It’s a long way from New York’s Madison Avenue advertising agencies to Gaborone, but for Botswana a lot is riding on the success of the ad campaign De Beers will launch in the coming weeks. Like oil-exporting countries now ...
2010-2014 China Import and Export Overview (Unit: Billion USD) Year I&E Turnover Export Sales Import Turnover Difference Total YoY ...
Thule Group divested its Snow Chain business Wednesday in order to tighten its focus on driving growth in its core Outdoor & Bags segment, which makes everything from car racks to backpacks, and cases for consumer electronics. Thule Group ...
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Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited, the world's largest branded footwear manufacturer, reported net consolidated operating revenue grew 1.5 percent to $665.5 million in August, thanks to continued double-digit growth at its Chinese ...
Counterfeiting of sports equipment, such as soccer balls, helmets, golf clubs, tennis rackets and skis, costs Europe's sporting goods industry €500 million a year, according to a study released Thursday by a branch of the European ...
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Don’t be fooled by the pitch that touts shortage as a reason for investors to plough dollars into the diamond mining sector. In fact, like many other commodities in the world today, the diamond industry is also drowning in a supply ...
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British packaging distributor Kite Packaging has completed the acquisition of Golden Valley Pallet Wrap Specialists for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition covers goodwill and certain assets of Golden Valley. However, the deal does not ...
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European coated fine paper producer Sappi has expanded its paper portfolio with the introduction of new base paper Algro Thermo. The new Algro Thermo bright white paper is claimed to offer a superior optical appearance for tickets, labels ...
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Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has entered into an agreement for the sale and transfer of its bread and bakery unit, which functions under the name of Modern to Nimman Foods for an undisclosed amount. Nimman Foods is an investee company ...
General Electric (GE) has completed the sale of its US fleet services business to Element Financial for $5bn. The company said that the sale of GE's Mexican, Australian and New Zealand fleet businesses to Element is also expected to close ...
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PPG Industries has announced that it has completed its acquisition of IVC Industrial Coatings, Inc., a U.S.-based specialty powder and liquid coatings manufacturer with 2014 sales of more than $100 million. Financial terms were not ...
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong has found traces of malachite green in two tinned fried dace samples. The affected products include Yupin fried dace with salted blackbeans and ...
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British multinational alcoholic beverages company Diageo is trialling non-alcoholic beer Guinness Zero in Indonesia. Non-alcoholic beer has gained traction in Indonesia following the government's ban on sale of beer in convenience stores ...
Tags: Alcoholic Beer, Chinese cuisine
Walmart, the nation's largest seller of guns and ammo, said it will stop selling AR-15-style modern sporting rifles, semi-automatic shotguns and some other firearms this fall for business reasons. "We previously carried modern sporting ...
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Valeo Foods has recalled Kelkin Milk Chocolate Break Wafers as they may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA). The recalled product is Kelkin Milk Chocolate Break Wafers 'free from' Gluten with ...