Hormel Foods Corporation today reported its performance for the fiscal year 2014 first quarter. All comparisons are to the first quarter of fiscal 2013. The company reported fiscal 2014 first quarter net earnings of $153.3 million, up 18 ...
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Haier has claimed a 9.7 per cent global market share in home appliances during 2013, up from 8.6 per cent in 2012, to retain its Number One ranking for the fifth consecutive year, according to UK-based research firm Euromonitor ...
Tags: Haier, Yvonne Hong, Euromonitor, local market
Today, we await a much anticipated WASDE report. Ahead of this release, the markets this morning show wheat on the decline, flirting with 574 while March soybeans remain buoyant in the 1330's. Corn is steady in the lower 440's. Recently, ...
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the International Medical Device Connectivity Market - Forecasts to 2019" report to their offering. Acquiring medical device data for automated documentation in ...
Tags: Medical Device, MDC, GAGR, EMR
The first clinical study of a low-cost neonatal breathing system created by Rice University bioengineering students demonstrated that the device increased the survival rate of newborns with severe respiratory illness from 44 percent to 71 ...
Tags: Respiratory Illness, premature babies, CPAP
The New York Times: Health, Work, Lies On Wednesday, Douglas Elmendorf, the director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, said the obvious: losing your job and choosing to work less aren't the same thing. If you lose your job, ...
Tags: Health, Labor Market, Obamacare, 'Narrow Networks'
In their first results of the heralded program -- which was set up in the health law -- federal officials say about half of the accountable care organizations slowed spending but few met the requirements to qualify for bonuses. Kaiser ...
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European standard EN 71 specifies safety requirements for toys.Compliance with the standard is legally required for all toys sold in the European Union. The standard has been published in 12 parts: EN 71-1: Mechanical and physical ...
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Los Angeles Unified School District is getting a break on the price of thousands of iPads, as it continues the rollout of a $1 billion plan to provide the tablets to all students. The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that under a deal ...
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Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News The U.S. Postal Service will end a same-day delivery experiment in San Francisco on March 1 after it could not find enough retailers to participate, Bloomberg News reported. The program only generated $760 ...
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Soniq, JB Hi-Fi’s exclusive retail brand, is on the front foot talking up its recent successes. The brand, which also sells directly online, has traditionally kept a low profile, though this is expected to change in 2014 with a series ...
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British Standards are the standards produced by BSI Group which is incorporated under a Royal Charter (and which is formally designated as the National Standards Body(NSB) for the UK). The BSI Group produces British Standards under the ...
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British-Dutch multinational company Unilever has signed a deal to sell its meat snacks business to US beef jerky group Jack Link’s. The sale includes Bifi and Peperami sausage brands as well as a manufacturing unit in Ansbach, ...
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Two trades for mid-calorific value imported thermal coal for delivery to ports in South China were heard in the seaborne market during Friday's Asia trading session, supporting prices, said market sources. The Platts/Fenwei CFR South ...
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China's alumina output is forecast to rise 13.8% year on year to 53.5 million mt in 2014, an analyst from state nonferrous information division Beijing Antaike said Friday. Realized alumina output totaled 47 million mt in 2013, according ...
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