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...US food manufacturer General Mills was one of the first to make a big push towards regenerative agriculture practices, announcing in 2019 a target to extend these to 1mn acres of farmland by 2030....
...US production of steel totalled 80.5mn tonnes last year, compared with 1bn tonnes from China, according to the World Steel Association....
...Rating agencies typically treat preferred stock deals more favourably than run-of-the-mill loans....
...Pension funds “remain dependent on the willingness of banks to accept bonds as collateral,” Jan Mark van Mill, head of treasury and trading at APG, wrote on a corporate blog....
...His five apartments are in a condominium, a stone’s throw from Universal Studios. Three weeks ago, his occupancy rates were approximately 80 per cent....
...Where housing mixes with industrial sites, the J Mills & Sons bottling plant built in 1895 has been saved from demolition....
...“Textiles, paper mills, lumber mills, all these places in southern and eastern Arkansas,” said Mervin Jebaraj, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Arkansas....
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...General Mills last month partly blamed rising transport costs for 625 redundancies it will make this year....
...Any proceeds from grape sales go back into a homeowners’ association....
...Last week, the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association said it was seeking advice from law firm Mishcon de Reya about a potential class action against the US car-booking app....
...By 2010, the Trump Toronto was supposed to be finished: 65 storeys containing 261 luxury hotel rooms and condominiums, all encased in a shimmering glass façade....
...Shares in General Mills have slipped 9 per cent this year....
...Before that, he worked for two years as deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai branch of the China Association for Friendly International Contact (CAIFC), an international outreach arm for the PLA....
...He was asked at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting at the weekend about the political risks of his association with a group known for cutting jobs....
...“What you don’t see is the 20 veneer mills that are closing down in other parts of the country,” says Mr Howlett....
...Lindsay Whipp Earnings Dixons Carphone FY 28.63p (28.70p) General Mills Q4 $0.60 ($0.75) Monsanto Q3 $2.42 ($2.39) Results forecasts, from Thomson Reuters, are for fully diluted, post-tax EPS in local...
...Mr Mills told the Press Association his fund’s investment had been wiped out....
...Executives at Vail Resorts Inc may be rubbing their hands....
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...Outside the conservation areas, developers are free to buy rental flats and convert them into condominiums, which can be sold for sky-high prices....
...Brewin fell sharply in the first weeks of 2016 in tandem with the FTSE Wealth Management Association Balanced Index, the key benchmark for its funds under management....
...General Mills said it would look at the language of the bill before deciding on its next step....
...That is also the view of the China Iron & Steel Association, which reckons the country’s steel production hit a record high of more than 70m tonnes in March....
...The market has been “difficult” for merchants, said Bill May, president of the American Cotton Shippers Association, where Mr Christie was a board member....
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