Petromanas Energy Inc. ("Petromanas" or the "Company") (TSXV: PMI) today announced its support for a foreign investment and protection agreement (FIPA) concluded between the Canadian and Albanian governments and announced by the Honourable ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil
The holiday season can be marked by an uptick in crime as people are away from their homes to visit family and friends, attend parties, and be present for performances and social events. The criminal element is well aware of the numerous ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Security, Protection
The China National Cotton Reserves Corporation (CNCRC) has started releasing cotton from the state reserves. The floor price has been fixed at 18,000 yuan per ton for standard grade of cotton, and the first released reserves were ...
Tags: Cotton, State Reserves
At first glance Burundi and Ethiopia look like total opposites. Burundi is the smallest country in Africa while Ethiopia is one of the largest. But the two countries have a lot more in common than you might think. Agriculture is the ...
Tags: Apparel Sector, Apparel
The scent of diesel, rusting anchors and fish slurry hung in the humid air of the harbor. I was in Puntarenas on the western shore of Costa Rica, waiting to leave on a scuba-diving trip to Cocos Island – often called an "underwater ...
Tags: Costa Rica, Agriculture
Package labels are becoming the "go to" place when people have questions about food, but U.S. researchers say consumers want more information. Harry M. Kaiser, Jura Liaukonyte, Nadia A. Streletskaya and Bradley J. Rickard of Cornell ...
Ryder Canada was recently presented with an Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) safety achievement award, for recording an injury rate in its Canadian warehouses that was 25% lower than the industry average for three ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
A cross party group of peers tabled amendments to the children and families bill that would have introduced plain packaging, although implementation will be subject to an evidence review. In July the government delayed plans to ban ...
Tags: Cigarette Packaging, Packaging, Printing
The Canadian Trucking Alliance is asking the federal government to invalidate contract clauses compensating shippers from liability in case of incidents involving dangerous goods such as crude oil. CTA's president and CEO, David Bradley, ...
Tags: Transportation, logistics, Trucking
Open GI has teamed up with identity check specialists IIL and GBGroup in a bid to strengthen its latest innovation - Open Client Check. The powerful duo is now providing a range of verification checks for Open Client Check in addition to ...
Tags: GI, IIL, GBGroup, Combat Fraud
Marsh Networks and Allianz Insurance are extending the range of Allianz commercial products available to Marsh Networks’ member brokers. The agreement means Marsh Networks’ members can gain access to innovative products that are ...
ACE Group, a global multiline property and casualty insurer, has rolled out its new and improved risk management plan for companies in Continental Europe, to support the evolving casualty needs of middle-market businesses. Dubbed as ACE ...
Tags: ACE, Export Protection, Continental Europe
A research paper published in the scientific journal Tobacco Control shows that graphic warning labels on cigarette packs led to a decrease in smoking rates in Canada of between 12% and 20% from 2000 to 2009. The authors estimate that if ...
The UK Government is set to introduce new legislation forcing the tobacco companies to use plain packaging for cigarettes. The new rule, which aims at reducing the appeal of the cigarettes to the youngsters, has been delayed by the ...
Tags: Tobacco Packaging, Packaging
The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) in the UK has identified the presence of livestock-associated Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) in poultry on a farm in East Anglia, England. The agency ...
Tags: East Anglia Farm, Infectious Bacteria, UK