The chocolatier and multinational food company said it would acquire, at an undisclosed price, all shares of the group that controls the Jenny Craig franchise in Australia and New Zealand.
Launched on November 30 by Nabix, a South Korean developer, the iPhone application "Honey, it's me!" is warming lonely hearts with the voice of "Mina", a 20-something virtual woman.
The government plans to spend close to USD$20 billion on new roads and transport infrastructure over the next five years, and a $36 billion metro system is in the pipeline over the longer term. Qatar is also building an $11 billion airport and a $5.5 billion deepwater seaport, according to Standard Chartered Bank.
The air conditioner, independently developed by Gree, mainly uses solar power, using normal electricity only when solar power is inadequate, said Huang Hui, chief engineer of Gree Electric Appliances.
Announcing grants to 26 companies nation-wide in Christchurch this week, Research, Science and Technology Minister Wayne Mapp said that lifting high-tech export business is critical to New Zealand’s future.
A panel at the Geneva-based trade group on Monday said it agreed that the US was justified in slapping a 35% tax on Chinese tyres under WTO provisions that let countries protect local industries and workers from sharp increases in Chinese imports.
The fall in vineyard values had increased banks' "anxiety" about land as security. A large number of companies were on the market, particularly in central Otago and Marlborough, and quite a few were forced sales.
Fonterra Chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden said the board’s decision to raise the forecast milk price reflected the continuation of high international dairy prices further into the 2010/11 season.
The two largest international air freight markets, Asia Pacific and Europe, registered year on year increases in October of 12.4 and 15.8%, respectively.
Paul Borrud, Facebook's regional vice-president of Australia and New Zealand, said the take-up of Facebook on mobile phones and devices was one reason for the growth, which he said was showing no sign of slowing.
According to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC), China will have the seventh highest number of registrations with the Madrid System once it files 200 more applications.
Of the 35 major cities surveyed, property prices in eleven including Beijing and Shanghai were between 30 and 50% above their market value, ChinaDaily said, citing the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
The new Heineken beer bottles will be launched first in Western Europe early next year and across the rest of the world in 2011. They will come in 5 rather than 15 sizes as had previously been the case.
The conditions that enabled container lines to sharply boost rates at the beginning of 2010 are "noticeably absent" for the next round of increases, the report said.
Part-baked frozen bakery products allow bakers to fulfil demand for freshly baked bread at short-notice by rebaking a partially baked product to form colour and crust.
Leland – the packaging company -- says its Ultimate VCI Protection bags offer a simpler and more environmentally friendly alternative to the traditional method of preventing rust, which is to spray them with oil.
Designers have completely redesigned the Winnie The Pooh packaging, according to the report. The doll now sits in a saddle instead of a box. The product information previously printed on the box is now produced on a small paper tag. The doll still maintains the same distinctive sitting pose on the shelf.
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences also forecast that inflation would remain moderate, with the consumer price index rising 3.3% next year, up a touch from an expected 3.2% this year.
