Archive for December, 2011
ADM Donates USD$125,000 to Create Computer Lab at Girls’ School in Côte d’Ivoire
DECATUR, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) has donated USD$125,000 for a computer lab at Lycée Mamie Faitai de Bingerville in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The donation includes 40 computers, 10 printers, software, licenses, uninterrupted power supply and related installation costs. The computer lab project will be implemented by Opportunities Industrialization Center – Côte d’Ivoire, [...]
Wine sales robust in 2011, may drop more in 2012
By Leslie Gevirtz NEW YORK | Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:44pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – It was a good year for fine wine in 2011 with auction houses reporting solid sales but the bubble has burst in the Bordeaux market and prices are expected to fall further in 2012. Wine sales at auction house [...]
Want a pet cat? Think again, researchers say
Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:21pm EST (Reuters) – Tempted by the playful antics of that adorable kitten in the pet shop? If you’ve never had a cat before you may want to think again, especially if you have other allergies, researchers warn. And if you do acquire a feline, keep it out of your bedroom. [...]
Insight: FDA warned PIP on breast implant safety
By Anna Yukhananov WASHINGTON | Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:11am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As early as 2000, U.S. health authorities raised concerns about the French breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide. That was almost ten years before the company came under scrutiny from European [...]
Stressed Chinese fight back — with pillows
SHANGHAI | Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:43pm EST SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A whirlwind of pillows bearing the names of bosses and teachers filled the air as hundreds of Chinese gathered to blow off stress in Shanghai, staging a massive pillow battle. The annual event marked its fifth year with such a surge in interest from [...]
