Superior Fruit has entered into an agreement with Eclipse Berry Farms to assume certain agricultural leases to expand its strawberry growing operations in California. Superior has been formed by Bobby Jones and his brother RC Jones, ...
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Sexy Tesla sports cars aren’t the only vehicles that deserve the battery treatment – drayage vehicles, school buses, garbage trucks and cargo haulers are also going electric. And the ranks of those medium- and heavy-duty ...
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Volkswagen has agreed to recall an additional 83,000 vehicles and pay $250m to partially settle claims related to its emissions cheating scandal. The company signed an agreement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on behalf of the ...
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Shell originally sanctioned the project in October 2013 and announced in March 2015 that the project would be re-phased to take advantage of the market downturn to optimise design and retender certain contracts. After careful review of the ...
Speaking at the AFR Retail Summit in Melbourne, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims stressed the importance of competition. “Competition is essential to our economic prosperity; it drives innovation and ...
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Last week's Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair set an improved tone for the diamond market despite challenging conditions in the Far East. Overall, it should be considered a good show as dealer trading picked up after a very slow summer. After ...
Graphic Packaging International signed an agreement to utilize Merrimak Capital Company for its material handling equipment leases. Merrimak Capital Company, the industry's leading full service equipment management company and equipment ...
Sports Authority Inc. pushed back the planned bankruptcy auction from April 25 to May 16 amid “substantial” interest from several potential bidders. A report from Reuters also indicated that both Dick's Sporting Goods and ...
The supermarket will now set about its mission to create a ' ulti-product, multi-channel' retailer with around 200 stores. Sainsbury’s has won the four-month battle to buy Argos after the Home Retail Group’s owner agreed to a ...
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Bournemouth-based retailer Beales has secured a rescue package in the form of a CVA, which will see rent cut at 11 of its 29 stores, reports The Guardian. In a process similar to that which took place at BHS earlier this week, Beales' ...
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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered his eight Budget today, with some of the main points outlined as such: Business - The headline rate of corporation tax, which is currently at 20%, will fall to 17% by 2020 - ...
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Shanton Fashions, which operates a chain of women's clothing stores in New Zealand, has gone into liquidation that could threaten dozens of jobs, the media has reported. Although 18 stores are still trading, an initial report by ...
Ireland-based paper and plastic bags firm AB Group Packaging is set to foray into the US with a manufacturing unit in Delaware. The new plant will make paper bags and industrial packaging products, and is expected to generate around 100 ...
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Whole Foods is planning to open a new chain of stores. The company is building a team to focus exclusively on the new concept and that it's already negotiating leases. Stores are expected to start opening next year, followed by a "fairly ...
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When the oil price crashed last year, many assumed that the earliest casualties would be the small, nimble American companies that specialise in getting “unconventional” oil out of shale, tar-coated sand and the like. After all, ...
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