BASF hopes for green light from EU on GM potato this year
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German chemicals giant BASF is hoping to receive the green light from the European regulatory authorities for a genetically modified potato this year, a top executive said in a newspaper interview published Monday.
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The government will stage a U-turn by supporting European proposals for binding targets on renewable energy generation, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
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An unauthorized genetically modified  (GMO) rice has found its way into the European Union's retail  food sector and appeared for sale at branches of discount  supermarket Aldi, environment group Greenpeace said on Monday.
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BASF, the world&#39;s leading chemicals maker, said on Friday that it had agreed with US computer giant IBM jointly to develop electronic materials for use in the manufacturing of integrated circuits.
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As study shows organic health benefits Just days after the European Commission gave its stamp of approval to four new GM plants, a report has revealed that the area of Europe's arable land devoted to genetically modified crops has risen by 77 per cent in the last year. The total area of GM cultivation is now 1,000 square kilometres*.â¦
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Crop farmers are calling for the early release of EU subsidies to help them overcome damage to their harvests.
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The US urges the European Union to speed up its process for approving new genetically modified (GM) products.
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EU farm ministers failed Monday to reach an agreement on allowing a new genetically modified potato on the market, leaving the decision by default to the European Commission, a diplomat said.
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General Motors may bundle its European operations in a new company based in Brussels in a move to cut costs and simplify management structures, a German newspaper reported on Saturday.
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The government allows genetically-modified potato trials in a bid to fight blight.
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Thousands of General Motors workers across Europe waited for a verdict Thursday on how the world's largest automaker would shake up its money-losing Opel, Saab and Vauxhall operations, with costly plants in Germany considered prime targets for possible job cuts.
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An environmental group accused  Europe's top food safety agency on Monday of repeated bias in  favor of genetically modified (GMO) foods and links with the  biotech industry.
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General Motors  expects its sales in central and eastern Europe to jump to 505,000 units this year from 350,000 in 2006, GM Europe sales chief Jonathan Browning said on Tuesday.
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EU biotech experts will debate next  week whether to allow imports of carnations whose color has  been genetically modified, possibly the first new approval of a  GMO plant in eight years, officials said on Friday.
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The Bangladesh Agriculture Ministry says it hopes to release a type of genetically modified rice to farmers.
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Bug resistant corn is on its way The European Commission has waved through four new genetically modified organisms (GMO) for consumption in the European Union. This means that 15 GMOs have been allowed in to the EU since the region lifted its outright ban on the crops in 2004.â¦
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The European Union authorized  Australian biotech company Florigene on Wednesday to import and  market carnations whose color has been genetically modified,  its Official Journal said in its latest edition.