Myanmar Brewery Limited (MBL), the producer of Myanmar beer, is revamping its brand image and products in order to enhance its appeal with the country’s consumers as global giants such as Heineken and Carlsberg stiffen the competition ...
Tsinghua Unigroup of mainland China announced on Dec. 11 to acquire a 24.9 percent holding in Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. (SPIL) and a 25 percent stake in ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) Ltd. for total cost of NT$68.8 billion ...
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Dutch beer company Heineken intends to revamp Carta Blanca, its Mexican beer brand, following the overhaul success of its another Mexican beer brand Tecate. Carta Blanca has a loyal consumer base in north of Mexico, but it has lost its ...
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Perry Ellis International Inc., which distributes several golf brands and makes Nike swimwear, appointed Joe Arriola to its board. Arriola is a former member of the Perry Ellis Board, having served as a director from 2006 until 2015. ...
Tags: Perry Ellis International Inc, golf brands, Sporting Goods
In an update on current trading and confirms its expectations for full-year 2015, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that it is on track to achieve year-on-year revenue growth, with second-half revenue ...
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Netflix has released plans for the creation of a pair of festive socks that will maximise your viewing this Christmas. We're used to new original Netflix releases bring critically acclaimed TV series and films, with the odd terrible Adam ...
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Mopar Vehicle Protection (MVP), the service contract division of FCA US LLC, recently launched new vehicle protection plans that offer a combination of features and benefits not currently available in the marketplace. The Mopar "Complete ...
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Pizza chain Papa John's has pledged that it will begin using chicken in its products that have been raised without human and animal antibiotics, by summer 2016. The company said it would also use chicken that have been fed a 100% ...
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The makers of Jolly Pumpkin and North Peak have partnered with Seoul-based brewery, Playground. The craft beer industry in South Korea is just awakening and Playground Brewery is looking to bring variety and change to a country used to ...
Tags: Jolly Pumpkin and North Peak, Seoul-based brewery, beer, Food
HTC co-founder Cher Wang has claimed the long-awaited HTC Vive virtual reality headset will debut some previously unseen innovations at CES 2016 next month. Speaking at the Vive Unbound developers forum in Beijing, Wang claimed the new ...
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China sents into space the country's first Dark Matter Particle Explorer Satellite on Thursday. [Photo: weibo.com] China on Thursday sent into space the country's first space telescope in a fresh search for signals of dark matter, ...
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The European Commission has cleared commodities trading group Trafigura's minority holding in Belgium-based zinc and lead producer Nyrstar. In November, Trafigura told the EC its minority 20.02% stake in Nyrstar -- held through its ...
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The announced merger between petrochemical giants Dow Chemical and DuPont will have a significant impact on the low-density polyethylene market and could be just the beginning of large-scale consolidations, an industry consultant said ...
Tags: Dow Chemical, DuPont, polyethylene, LDPE
Artlant, Europe's largest purified terephthalic acid producer, is in the process of searching for an investment partner or buyer for the business, a source close to the company said Thursday. As a result, any plans to start up production ...
Tags: Artlant, Terephthalic Acid, PTA
The 20-year cost of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator's compliance with the US Clean Power Plan could be as little as $5.8 billion to as much as $104 billion in today's dollars, depending on which strategies are pursued, ...
Tags: Clean Power, natural gas