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It was just a matter of time: With fine wine selling fast in Asia, glassware maker Riedel is planning to expand aggressively in China. The Austrian company, which has eight franchised stores in the mainland, expects to nearly double that count to 15 by the end of 2011. After that...
CHINA - Producer of functional, sustainable tilapia products, HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, has seen its "Omojo" brand awarded the Gold Prize in the Chinese Health products category by the World Brand Laboratory. The award certified by Professor Robert A. Mundell, Chairman ...
The night of Feb. 3-4 was another cold one in Texas and New Mexico, and onion and citrus growers in Texas are bracing for a repeat the night of Feb. 4-5. Temperatures in Texas, however, did not get as low in the wee hours of Feb. 4 as some forecasters predicted. That was good ...
CHINA - In 2009, China's output of aquatic products reached 51.20 million tons, up 4.6 per cent from a year earlier. Alongside with the improving living standard of people, the consumtion of high-protein aquatic products goes up year by year, and the robust demand drives the ...
Calcium in dairy products could counteract the effect dairy fat has in raising total and LDL cholesterol levels, according to a new Danish study. Despite intervention studies showing that saturated fat increases total and LDL-cholesterol concentrations - and resultant advice to ...
BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- China's economic planning agency Thursday announced a rise in minimum rice purchase prices this year to encourage farmers to grow more grain. A statement on the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) website said the government would ...
CHINA - The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council held the National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology 2010 awarding conference in Beijing on 14 January. At the conference, second prizes were awarded to two institutes under the Chinese ...
Stevia supplier GLG Life Tech has said its business is likely to increase by 50 to 60 percent in 2011 compared to a year earlier, mainly due to increased demand in China. The company's 2011 financial guidance includes sales of stevia, the natural, zero-calorie sweetener derived ...
The government agency calls for sanctions against Carrefour and Wal-Mart for cheating on prices. The National Commission for Development and Reform Commission has established that a dozen stores "are misleading their customers with false discounts, advertise low prices that ...
Shanghai has surpassed Singapore to become the busiest container port in the world. Shanghai port realised 29.05 million TEUs in 2010, against 28.4 million TEUs realised by Singapore, according to a statement released by the Shanghai Municipality. Shanghai is the first port in ...
Organized by CCM International Ltd., China Crop Protection Summit (CCPS) 2011 will be held on March 18th to 19th in 2011 in Shanghai, China. As an ideal platform for obtaining the latest market information and networking for key industrial leaders, CCPS covers most of the current ...
GLG Life Tech's joint venture in China has been given the go-ahead by Chinese authorities to provide its stevia-derived sweeteners for use in foods and beverages, the company has said. The joint venture with China Agriculture and Healthy Foods Company Limited (CAHFC), called Dr. ...
As Chinese New Year approaches, an industry group is asking those who give fruit as gifts to take extra care to avoid spreading a citrus pest. The Asian citrus psyllid has been turning up in new areas of California, and officials hope gifts of oranges or tangerines given on the ...
Drought conditions contributed to a significant drop in West Virginia's apple production in 2010. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that total apple production in the state was 64 million pounds, down 22 percent from the 2009 estimate of 82 million pounds. The state...
Kiwifruit and avocado orchards may have escaped serious damage from northeasterly winds last night. Michael Darling of AvoWorks, a contract picking company, had received no reports of damage from his clients this morning. "If anyone has been affected it will probably be those ...
CHENGDU Chef Zhou Shizhong's chopping knife is poised for the kill. "You have to be quick," he tells his class, a soft-shelled turtle squirming under his palm. "Or else it'll keep hiding." A tiny head appears. An expert slash to the neck. A squirt of blood. Students squeal and ...
The Chinese giant Alibaba will invest 3.4 billion Euros for a huge warehouse network, and could exceed revenues of Wal-Mart in 10 years. Alibaba has announced that he plans to invest 30 billion Yuan (3.4 billion Euros) in a network of sites of storage of goods. With a total area ...
US - Researchers from Upstate New York institutions, including the University at Buffalo, have documented elevated levels of two industrial pollutants in carp in eastern Lake Erie, adding to the body of scientific work demonstrating the lasting environmental effects of human ...
While grape varieties such as Dragon's Eye and Ju Feng Noir may be a mystery to British shoppers - and most experts - Chinese wine could soon be on the lips of drinkers across the world. A leading forecaster has predicted China will make more wine than Australia by the middle of ...
China will step up promotion of mechanization for rice production during the 2011-15 period, said the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) on its website Saturday. By 2015, the country's mechanization rate for paddy rice production is expected to reach more than 70 percent, with that ...
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