Freska Produce International is expanding its avocado reach with its purchase of California avocado packer, Harvest Time Produce. Freska, already a global leader in Mangos, with this entry into the prestigious California Avocado program ...
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Dutch beer company Heineken intends to revamp Carta Blanca, its Mexican beer brand, following the overhaul success of its another Mexican beer brand Tecate. Carta Blanca has a loyal consumer base in north of Mexico, but it has lost its ...
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The cash price for CARBOB gasoline in Los Angeles, California, climbed 14 cents/gal Wednesday, supported by nearly 1 million b/d of refinery capacity affected by unplanned maintenance issues. Los Angeles CARBOB was assessed at NYMEX ...
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The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled that Canada and Mexico could impose tariffs worth $1bn on goods from the US in response to the latter's COOL law. The global trade body stated that the US meat labelling law is ...
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The World Trade Organization (WTO)’s Appellate Body has ruled in favoured Mexico over the US in a trade dispute, stating that the US requirement for dolphin-safe tuna labels was discriminatory to Mexican fishermen. The latest ...
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Kia Motors has completed the construction on its $3bn manufacturing plant at Pesqueria in the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The Mexican plant is the company's first plant in Latin America and it joins the other Kia facilities located in ...
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US based Hydraulic hybrid system maker Lightning Hybrids is set to debut its Energy Recovery System (ERS) in Mexico during Expotransporte ANPACT in Guadalajara. The system is expected to save fuel and reduce emissions for truck and bus ...
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FC Bayern Munich is kicking off the new season in spectacular style: Philips, the global leader in lighting, and the German soccer champions presented a new LED façade lighting at the Allianz Arena for the first time on Wednesday. ...
What comes to mind when we speak of cultural exports from China to the United States? Bruce Lee, the giant panda, or kung fu? Without a doubt, these cultural symbols are successful exports of Chinese culture, but another form of Chinese ...
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Rebar prices kept unchanged in Mexico through October, although producers continue to be assertive about hiking prices, sources in the domestic market said. Reported offers, bids and deals led Platts to maintain its Mexican domestic rebar ...
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The young Inma and her husband Liu Xiaosong Inma has seen the changes in Beijing overa space of over thirty years, from a closed offcountry to an open one, from one where thelocals are wary of foreigners, to one where theywelcome them, ...
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Authors who participate in The Bookworm Literature Festival (BLF) consistently say that they are amazed how a small independent bookstore can put on such an epically proportioned event. Visitors (expats and countrymen alike) from across ...
After 11 days of buzz and excitement, the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) came to a conclusion Sunday, with the film Room winning the top honor and Toronto filmmaker Alan Zweig taking the Platform prize from an international ...
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In the last 15 years, since the launch of the "Meet in Beijing" Arts Festival, there have been more than ten thousand artists, coming from hundreds of different countries in the world, who have participated by presenting their talents at ...
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Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, who was touring Mexico to promote his latest album entitled "Mexico," talked about his passion for China since his visit to the country in 1980s, and praised its culture in a recent interview. "I want to ...
Tags: Singer, Julio Iglesias, Love for China