Brainstorm has announced it will be launching Aqua Dragons at Toy Fair. Much like brine shrimp, Aqua Dragons are small crustaceans that kids can hatch and grow at home. They can grow up to 2cms in length and their eggs can dry out and ...
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SAP’s new option to pair HANA with its Business Suite, using in-memory database technology as opposed to a disk storage mechanism, could well end up leaving the competition behind, according to Sam Alkharrat, Managing Director, SAP ...
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In December, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.5 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.5 percent in cities and 2.5 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 4.2 percent, while the non-food prices ...
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One of the biggest supermarkets in Edinburgh was left with empty shelves on Tuesday after it was accidentally wiped off a computer system at the company's head office in Leeds. Deliveries to the Asda store in Chesser, Edinburgh, dried up ...
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If you lost power during Hurricane Sandy, don't taste the food to see if it's OK. Instead, follow this advice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Keep the refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible. That will keep ...
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A majority of consumers interviewed by the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) confess to having little knowledge of genetically modified foods, but would still support labelling on products. Almost nine in every ten of the consumers ...
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Soil pollution is defined as the build-up in soils of persistent toxic compounds, chemicals, salts, radioactive materials, or disease causing agents, which have adverse effects on plant growth and animal health. The wars that hit the ...
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Cal-Maine Foods has booked a 39% drop in second-quarter earnings, as revenue growth failed to offset higher costs. The company said earnings dipped to US$14.3m in the quarter to 1 December, down from $23.3m in the comparable period of ...
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IDG News Service-Intel will announce HTML5 programming tools with the aim of reducing application development costs and boosting revenue for developers,software chief Renee James said Wednesday. James kicked off her keynote at the ...
Cal-Maine Foods, a US-based egg producer, has reported that its net sales increased by 13.26% to $328.8m for the second quarter of 2013, compared to $290.3m for the same period in the previous year. For the period ended 1 December 2012, ...
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New Jersey-based S&M International is recalling Yang Sheng cooked salted duck eggs as they may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacteria that causes botulism. The product was distributed between August and October 2012 to ...
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Asda is deploying software from Manhattan Associates to support the future growth of its general merchandise e-commerce operation Asda Direct. Asda will deploy the software in several distribution centres across the UK where Asda Direct ...
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A small device that works along with a smartphone has been developed by California university researchers which will help in detecting even minute particles of allergens such as peanuts in foods. The device, called iTube, has been ...
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Macworld - Any.do is a free productivity app for iPhone that delivers in just about every way. Its great to look at, easy to use, and effective at helping users get stuff done. Users begin their experience by signing ineither register for ...
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Imagine for a moment that you have a credit card with a limit of a few trillion dollars but with one caveat: you need to use those funds exclusively to provide for your family. It sounds easy, until you realize your “family” is ...
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