The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is uncovering details regarding the latest trend in dietary supplements: powdered caffeine. News of the May 27 death of an Ohio teen due to a lethal dose of the substance has the organization on watch.
Chinese meat supplier Shanghai Husi Food Co., which delivers food products to chain restaurants throughout the country, allegedly provided some fast food outlets with expired goods – including chicken and beef.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has received mixed coverage recently in its latest string of headlines, beginning with a recent fraud charge, followed by a lucrative partnership, and then a recall.
Seven percent of South Africa’s economy will soon stall along with the temporary closing of the country’s Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. production plants. The halt in manufacturing is due to a now three-week metalworkers strike that began in early July.
The Irish Dairy Board (IDB), an organization responsible for supplying and distributing 60 percent of Ireland’s dairy products, hopes to strengthen its current reach to more than 100 countries with its recent launch of a Wisconsin, U.S. cheese plant.
According to the New York Times, “China’s manufacturing sector rebounded in June, showing signs of growth for the first time this year, according to a purchasing managers’ index (PMI) released on Monday. The preliminary reading of the P.M.I. survey for June, compiled by Markit and published by HSBC, rose to 50.8 points, up from a…
According to Reuters, “Bandits attacked a Samsung Electronics Co Ltd factory near Sao Paulo late Sunday and held workers hostage while they robbed truckloads of smartphones, tablets and notebook computers.”
Premiere Inc., a major U.S. healthcare supplier, is extending reach. This company announced that it now has an increased capital borrowing limit, as well. Premiere Inc. secured $750.0 million in funds that the company plans to use to help further expand its business.
“Australia posted its biggest trade deficit in almost a year-and-a-half, as weaker iron-ore prices and a stronger Australian dollar weighed on the resource-rich nation’s export earnings. The deficit widened to 1.91 billion Australian dollars (US$1.8 billion) in May from a revised A$780 million the previous month, according to the country’s statistics bureau,” The Wall Street…
According to the Economic Times, “India’s engineering goods exports to Iraq more than halved in May and have now almost come to a halt due to ongoing clashes between government forces and rebels in the West Asian country.”