More and more consumers and corporations are touting the benefits of "local" foods, often described as "sustainable," "healthy," or "natural." According to the trade publication, Sustainable Food News, "local" as a marketing claim, has ...
Tags: local food, organic food, farming
Chinese authorities have inked a deal with Brazil to allow corn imports from the South American country. A Brazilian government official was quoted by Reuters as saying that this development provides a key market for the South American ...
Tags: Corn Imports, Grain Production
Plastic bottle recycling by consumers increased 161 million pounds in 2012, edging up 6.2 percent, to reach nearly 2.8 billion pounds for the year, according to figures released jointly today by the Association of Postconsumer Plastic ...
A GP has voiced her concerns about the NHS's controversial new system for collecting and analysing data, Care.data, questioning why the health service needs to obtain so much data from the UK's citizens. Dr. Jane Lothian, GP and medical ...
The REACH Regulation requests ECHA to submit the annual update of CoRAP for the Member States to consider. The plan addresses substances that are suspected of posing risks to human health or the environment. The substance evaluation ...
The market research report "Flexible Packaging Market by End-Use (Food, Beverage, Personal Care & Pharmaceutical), Material (Polypropylene, BOPP, CPP, Polyethylene, EVOH, PA, BOPET, PVC, Aluminum, Paper, Cellulosic) - Global Trends & ...
Tags: Flexible Packaging, Food Packaging, Packaging, Printing
A technician checks a car at a Hyundai dealer in Haikou, Hainan province. When viewed by country of manufacturer origin, South Korean brands had the highest overall initial quality.[Meng Zhongde / for Owners report fewer problems, gap with ...
Tags: Car, Auto Parts, Transportation
Lenovo, the Beijing-based PC and server maker, was rebuffed in its attempt to acquire smartphone maker BlackBerry by the Canadian government, which blocked its bid on national security grounds. According to Canada's Global and Mail ...
Tags: Computer Products, Blackberry
Global steelmakers, metallurgical coal miners and merchant coke producers are feeling the heat thanks to sluggish steel and coal prices coupled with the prospect of higher energy costs in the US due to regulation, participants said Tuesday ...
Tags: steel, Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral
UK-based insurer Beazley has launched a new product, called Deal Protect, to cover losses from inaccuracies in representations (reps) or warranties made in share or asset sale and purchase agreements. The new coverage, which is ...
Marine Atlantic Inc. recently announced that they will hold a stakeholder meeting in Atlantic Canada to discuss the potential return of a reservation system. Marine Atlantic Inc. shelved their reservation system due to the chaos it ...
Tags: Transportation, shipping, logistics
American vehicle manufacturer Honda Motor has issued a recall on 344,187 Honda Odyssey vehicles of certain model year 2007-2008, over the concerns of brakes. Manufactured from 8 August 2006, through 8 September 2008, the vehicle safety ...
The third quarter lived up to UK printer expectations according to the results of the latest BPIF Printing Outlook survey. More firms saw a pick up in demand rather than a fall with 31% benefiting from an increase in the volume of orders ...
Tags: Office Supplies
Six-wheeled AATVs The term "ATV" was originally coined to refer to non-straddle ridden six-wheeled amphibious ATVs such as the Jiger produced by the Jiger Corporation, the Amphicat produced by Mobility Unlimited Inc, and the Terra Tiger ...
Tags: ATVs, Developments
The Ninth China Steel Annual Conference was held on October 22th -25th at the Beijing Convention Center. Baosteel Group chairman Mr. Xu Le Jiang was invited to deliver a keynote speech of " green business model create green steel - ...
Tags: Green Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral