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US Maryland's new shellfish aquaculture financing programme will be accepting a second round of applications between 2 January and 31 January. The programme received 16 applications totaling more than $1.3 million during the first round, which closed on November 30. There is a ...
Stevia supplier GLG Life Tech has entered into a joint venture with China Agriculture and Healthy Foods Company Limited (CAHFC) for the sale and distribution of stevia-sweetened foods and drinks, GLG has said. GLG will hold an 80 percent stake in the resulting company-to be ...
Central China's Hunan Province recorded 517.9 billion yuan (78.5 billion U.S. dollars) in retail sales in the first 11 months of this year, a 19-percent year-on-year growth, the provincial bureau of statistics said Tuesday. The total included 467.1 billion yuan in urban areas, up ...
The latest round of government price control measures has pundits making predictions, both optimistic and wary. One industry insider is suggesting that instead of holding prices steady, these measures may actually drive prices up, given limited marketing supplies. "The tightening ...
Leverkusen, Germany - Bayer Group, the world's leading chemical and pharmaceutical company said its research and development (R&D) spending in 2010 is likely to record 3.1 billion euro ($4.03 billion), an increase of 13 percent year-on-year. The company also said it plans to ...
EMGA CNY DATA M/T-Monetary tightening must tag menacing inflation Charlie Lay, Connie Tse * Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC) endorses the need to speed up policy tightening * PBOC hiked RRR for 6th time last Friday but system still flushed with liquidity as Nov CPI jumps ...
The authorities in Shanghai have ordered fruit vendors to stop selling oranges that are believed to have been dyed with a toxic industrial wax. The Oriental Morning Post says tests have been ordered on the suspect oranges, after people complained that their hands turned red after ...
BEIJING (Reuters), Dec 13-Inflation in China is more broad-based and stubborn than many economists had expected, forcing the central bank to rely on a mix of tightening measures to rein in prices, Gao Shanwen, chief economist at Essence Securities, said on Monday at the Reuters ...
IrishBreakfastUSA.com is now once again taking orders for its delicious Irish style breakfast packages, delivered frozen and ready to be enjoyed by the whole family on Christmas morning. The gift of delicious food is always appreciated, most of all when it conjures up memories of ...
Kraft claims that coffee production at its Banbury site has been relatively unaffected by a fire on Monday morning that drew six fire crews from two counties. The factory employs 1,100 staff and is one of the world s largest soluble coffee facilities, manufacturing coffee for ...
Kevin Andrew, longtime executive at Bakersfield, Calif.-based Sun World, has been named chief operating officer at Columbine Vineyards in Delano, Calif. Andrew started Dec. 1, he said. Andrew spent 26 years at Sun World, and was chief operations officer since April 2008. "Leaving ...
The Ministry of Agriculture was criticized for promoting genetically modified (GM) food as safe for human consumption while calling for one of its affiliated kindergartens not to use transgenic edible oil. Mei Xinyu, an official from the Ministry of Commerce, wrote on his ...
Central State-owned enterprises (SOEs) signed investment agreements worth 374 billion yuan ($56.2 billion) with Fujian province on Thursday, as part of the central government's efforts to invigorate growth in the economic zone on the western side of the Taiwan Straits. "Fast ...
China's banking regulator confirmed today that it had ordered trust firms to examine the risks posed by their property-related loans. The notice aims to effectively implement property policies at the national level and improve the capacity of trust firms to prevent and control ...
Taiwan-grown fresh fruit drew the attention of a number of Chinese buyers at a trade fair that opened Friday at the Taipei World Trade Center to showcase Taiwan's premium agricultural products. "Taiwanese fruits are considered high-end quality items in my city," said Zhang ...
No oranges from Shanghai that were believed to be coloured with toxic candle wax by fruit traders in Shanghai had been brought into the country, said a statement from the Health Ministry. It said that this followed an investigation and monitoring carried out at the country's ...
China, now the second-largest industrial trading nation, will further spur machinery and electrical product exports to emerging markets next year to establish a diversified sales network and seize global business opportunities, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. ...
The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) has unveiled what is expected to become a massive investment in fruit production for the Chinese market. The investment involves China cultivating fruit on 500ha of land in the Alfred Nzo-municipality. This followed an agreement ...
Yasheng Group, a high-growth diversified China-based agricultural company with US headquarters in California, reported several R&D achievements in the seed segment. Through its own genetic research and development efforts, including the cultivation of hybrid seed strains, ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
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Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
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IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
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China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
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Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
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Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
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Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
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Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...