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Kenya sugar farming turns sour as import curbs fail

2015-03-19 07:34:45| Sugar Industry News

MUMIAS, Kenya, March 18 (Reuters) - In the sugar cane fields of western Kenya, farmers complain that falling prices mean they can barely make ends meet. Yet rival African producers can still offer cheaper supplies.

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U.S. may impose tougher curbs to contain bird flu in Arkansas

2015-03-16 07:03:32| Food - Topix.net

U.S. authorities are considering imposing tougher restrictions in Arkansas to contain a virulent strain of avian flu in the heart of America's poultry region in a bid to minimize international trade disruptions and contain the virus. The H5N2 flu discovered in Arkansas last week is the state's first case of a strain that causes massive internal hemorrhaging in poultry, can kill nearly every bird in an infected flock within 48 hours, and is prone to mutate.

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Singapore Firms Buy New York to Tokyo as Curbs Bite: Real Estate

2014-12-01 11:03:11| Real Estate - Topix.net

Singapore developers struggling to sell apartments in their home market are buying property overseas, turning the island-state into the largest foreign investor from the region this year. Companies including City Developments Ltd. and Keppel Land Ltd. pumped $2.32 billion into overseas markets in the nine months through September, a threefold increase from the same period last year and the most in at least eight years, according to data from Real Capital Analytics Inc., a research firm that specializes in investments in commercial property.

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