Halloween is a holiday that is supposed to be scary, but as costumed children hit the roads for treats, safety should be a top priority to ensure no true horrors occur. Between the hours of 4 p.m. and midnight on Halloween is the ...
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UK cheese maker Wyke Farms has announced plans to increase the price it pays farmers for milk. The dairy group said it will raise its milk price by a further 0.75ppl from 1 November. The move follows an increase of 0.5ppl implemented in ...
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Singapore agribusiness giant Wilmar International has booked a drop in first-half profits as the group suffered losses in its oilseeds and grains business. In the six months to the end of June, Wilmar recorded a net profit of US$373m, ...
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Swiss chocolate giant Barry Callebaut has broken ground at its first Center of Cocoa Excellence in west Africa. The CHF1m (US$1.3bn) training and research centre, which will be operational from October, will be used to test ...
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Even with gas prices approaching record levels, there's good news for fuel-economy champions: Cars have never been more efficient than today. That's the conclusion of a new study by the University of Michigan, which finds that more ...
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KLA-Tencor has announced its next-generation LED patterned wafer inspection tool, the ICOS WI-2280. Designed specifically for defect inspection and 2D metrology for LED applications, the ICOS WI-2280 also provides enhanced inspection ...
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Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) in partnership with the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) will introduce health warning labels on outer packaging of tobacco products effective March 2013. Under the new measure, which is part ...
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Colibri Heart Valve in the US has treated the first patient with its proprietary 24mm Colibri transcatheter aortic valve implantation(TAVI)system,as part of first-in-human feasibility study. The ...
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In recent years, Baosteel Co Ltd encourage their employees to advance technological innovation. While encouraging employees to apply patents, it pays more attention to depth and quality. From January to October this year, Baosteel Co Ltd ...
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II. Economy i. GDP In 2005, the GDP in Ningxia was 59.94billion Yuan, among which the output value of first industry has increased 6.978 billion Yuan, the secondary industry 27.782 billion Yuan, and the tertiary industry 25.18 billion ...
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The Chinese government's latest move to combat tax evasion by imposing a consumption tax on MTBE and aromatics is likely to raise gasoline blending costs and make imports of finished gasoline relatively more cost-effective, industry sources ...
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Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, a French supplier of construction materials, could give investors something to build on in the next 12 months. Its shares (ticker: SGO.France) could rally more than 20% as the company benefits from growing demand ...
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To Provide Manufacturers Greater Flexibility, Reduced Cost of Ownership and Improved Efficiency KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) today announced its next-generation light-emitting diode (LED) patterned wafer inspection tool, the ICOS ...
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Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta has announced that it has received European Union(EU)approval for isopyrazam-a next generation fungicide.This move which is expected to help cereal farmers control fungal diseases and achieve higher crop ...
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Gloves made of wild dog skin. A bag made of roe deer skin. Sledges are the major transport in winter. Children wear such deer skin boots. The Oroqens, with a population of 6,965, mainly live ...
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