In an effort to combine the best of two database technologies, startup FoundationDB has launched a new data store that it claims can offer the reliability of transactional databases and the scalability and speed of NoSQL. The data store, ...
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Proving that the concept of business-driven extended producer responsibility (EPR) is gaining favor amongst environmentally conscious brands, Recycling Reinvented announced it has received a pledge of support from New Belgium Brewing Co., a ...
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The company is the latest to be attacked after recent cyber attacks on Apple, Facebook and Twitter. Evernote's security team discovered suspicious activity in its network which attempted to access secure areas of its service. Evernote ...
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A report released National Audit Office revealed that the UK IT skills shortage means that Britain could have trouble defending itself from cyber attacks over the next 20 years. The UK was hit by over 40 million cyber attacks in 2011 ...
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A boat company in Somerton, Victoria, has been found guilty and fined $275,000 over the death of a worker in December 2011. Monst Pty Ltd (formerly Lloyd Brewer Marine Pty Ltd) was convicted on charges relating to the death of an ...
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Virginia-based Starr Hill Brewery is expanding into New Jersey and Delaware, US, starting this month. The craft brewery will market many of its top brands, including Northern Lights IPA, Starr Pils, The Love (wheat beer), Jomo Lager, Dark ...
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SanTan Brewing is planning to open a new distribution facility in the US to expand its regional and national distribution. The company plans to invest $6m in the new 35,000sq ft facility that will serve as a warehouse and production ...
US-based craft brewer Alltech's Lexington Brewing and Distilling is to launch canned India Pale Ale (IPA) in April 2013 as part of its $20m expansion plans. The IPA, which features citrus and floral aromas, will be sold in packs of four ...
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The Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev and Constellation Brands have revised agreement for AB InBev's complete divestiture of the US assets of Mexican beer company Grupo Modelo. The move follows a US Department of Justice decision to ...
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Business leaders have issued an urgent call for a new ‘Entrepreneurs’ Fund’ to be set up to help new food and drink manufacturers make the next step in their growth. Paul Wilkinson: DEFRA should launch an ...
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Singapore-based drinks and property group Fraser & Neave (F&N) has announced that all of its board members, including chairman Lee Hsien Yang, will resign next week, which will allow its largest shareholder Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi to ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on January 28 in the Federal Register a reorganization for the Foods and Veterinary Medicine (FVM) program that was implemented on October 1, 2012. Under the reorganization, the Office of ...
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Brewer Science Inc of Rolla, MO, USA, which provides specialty materials, integrated processes, and laboratory-scale wafer processing equipment, plans to build a high-volume manufacturing facility in Vichy, MO, to produce materials for ...
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New Zealand-based DB Breweries (DB) has deployed SAP's web channel experience management (WCEM) software to set up a web shop. The web shop, which went live at the end of November 2011, will provide online ordering for trade customers and ...
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The North American-based Molson Coors Brewing Company through its Molson Coors UK & Ireland has acquired the Franciscan Well craft beer brand and micro-brewery in Cork City, Ireland, for an undisclosed sum. The company is also planning to ...
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