The food production system is out of control and puts small-scale farmers at risk as it is controlled by few major companies, according to a report from Fairtrade Foundation. The report noted that about 500 million smallholder farmers ...
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A Walter E. Smithe Furniture commercial featuring Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and his wrestling company is raising money for charity while enjoying a good deal of media attention. According to a Chicago Tribune report, Corgan ...
We won't be discussing cloud computing in two years' time, not because the service has become obsolete, but because it will have become so ingrained in IT there will not be a need to talk about it as a concept. That's the consensus to ...
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has spoken out about his dissatisfaction with the pace of innovation at the company he founded in the 1970s. Gates handed over the role of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000 and has been blamed for a number ...
Now a partnership between Oxfam, Marks and Spencer and Glasgow Caledonian University is setting out to cut the huge amount of clothes which end up in landfill. For the first time, a University partner has hosted a ‘shwopping’ ...
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Facebook has expanded its promoted posts program, allowing users to pay to highlight posts made by friends. The move, if successful, could help boost fees Facebook collects from the recently introduced service. The new feature lets users ...
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UK cereal maker Weetabix has had its WeetaKid mobile app banned for making children feel "inferior" if they did not eat the company's products. The app fell foul of the UK's Advertising Standards Authority, which ruled it "exploited" the ...
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Kids, parents and members of the toy industry are being urged to "Do something funny with Jelly" for charity. The In Thing has teamed up Izziwizzi kids to donate Gelli Baff and launch the campaign in aid of Comic relief. This will ...
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Bobby O'Neal (aka. Dr Love) from Mission, BC, Canada has developed a love game app that is sure to spice up Valentine's Day for couples worldwide. O'Neal has a reputation for creating fun relationship enhancing love products. He is the ...
Associated British Foods has "emphatically" denied allegations of tax evasion on profits made by its sugar processing operations in Zambia. In a report published by Action Aid at the weekend, the charity claims the Ryvita and Silver Spoon ...
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Rheem Manufacturing Company was selected as the 2013 AHR Expo Product of the Year Award winner for its innovative H2AC Rooftop Unit, a restaurant integrated AC and water heating system. During a special ceremony at the world’s ...
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Associated British Foods (ABF) is embroiled in a tax dodging row with the charity ActionAid over its sugar-producing subsidiary in Zambia. Kingsmill owner ABF denied tax dodging in Zambia According to a report published by the charity, ...
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The Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible will make its world premiere next month, with the American icon going lidless for the upcoming Geneva motor show. General Motors says the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible will deliver the ...
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USA - The Long Reach Long Riders and The ESTA Foundation will host their annual raffle to benefit Behind the Scenes at the USITT Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 21-23 March. This year's raffle will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the ...
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The 15th annual Charity Golf Funday will be held at Macquarie Links International Golf Club on Friday, 22 March. Organised by the Australian Office Products Charitable Fund, this year's event will be in aid of Juvenile Arthritis ...
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