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Maple Leaf Q4 profit soars to $54.6B despite slight decline in sales revenue

2013-02-26 16:50:05| Food - Topix.net

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. says lower restructuring costs and higher gross margins were among reasons for a more than six-fold increase in its fourth-quarter profit, which jumped to $54.6 million despite softer revenue.

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PET Bottle Recycling Soars to Nearly 39 Percent

2013-02-25 18:06:00| Waste Age

Recycling of single-use plastic water bottle containers reached 38.6 percent for 2011, more than doubling the rate from seven years ago, according to a new study. read more

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Biotech Industry Soars in 2012 as FDA Drug Approvals Reach a 15-Year High

2013-02-21 19:16:21| Biotech - Topix.net

The iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index , the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF and the First Trust Amex Biotechnology Index ETF have all gained over 20 percent in the past year, outperforming the broader markets by a good margin.

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Nitrogen Pollution Soars in China

2013-02-20 23:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Scientific American: Nitrogen-containing pollutants from agriculture, transport and industry in China has increased by more than half in 30 years, a study shows, adding to concerns about the countrys deteriorating environment. Rapid economic growth in China has driven high levels of nitrogen emissions in the past few decades, says Zhang Fusuo, an agriculture researcher at the China Agricultural University in Beijing and a co-author of the study. Once emitted into the air, key nitrogen pollutants ammonia and...

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