The programme has covered 31 local authorities and, according Rick Hindley, executive director of the scheme’s programme managers Alupro, MetalMatters has been aided by the combination of the public and private sector. The programme ...
A patent application filed by Google last year provides a detailed look at some of the metrics the company considers when ranking news stories and deciding how prominently to display them on its Google News page. The application, filed in ...
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The International Energy Agency remains largely in the dark over the real pace of China's surging oil demand despite long-running attempts to persuade the county to publish official data on consumption and oil stocks, the IEA's top energy ...
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Regional US supermarket group and food distributor Spartan Stores has booked an increase in third-quarter earnings. Net profit in the three months to the end of December amounted to US$5.2m, a 2% increase on the prior-year period. ...
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Engineered to the finest detail for unsurpassed performance and design sophistication, MODERN FORMS is established by WAC Lighting as a future forward manufacturer and innovative brand of unique, upscale LED luminaires. MODERN FORMS, with ...
Olam International has booked a jump in first-half sales, which were up by almost one quarter on strong growth from the Singapore group's food business. The company said sales in the six-month period rose 24.3% to S$9.6bn (US$7.72bn), on ...
Cargill is to quit the vegetable oil business in Romania in a bid to develop its agricultural operations in the country. The US agribusiness giant has agreed to sell assets that include the Untdelemn de la Bunica and Olpo to Expur, part ...
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Fashion designers whose businesses are based in one of New York City’s five boroughs and have been open for at least one year are eligible to apply for a free program to be held at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) that will ...
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Gulf companies are investing in several South East Asian petrochemical projects due to the rising demand for petrochemical products in the region. The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) plans to commit US$ 5 billion investment in the ...
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BP announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2012. Underlying replacement cost profit, adjusted for non-operating items and fair value accounting effects, was $4.0 billion for the fourth quarter, compared to ...
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RadioShack Corp. today announced that Joseph C. Magnacca , an experienced retail executive and merchant, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company effective February 11. Mr. Magnacca has also been named a member of ...
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Japan's JX Nippon Oil & Energy sold a total 44.04 million kiloliters, or 1.01 million b/d, of oil products in the domestic market over April-December 2012, up 5.3% year on year, JX Holdings, the parent company of the largest Japanese ...
New paraxylene capacity of 2.6 million mt/year and benzene capacity of 820,000 mt/year will be built in Saudi Arabia over the next four years by Saudi Aramco, a source close to the state company said Tuesday. These aromatics capacities ...
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Desmet Ballestra, a supplier of plants and equipment and licensee of CTi's vegetable oil refining technology, has entered into a sales agreement with a refinery in Argentina that produces vegetable oil. As per the terms of the agreement, ...
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Shell said Thursday it remains on track to grow its oil and gas production by over 20% in the next five to six years, despite weak North American fuel prices continuing to dent the performance of its key upstream growth centre. ...
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