xigang Special Steel Co., a subsidiary of Hunan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Valin Group, has announced that its production and sales target of finished steel for 2014 is 800,000 mt, ...
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The Government of India has set a target of modernizing 2.3 million powerlooms in the next few years, Textiles Minister K Sambasiva Rao said after inaugurating a powerloom modernization project at Sircilla in Karimnagar district of Andhra ...
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Scientists are testing a new thought-controlled device that may one day help people move limbs again after they've been paralyzed by a stroke. The device combines a high-tech brain-computer interface with electrical stimulation of the ...
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Zensah, a leading Miami based compression apparel company, has developed an innovative compression elbow sleeve to help target golfer’s elbow, elbow tendonitis, and other elbow pain that golfer’s frequently experience. Made ...
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More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn't exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News. The results show that the pollen frequently has been filtered out of ...
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Researchers have learned more about how mosquitoes detect skin odor, and they say their findings could lead to better repellants and traps. Mosquitoes are attracted to our skin odor and to the carbon dioxide we exhale. Previous research ...
China's Cabinet estimates this year's economic growth edged down to 7.6 percent and warned it faces pressure to decline further, a state news agency said Thursday. The forecast, reported by the Xinhua News Agency, is below the 2012 rate ...
Few people realize how effective the vaccines against HPV (human papillomavirus) are for preventing cervical cancer, and even fewer talk about the vaccine with their doctors, according to a survey of more than 1,400 people. "From previous ...
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On December 23, 2013, Beiben Annual Business Conference 2014 is grandly held in Baotou, Inner Mongolia. At the conference, Beiben releases the sales data in 2013: by November 25, 2013, Beiben sells 15745 units in total, 14326 units of which ...
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Natural gas trucks grow very fast in the past three years. Looking back the market, Chinese manufacturers differ from each other in performance. SHACMAN, however, has been leading the market forward through 7,000 units of sales in 2012 and ...
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Preliminary research shows that gene therapy might one day be a powerful weapon against leukemia and other blood cancers. The experimental treatment coaxed certain blood cells into targeting and destroying cancer cells, according to ...
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