Mauritius sugar mill expands, despite European cuts
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Boiler-suited builders  scramble along girders as a heavy crane lifts equipment for new  construction at a sugar mill in Mauritius, even as the Indian  Ocean island grapples with a sharp fall in sugar prices.
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Imperial Sugar appears to be a lot sweeter than it was a year ago, but challenges remain.
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BRUSSELS, Mar 9 (IPS) - The European Union (EU) has imported sugar at  preferential prices from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries  since the 1970s; but, failed sugar reform within the union and  the prospect of unlimited imports from Least Developed Countries  (LDCs) in the near future have put a question mark over this  arrangement.
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The watchmaker is growing efficiently through acquisition and expansion.
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KINGSTON, Aug 5 (IPS) - For the small, developing economies of the  Caribbean, the world trade body's preliminary ruling against  European Union sugar comes as more bad news for a beleaguered  sector, and highlights a seeming paradox these countries often  face in the global trade arena.
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Manufacturing activity expanded for the 19th consecutive month in December, a research group reported Monday, suggesting that the industrial sector entered the new year with solid strength behind it.
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London - British drinks giant Diageo on Tuesday said it had raised $2.26 billion (R15 billion) from the sale of 49.9 million shares in US food company General Mills.
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Manufacturing activity expanded at its fastest pace in four months in November as factories ramped up production to meet rising demand, calling into question the growing assumption that interest rates have peaked.
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Despite its size, Starbucks still has plenty of room to grow.
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The family-run manufacturing plant has expanded its workforce by two thirds â and the order backlog is still triple that of last year.
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A $45 million investment by Palmer Manufacturing of Malden to expand its plant on Medford Street has won the company a mix of state and local tax breaks.
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BHP Billiton will plough a further $US575million ($770million) into expanding its Western Australian iron ore operations in a message to would-be rivals that the company is intent on keeping and growing its market share.
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Aerowatt  is in talks with  Mauritius to invest 70 million euros ($99 million) in a wind  farm that could produce 5 percent of the Indian Ocean island's  electricity needs, a company official said on Monday.
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Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi yesterday morning inaugurated the new premises of AM Mangion Limited at Luqa industrial estate.
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One of the oldest textile operators on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius last week shut seven factories and cut 900 jobs.
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Dell is expanding its manufacturing operations in Europe by building a facility at Lodz, Poland to meet increased demand and support the company's growth across Central and Eastern Europe. Scheduled to open in Autumn 2007, the new facility is expected to employ around 1,000 people initially.
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Euro zone manufacturing expanded at its slowest pace in seven months in September, as the global economic slowdown knocked demand for exports and high oil prices inflated firms&#39; costs, a survey of some 3,000 firms showed.