The Circular Economy Task Force is a government supported business-led group, including firms such as Boots, Unilever and Wrap, convened by independent think tank Green Alliance. It says that it is a forum for policy innovation which aims ...
KrisEnergy, a Southeast Asia-focused oil and gas company, said Thursday that its Tayum-1 exploration well in the Kutai production sharing contract offshore Kalimantan, Indonesia, has encountered gas. A preliminary well log evaluation ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
PetroChina has received Chinese and Australian federal government approval to acquire from ConocoPhillips a 29% stake, valued at around A$32 million ($29 million), in a shale gas joint venture in Western Australia's Southern Canning Basin, ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil
Students who visit the University Co-op at the University of Texas at Austin can now browse and buy top consumer electronics products and desired brands available in a new RadioShack-branded section of the college store. The new ...
How do you use packaging to communicate your sustainable strategy to customers? Come and find out. On July 17, 2013, Jim Hanna, director, environmental impact, Starbucks Coffee Co., will speak at the Packaging Digest Global Food & ...
Tags: Packaging, Sustainability, Gateway
US telecommunications giant AT&T has agreed to acquire Leap Wireless for $15 per share in cash, valuing the prepaid mobile operator at about $1.2bn (£800m). The move comes amid continued consolidation and restructuring in the ...
Tags: 4G, Computer Products
Irn Bru maker AG Barr is remaining tight-lipped about press reports that it is preparing a £1bn bid for Glaxo Smith Kline’s iconic drink brands Ribena and Lucozade, in the wake of its failed merger bid with Britvic. He ...
Tags: Glaxo Smith Kline, Failed merger deal, AG Barr, Ribena, Lucozade
The Union Minister of Textiles Dr. K.S.Rao held a meeting with the stake holders of Wool and Carpet Industry to prepare a road map to increase the woollen and carpet export. During the discussion, major issues related to growth of the ...
Carl Prindle Schottenstein Stores and Rooms To Go have taken an ownership stake in online retailer Furniture.com, which will relaunch later this year, backed by a network of large retailers across the country handling fulfillment. ...
Tags: Furniture, Stores, Furnishing
On July 10, Hubei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. (WISCO) announced that it has increased the stake it holds in its listed subsidiary Wuhan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. From November 29, 2012 to July 10, ...
India-based steelmaker Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) is reportedly in talks with London-based Stemcor, one of the world's largest independent steel traders, to buy Brahmani River Pellets (BRPL), Stemcor's pellet unit in the Indian state of ...
Tags: Jindal Steel, Mineral
Russia increased LNG exports 38.5% year-on-year in the first half of 2013, to 5 million mt, according to data released Tuesday by the Far East branch of Russia's customs service. Russia exports LNG from the Sakhalin 2 LNG plant in ...
Tags: LNG Exports, Chemicals
Texas-based private-equity firm TPG Capital is said to be considering signing an agreement to acquire Envision Pharmaceutical Holdings, an Ohio-based pharmacy-benefits manager (PBM), for an undisclosed sum. Sources familiar with the ...
Tags: Envision Pharmaceutical, TPG
Stevanato Group strengthens its market position by acquiring the majority stake of InnoScan, a Danish manufacturer of state of the art high-speed inspection machines for the pharmaceutical industry. Through this acquisition ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Some 1960s "plate glass" universities are challenging the big names Jul 6th 2013 |From the print edition Tweet..EVERY year newspapers and college guides rank British universities according to the exam results of the students they admit, ...
Tags: Reinforced Glass, Glass, Construction, Decoration