FedEx has joined Southwest Airlines to buy out Red Rock’s entire eight-year jet fuel inventory — key milestone for project construction. Red Rock takes waste biomass from forests and sawmills, and using a proprietary process, ...
Nordic fashion and textile industry is set to become the most sustainable in the world. The vision of a new Nordic action plan presented by the Nordic Ministers for the Environment in Copenhagen earlier this week is for the region to ...
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Fast food giant KFC has promised to modify its packaging to make it more hedgehog-friendly. The company took the decision following mounting pressure from the Shropshire-based charity, the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS). ...
Tags: KFC, Hedgehog-Friendly Packaging, Packaging
Coles says it will absorb price impact after cyclone wipes out Carnarvon banana crop Australian supermarket Coles has indicated it will offer assistance to banana growers in the Carnarvon region of Western Australia, after Cyclone ...
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Sony is taking dramatic measures in its response to a devastating hacker attack on its movie studio. Sony Pictures Entertainment has had a large proportion of its dirty laundry aired on the internet, with thousands of private emails ...
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The mother and son duo were told their range of dolls made to look like their owners was not a viable business. A mother and son toy making duo has secured a £100,000 deal with Hamleys, proving the BBC’s Dragons' Den naysayers ...
Tags: Rejection, Doll Lands, Toys
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has come out strongly in favour of extension of the Tariff Preference Level (TPL) for another 10 years at the request of the Nicaraguan textile and clothing industry. Jodi Hanson Bond, vice president of the ...
Tags: Extension, Apparel, Accessories
From 1996-2014, Nike's designs for the most iconic uniform in sport: the Brasil national team kit. The yellow jersey, Called Amarelinha or Little Yellow One, the home shirt for the most successful football team in the world represents the ...
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Electronic cigarette merchants Ohio was afraid to solidify a business plan tax of their products , but supporters of the tax , including John Kasich of the governor , please refer to the broader benefits for Ohioans.Is a review of the ...
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Although recent industrial accidents coupled with other issues have raced challenges for the Bangladesh textile industry, which is the second largest exporter of readymade garments (RMG), the Government of Bangladesh and the textile ...
South African platinum miner Implats said Friday gross refined platinum output in the January-March quarter fell 40% to 205,000 oz, hit by ongoing strike action. The company's "good start to the financial year was severely impacted in the ...
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We had the opportunity to speak with Kim Marti Subirana from Celsa Group, the president of IREPAS, during the SteelOrbis Spring 2014 Conference & 70th IREPAS Meeting held on March 30-April 1 in Barcelona. Mr. Marti, how do you view the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel
As tech clichés go, “big data” falls somewhere between “cloud” and “social” on the list of terms you’re probably tired of hearing — ideas so broad they mean hardly anything at all. ...
Tags: big data, electronics supply chain
Scientists and regulators investigating the mysterious spread of a deadly virus plaguing the U.S. pork industry are stepping up their scrutiny of what the nation's hog herd eats. With a dearth of solid leads, investigators are exploring ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The National Pork Board has announced additional funds earmarked for research in the fight against the further spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV), which was first identified in the United States last May. The funds – ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Pork