The Port of Melbourne. The Victorian Government has successfully leased the Port of Melbourne for more than $9.7 billion. The Lonsdale Consortium, comprising of the Future Fund, QIC, GIP and OMERS signed a lease of the port’s ...
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On the heels of the federal government’s consultation on plain packaging for tobacco products, JTI-Macdonald has launched an awareness campaign to highlight to Canadians and the government the perils of such a move. The online and ...
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China's fiscal revenue rose 1.7 percent year on year to 989.4 billion yuan (US$224 billion) in August, data from the Ministry of Finance showed Tuesday. Revenue growth was down from the 3.3-percent gain posted for July. The ministry ...
EVEN Electric, a new venture has been announced in Ottawa, Canada to drive global sales and distribution network for electric vehicle transportation with multi-brand, new and pre-owned vehicles through retail and online channels. EVEN ...
At least $109 million is urgently required for the provision of seeds and other agricultural inputs and services 28 July 2016, Rome - With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 ...
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At least $109 million is urgently required for the provision of seeds and other agricultural inputs and services 28 July 2016, Rome - With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 ...
Tags: seeds, agricultural inputs, FAO
Briefs for UN Security Council highlight how millions of people remain trapped in a vicious cycle of violence and hunger Joint FAO-WFP news release 29 July 2016, Rome - Protracted conflicts affecting 17 countries have driven millions ...
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Efforts to reduce China's steel production overcapacity are forging ahead according to plan, the top economic planner said Wednesday. In a medium-term roundup of the drive, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said, in an ...
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The driverless truck is no longer a fanciful idea that will materialise in some future world. The technology has advanced rapidly over recent years, and I believe that we’ll see these automated vehicles on our highways in the near ...
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Protean Electric announced that it received $70m in new funding from GO Scale Capital, Zhejiang VIE Science & Technology Co. Ltd., and Tianjin THSG Corporation. The investment follows Protean's announcement in May that the Company is ...
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Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has provided solar panels to Projecto YOSI, an organization working to keep Bolivia's Salar de ...
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Nanostructure-based CIGS (copper indium gallium sulphur-diselenide) thin-film solar module maker Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA and Silicon Ranch are celebrating the completion of Mississippi's largest commercial solar facility to date, ...
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Valspar is expanding production capacity at its Singapore facility to meet increased demand for its food and beverage packaging products in the Asia Pacific region. The expansion is expected to come on line in 2017. "This investment ...
The pan-European REFERENCE research project - created to leverage disruptive radio-frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) technology in developing industrial solutions for the performance, cost and integration needs of RF front-end modules ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to extend the food embargo imposed by the country on Western food products until the end of December 2017. The ban was first introduced by Russia in the summer of 2014 on a range of ...