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Stop selling off African land - invest in farmers instead
2014-01-23 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The international year of family farming is now underway, and never before have family farmers in Africa been more under threat. Large land deals between African governments and usually foreign (and sometimes domestic) investors have seen swathes of the countryside leased or concessioned, often for as much as 50 to 99 years. From Senegal in West Africa to Ethiopia in the Horn, and down to Mozambique in the South, land considered idle and available has changed hands, with profound implications...
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Korea to invest USD 1.5 bln in 5G, seeks entente on norms
2014-01-22 23:50:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) South Korea plans to invest KRW 1.6 trillion (approx. USD 1.5 billion) through 2020 to build a 5G mobile network. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning has been in talks with the country's three mobile operators as well as technology firms such as Samsung and LG to draw up a plan, Yonhap News Agency writes. The ministry is hoping to strengthen ties with US, Chinese, and European telecom authorities to establish standards for 5G and avoid excessive patent battles. The first test run for the 5G network on social networking sites is planned for 2015.
US: Nordstrom to invest $79m in distribution centre
2014-01-22 13:43:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Upscale fashion retailer Nordstrom is to invest more than US$79m in a new online and catalogue distribution centre in Pennsylvania.
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Jamaica - Chinese company to invest U$200 million to modernise two sugar factories
2014-01-22 07:30:10| Sugar Industry News
Chinese company Pan-Caribbean Limited, operators of the Monymusk and Frome sugar factories in Jamaica, has announced plans to pump between US$180 million and US$200 million into modernising the two plants, reported StabroekNews.
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South Korea to invest 1.1bn in 5G ahead of 2020 network launch
2014-01-22 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Country's ICT ministry working with three mobile operators, Samsung and LG to push the 5G agenda.
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