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China to Remove Price Control Over Salt Market
Oct 10, 2016China has decided to remove administrative price controls on the salt market to foster competition, the country's top economic planner announced Sunday. The move will put an end to the nation's 2,000-plus-year state monopoly in the salt ...
Tags: Salt, Salt Market
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Evince Secures GBP0.75m in New Equity Investment for Diamond-Based Electronics
Sep 20, 2016Evince Technology Ltd of Netpark, Sedgefield, County Durham, UK, which is developing technologies to enable the manufacture of synthetic diamond-based electronics, has closed its largest funding round to date, amounting to £750,240 in ...
Tags: Evince, Diamond, investment
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China Increased Culture Spending in 2015
Apr 29, 2016China spent big on culture in 2015, with a total of 68.3 billion yuan (10.5 billion U.S. dollars) spent on cultural undertakings, an increase of 17.1 percent from 2014, according to a report released by the Ministry of Culture on Apr 25, ...
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Tio Gazpacho Raises $1.25m in Funding From Investors LED by 301 Inc
Apr 6, 2016Soup maker Tio Gazpacho has completed a $1.25m Series A funding round from investors led by 301 Inc, which is a General Mills’ venture capital arm. The Series A round also included investments from other private investors in ...
Tags: Tio Gazpacho, General Mill, Series A
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Seattle Firm Sells off POW Holdings Brands
Apr 6, 2016Columbia Pacific Advisors said it sold POW Gloves to Rojo Australia, Spacecraft Collective to Omen Longboards and Holden Outerwear to unidentified private investors 30 months after investing $2.5 million in the partnership that used to own ...
Tags: POW Gloves, Rojo Austalia, POW Holdings Brands, D.A, Davidson&Co.
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Chicago Mayor Announces Plans to Modernize City Lighting
Oct 14, 2015Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Infrastructure Trust (CIT) today released a Request for Information (RFI) for the Chicago Smart Lighting Project, which seeks to update the City of Chicago’s electric lighting infrastructure. The ...
Tags: Chicago, smart LED streetlights, city lights
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Clovia Has Named a New Leadership Team
Jul 2, 2015Indian lingerie and sleepwear brand Clovia has named a new leadership team that it said will lead the company into its next stage of growth. “Pankaj Vermani has joined Clovia as its chief executive officer, while Aditya Chaturvedi ...
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China Will Develop Strategic Emerging Industries
Jun 12, 2015China will come out with a five-year plan (2016-20) for the development of its strategic emerging industries and to further boost its innovation efforts, the nation's top economic planner said on Friday. The National Development and ...
Tags: Emerging Industries, Economy
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Chinese Investment Surges in Hospitality Industry
Jun 12, 2015Earlier this year, I blogged about the excitement in China generated by the news that its Dalian Wanda Group planned to invest $1.09 billion to build and operate a luxury hotel in London. At the time of their announcement (made in the ...
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Shareholder Approve Sika Board of Directors Rises
Feb 2, 2015The opposition of the shareholders of Sika AG to the hostile takeover bid by Saint-Gobain continues to mount. So far, investors who together hold over 40 percent of the share capital have expressly stated their support for the course ...
Tags: pension funds, prominent institutional investors, Construction
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Oman Plans to Set up a Dairy Firm to Achieve Self-Sufficiency Production and Food Security
Jan 23, 2015The government of Oman has announced plans to set up a dairy firm with an investment of around OMR100m ($258.8m) to achieve self-sufficiency in dairy production and food security The proposed project is being promoted by state-owned ...
Tags: dairy production, food security, Agriculture
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Oman Planning to Set up a Dairy Firm Witn OMR100m
Jan 23, 2015The Government of Oman is planning to set up a dairy firm, which will see an investment of around OMR100m ($258.8m). The investment is in line with the government's strategy to achieve self-sufficiency in dairy production, reports ...
Tags: Dairy Firm, investment funds, private investors, Agriculture
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Delos Capita Acquired Fca Packaging for an Undisclosed Amount
Jan 8, 2015US-based private equity firm Delos Capital has acquired Illinois-based customized and engineered packaging products manufacturer, FCA Packaging, for an undisclosed amount. The company was acquired from a group of private investors and ...
Tags: FCA Packaging, engineered packaging products, Agriculture
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EPA and USDA Working Together to Implement and Coordinate Policies On Water Quality
Dec 17, 2014U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy today joined U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary (USDA) Tom Vilsack, Mike Boots of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Commonwealth of Virginia ...
Tags: Water Quality, Agriculture
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FTA Has Been Finalised Between Australia and China
Nov 25, 2014Dairy and meat industry boost from new China FTA deal A new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been finalised between Australia and China, with the Australian dairy and meat industries expected to benefit. Australian Prime Minister Tony ...
Tags: Dairy Industry, Meat Industry, Agriculture