An investigation by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IRAC) has concluded drinking very hot beverages probably causes cancer of the oesophagus in humans. The investigation did not ...
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Local government delegates attending the 22nd National General Assembly of Local Government in Canberra have called for politicians to support a freight productivity plan by the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), which they say ...
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Grocery wholesaler, Metcash, has turned its profits around announcing a AUD$216.5 million profit after tax for the 12 months ended 30 April 2016. This is a vast turnaround on its AUD $384.2 million loss it reported for the prior 12 month ...
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Automotive and energy storage firm Tesla Motors has offered to acquire SolarCity for about $2.86bn. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is the major shareholder in both the companies with 19% in Tesla and 22% in SolarCity. The company is ...
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Organto Foods has announced that it has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with a Mexico-based privately owned real estate investment management to form a new food and agricultural joint venture. The proposed joint venture will be ...
UK’s packaging materials supplier Kite Packaging has acquired Northamptonshire-based packaging distributor, Phoenix Box. Established in 1993, Phoenix Box is engaged in the JIT and direct line supply of corrugated cases and other ...
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We run through all the big new features on the redesigned entry-level Kindle. Amazon has announced a newly redesigned version of its base-level Kindle – the first update to the most affordable Kindle in two years. And while this ...
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Australia's consumer watchdog has filed a lawsuit against H.J. Heinz Company, alleging that it made false and misleading representations in its advertisement for Little Kids Shredz products. The Australian Competition and Consumer ...
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McCain Foods (Canada) announced a major investment in its Florenceville-Bristol French fry plant that will expand capability and create 40 to 50 new jobs. The company is adding a new production line to meet growing demands for hash brown ...
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The global gallium arsenide (GaAs) device market will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.14% over 2016-2020, forecasts a report by TechNavio (issued by the firm Research and Markets). The GaAs device market largely ...
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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd of Seoul, Korea has launched Fx-CSP - a line-up of LED packages featuring chip-scale packaging (CSP) and flexible circuit board technology - for use in automotive lighting applications. "Our new Fx-CSP line-up ...
BluGlass Ltd of Silverwater, Australia – which was spun off from the III-nitride department of Macquarie University in 2005 to develop a low-temperature process using remote plasma chemical vapor deposition (RPCVD) to grow materials ...
For fiscal fourth-quarter 2016 (ended 1 May), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported revenue of $318.8m, down slightly on $320m a year ago but up 3.1% on $309.2m last ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that it is pushing ahead with research on perovskite solar cells within the three-year project PeroBOOST (running from March 2016 to February 2019). Aixtron ...
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe joined government officials, local business leaders, dozens of guests and more than 700 Team Carfax members to celebrate the completion of a major company expansion. With support from the Governor and the ...
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