Woolworths has announced a profit increase for the first half Supermarket group Woolworths has announced a net profit after tax for the first half of the 2014 financial year of $1,321.7 million, up 14.5 per cent on the same period in the ...
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A key gauge of China’s manufacturing activity fell again in February as companies are becoming increasingly cautious about future business conditions amid sluggish demand both at home and abroad. The official Purchasing ...
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Half of all jars will have a new label reading ‘Bring out’, replacing the traditional ‘Branston’ so that when on shelf, the jars will read ‘Bring out (the) Branston’. For minimal financial investment ...
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Pair Game, Abacolor Maxi and Superpegs Mini are rated as qualified products. DKL has confirmed that three products from Miniland Educational have been rated as qualified products for special needs children by AblePlay rating system. ...
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Angolan April crude cargoes have sold steadily so far with more than half of the program already cleared, but Asian demand is expected to slow down ahead of a heavy refinery maintenance season, trading sources said Thursday. Activity on ...
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Based out of the New York area, Mondevices Inc. has created the baby sleep monitor that fits in a button, creating the first “smart button” wearable technology. This year the “smart button” has won a prize in Smart ...
ATLANTA, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. flu activity continued to decrease during the week ending Feb. 22, but was high in Hawaii and Oklahoma, federal health officials say. The weekly flu report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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As well as giving gamers the chance to enter an online world as a double agent and infiltrate a corrupt government, new online alternate-reality game Apocalypse of MoP also uncovers players' perceptions of provenance and how this affects ...
An old, sprouting garlic bulb has more heart-healthy antioxidants than its fresher counterparts, U.S. researchers said. People have used garlic for medicinal purposes for thousands of years, and eating garlic or taking garlic supplements ...
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France-based pipe manufacturer Vallourec has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2013, while also stating that for 2014 it expects a stable to moderate increase in sales and EBITDA. According to ...
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Jaguar is set to unveil its 2015 model year XF Range at the Geneva International Motor Show 2014 in Switzerland. "The 2015 XF model range has an incredibly wide breadth of capability. From a blistering 0-60mph time of only 4.6 (4.4 for ...
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Today, during Samsung's Developer Day keynote at the Mobile World Congress, lark CEO Julia Hu unveiled lark's Personal Assistant for Health and Wellness software on Samsung's flagship Galaxy S5 as part of newly announced S-Health. lark is a ...
Overall, U.S. obesity rates are unchanged, but obesity rates in young children ages 2 to 5 declined significantly from 2003/2004 to 2011/2012, officials say. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in the ...
Just a century ago, work settings were absent of telephones, typewriters, calculators, digital computers, and even, women. People from that era would not recognize today's professional environment, which is highly automated and impersonal. ...
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For seniors, every extra hour a day spent sitting is linked to double the risk of being disabled no matter how much exercise people get, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Dorothy Dunlop, a professor of medicine at Northwestern ...
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