Beijing bureaucrats are all exhausted just by chasing a sputtering economy and trying to keep it moving. Some fine-tuning here, a bit of state spending there – all with the aim of meeting a GDP growth target. But if they want to stop ...
Tags: Economy Reform, China Economy
The Ecover Ocean Bottle, which holds Ecover’s washing-up liquid, is made entirely from recycled plastic, with 10% collected from the sea. The washing-up liquid itself has been developed with a special ‘sea lavender and ...
Tags: Ecover, Waste Plastic
Simplot launches new Birds Eye brand 'steamfresh' vegetables and cheese sauce Food manufacturer Simplot Australia has launched a new Birds Eye SteamFresh Vegetables and Cheese Sauce range in Australia. The Company said the latest ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
New brand features collectable Little Live Pet birds that tweet and talk back to children. Moose Toys' new collectable brand Little Live Pets will launch in the UK in July 2014, courtesy of Character Options. Little Live Pets is the new ...
EKA Software Solutions, the leading global provider of Smart Commodity Management software solutions, today announced that Pinnacle Foods Inc. has selected Eka to provide commodity planning, decision support and analytics across all ...
Crowdfunding campaign kicks off to develop plush birds that control the Flappy Bird app game. Flappy Bird might have flown the coop earlier this year when the game's creator retired from the world of app-fame, but the game remains, with ...
Tags: Flappy Bird, Toys, Games
Pinnacle Foods Inc. today reported double-digit growth in net earnings for both the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal 2013 ended December 29, 2013, achieving the top of its EPS guidance range. The Company also provided its outlook for ...
Tags: Pinnacle Foods, Food
It's a common enough scenario in Nigeria and across Africa: how to get rid of pesky mosquitoes whose buzzing disturbs sleep and whose bites can carry malaria and other diseases. Two Nigerian start-ups have tapped this—and other ...
An international team of marine biologists has found mesopelagic fish in the earth's oceans constitute 10 to 30 times more biomass than previously thought. UWA Professor Carlos Duarte says mesopelagic fish – fish that live between ...
Flocks of birds manage to navigate through difficult environments by individuals having predispositions to favour the left- or right-hand side, according to research published in PLOS Computational Biology this week. Scientists at The ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published nine warning letters it issued to food manufacturers and processors at the end of January and the start of February. Orth Farms of Eaton, NY, B & E Dairy of Barstow, CA, and Hillegass ...
Tags: FDA, Warning Letters, Food Manufacturers
With the oven ablaze melting shattered glass in the workshop and the nearby store abuzz with curious customers, it is hard to imagine that just a few months ago Lebanon’s last glass blower was about to close shop for good. On a ...
Tags: Recycled Bottles, Glass Blower
New products include Building Sets, Thrill Rides, Education and licensed among others. K'Nex has unveiled its 2014 product line-up at the American International Toy Fair, which includes over 25 new additions to its product ranges. ...
Tags: Toys
The latest product line from the toy company follows Rovio's announcement of the Angry Birds Stella property, featuring Stella and her group of friends. Hasbro has unveiled its new Angry Birds Stella: Telepods at this year's New York Toy ...
Tags: Angry Birds, Toys, Hasbro
Farmers who rely on propane to heat livestock facilities can take steps to use the increasingly costly fuel more efficiently – and without making expensive capital investments, a Purdue University specialist says. The liquid ...