Genetically modified (GM) potatoes are set to be grown for the first time in Ireland, after Environmental Protection Agency Ireland (EPA) has given its approval to carry out trials. The plants will be modified to be resistant to Late ...
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Today we have a review (and giveaway) of the TWSBI 540 Demonstrator fountain pen. Previously we reviewed the TWSBI 530 fountain pen, and this model has only very minor differences, but one is actually major in the impact it has on the pen. ...
Finishing process is available across the company's aluminum wheel product line Accuride Corporation (Accuride), a manufacturer and supplier of commercial vehicle components, has increased the availability of its enhanced finish for ...
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Speaking at the group's annual suppliers' evening last month, Office Brands CEO Gavin Ward said Office Brands is pro-actively investing in new systems to drive the business process, identify better practices to provide growth opportunities, ...
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The policy of the Financial Supervisory Commission(FSC)encouraging domestic enterprises to float renminbi-denominated bonds at the offshore banking units(OBU)of domestic banks may come to a halt,due to disagreement of the Ministry of ...
The Hershey Company has announced that it will source 100% certified cocoa for its global chocolate product lines by 2020 and speed up its programs to help eradicate child labor in the West Africa cocoa regions. Certified cocoa will be ...
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UK-based supermarket chain Sainsbury's is launching the first Norfolk Black Chicken,a brand new breed for customers across the UK. Bred from two heritage breeds,the chicken has distinguished black legs and feathers with specks of bronze ...
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UK-based retailer Sainsbury's has replaced the glass used in its peanut butter jars with plastic in a move that reduces carbon emissions by over 150t. According to Sainsbury's, the change has cut packaging by 83% or 882,000k and puts the ...
After a month on the market, Windows 8's usage uptake resembles 2007's Vista -- ultimately a poor performer for Microsoft -- rather than the eventually successful Windows 7, a Web measurement company said Saturday. According to Net ...
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USA - Marc Janowitz, long time lighting and production designer for Kentucky psychedelic rock band My Morning Jacket, has kept up his tradition of using the evolving series of GLP impression LED heads by specifying 50 of the latest ...
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Chicago Board of Trade December soybean futures saw choppy action Thursday as ongoing fundamental drivers battled new US exports data. Initially, prices rose as much as 12 cents/bushel above Wednesday's close to $14.5825/bushel in early ...
Marshall & Swift/Boeckh (MSB) has signed an agreement with Pictometry International to add new Risk Visualization capability to RCT Express, in an effort to enhance risk assessment accuracy at policy creation for insurers. The partnership ...
Tags: MSB, Pictometry International, RCT Express, assessment accuracy, insurance
Sweden-based Stora Enso Skoghall Mill's CKB packaging board is available with a polyethylene coating made from renewable raw materials. The development and launch of the bio-coated packaging board was a result of a cooperation with the ...
Australian Wool Industries Secretariat Inc (AWIS) reported that the AWEX Regional Indicators finished 1.1% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week. The US exchange rate fell by 0.8%, taking the change in ...
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Mitsui & Co Ltd and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd said they have undertaken a review of the Taganito Nickel Project that is being implemented in the Philippines by Taganito HPAL Nickel Corporation, an affiliated company of SMM and Mitsui. ...
Tags: Mitsui, Sumitomo Metal Mining, Taganito Nickel Project, nickel