In response to Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott continuing his truck drive from Brisbane to Terrigal, Australasian Railway Association (ARA) CEO Bryan Nye has invited Mr Abbott to travel by rail instead. Daniel Hurst / ...
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England-based Strategic design agency, Solid Block has created new designs for GNAW Chocolate's, Chocolate Buttons. According to the company, the new design adds to the existing range of GNAW products which includes Bars and Hot Choc ...
Comment – Greg Cameron The NSW government policy to have only one container terminal for all of NSW at Port Botany is disadvantaging regional economies. Although the NSW government claims that Port Botany container terminal is ...
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Brasil Foods has booked a 75% drop in third-quarter profits as higher feed costs more than offset sales gains in the period. The Brazilian meat company said net income fell to BRL91m (US$44m) in the three months, down from BRL365m in the ...
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Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has reaffirmed its mid-term guidance, depsite booking a drop in full-year profit. In the 12 months to the end of August, the company reported a net profit of CHF142.6m (US$151.7m), down from CHF178.6m ...
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Allied Bakeries, the UK bread arm of Associated British Foods, has extended its Kingsmill portfolio in the UK with the launch of a breakfast products range. Kingsmill Fruit and Fibre comprises three products: Kingsmill Fruit and Fibre ...
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South African poultry group Astral Foods has booked a 23% drop in full-year earnings on higher grain prices and greater competition from European and South American poultry importers. Net income fell to ZAR392m (US$38m) in the year to end ...
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Taipei, Dec.5, 2012 (CENS)--Being optimistic about steel markets in Southeast Asia and to tap preferential tariffs in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Formosa Plastics Group's (FPG) is investing to build a steel mill in Ha ...
Tags: steel, ASEAN, FPG, steel mill, preferential tariffs
Business Line reported that Bharat Wire Ropes is to invest INR 500 crore in a new plant at Chalisgaon, Maharashtra, to expand its total manufacturing capacity to 76,000 tonnes. Bharat Wire Ropes said that currently, the specialty wire ...
CmiA cotton is grown exclusively using rainfed cultivation methods,meaning the smallholder farmers do without any form of supplemental irrigation.At zero cubic meters of freshwater per kilogram of cotton lint,this gives CmiA cotton a clear ...
American General Life Companies (American General) has enhanced AG Quick Ticket, its web-based life insurance application tool, facilitating producers to complete and submit applications electronically and ensures fast turnaround times for ...
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Business Line reported that Lanco Infratech Ltd has entered into a MoU with the China Development Bank, a bank owned by the Government of Peoples Republic of China. The MoU is to raise USD 2 billion debt for 2 power projects Anpara Phase ...
Tags: coal, gas, hydro, solar and wind, power projects
On election eve, hundreds of thousands of people in the Northeast were still without power following Hurricane Sandy, with the hardest hit areas in New Jersey and New York marking an eighth consecutive day without electricity. In addition ...
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MOD-PAC, the maker of paper board packaging and provider of personalized print products, unveiled its newly designed website, www.modpac.com. According to the US-based company, the new site provides visitors with an intuitive navigation ...
Russia - Clear-Com has outfitted Russia's world-renowned Bolshoi Theatre with an expansive intercom network consisting of FreeSpeak digital wireless beltpacks and V-Series keypanels that are connected to the powerful Eclipse-Median matrix ...
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