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Intel gains a new ally in China's chip wars: Beijing

2014-10-14 01:38:17| Semiconductors - Topix.net

Intel's investment of up to $1.5 billion in two fast-growing Chinese mobile chipmakers has effectively aligned the U.S. giant with a third party - a Beijing government intent on producing a viable domestic challenger to the likes of Qualcomm and Samsung. For more than a decade, China has targeted semiconductor design and manufacture as a major focus of its industrial policy.

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'Cereal Wars' book dishes on food lobbying - Burger King crowns ...

2014-10-11 14:41:46| Agriculture - Topix.net

'CEREAL WARS' BOOK DISHES ON FOOD LOBBYING: "The two issues which ensure continued employment for food lobbyists are the sugar program and advertising to children," writes George Franklin, former lobbyist for Kellogg Company, in his new self-published book "Raisin Bran and Other Cereal Wars: 30 Years of Lobbying for the Most Famous Tiger in the World." "Regardless of which sides you are on, these two issues continue to be gifts that keep giving and have put lots of lobbyists' kids through college."

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Marvel Announces 'Secret Wars' Cross-Platform Event for Spring 2015

2014-10-10 08:06:59| Toys - Topix.net

Marvel Entertainment started off its 75th anniversary celebrations at this year's New York Comic Con with the announcement of what the company is calling its biggest event yet: Secret Wars . The event, which is anchored by a mini-series by current Avengers writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Esad Ribic , will go beyond the traditional scope of the company's comic book superhero epics, with Marvel teasing "a synergistic approach" that will include tie-ins in consumer products and digital releases throughout the story's run.

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Battle lines drawn as Butali, West Sugar wars turn political Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000137102/battle-lines-drawn-as-butali-west-sugar-wars-turn-political

2014-10-06 08:55:57| Sugar Industry News

Kenya: Tomorrow at 10am, the country is likely or unlikely to know the fate of a multi-billion shilling case pitting two sugar factories that has also sucked in politicians from western Kenya. Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000137102/battle-lines-drawn-as-butali-west-sugar-wars-turn-political

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