The history of tea Merinews TEA BECAME the national drink of China during the Tang Dynasty (618-906 AD). | In the early 17th century, a ship of the Dutch East India Company brought the first green tea leaves to Amsterdam from China. | Tea was first offered by China as a gift to Czar Michael I in 1618. | Tea was known in France...
Cutting Carbon, but at What Cost? The New York Times | LONDON — Britain’s new coalition government won plaudits from environmentalists in May for canceling plans to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport, a move it said was necessary to check the growth of an industry whose emissions are a big contributor to global warming. Odd Andersen/...
Randstad sees no sign of double dip recession Gulf News | Amsterdam: Dutch staffing company Randstad said it was not seeing signs of a double dip in the economy, with companies continuing to hire more staff, notably in the United States, Germany and France. | The world's second-largest jobs company, ...
AerCap Signs Debt Facilities for Total of $108 Million redOrbit | AMSTERDAM, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AerCap Holdings N.V. ("AerCap", NYSE: AER) today announced that it has signed debt facility agreements totaling $108 million. One of the facilities is for the financing of an Airbus A330-300 delivering i...
Randstad not seeing double dip scenario, eyes div The Guardian * CFO says even in Greece usual recovery pattern unfolds * Expects to restore dividend for 2010 * Aiming for payout of 1.25 euros/shr-CFO * Q2 underlying EBITA 119.7 million euros vs f'cast 111 million * Randstad shrs up 0.9 percent, outperforms indu...
European chemicals post strong Q2 on volume gains The Guardian * BASF Q2 adj EBIT up 94 percent at 2.2 bln euros * Bayer's weak drug, pesticides sales overshadow plastics * Solvay chemicals, plastics REBIT rises 143 percent * Clariant swings to a Q2 net profit of 22 million Sfr By Ludwig Burger and Aaron Gray-Bl...
Dutch Nutreco beats consensus in first half The Guardian * EBITA 84.0 million euros vs 41.6 million last year * Interim div 0.50 euros per share in cash or shares * Sees some 25 percent increase in 2010 EBITA (Adds details AMSTERDAM, July 29 (Reuters) - Dutch food group Nutreco reported a big jump in first...
Competitive lockpicking growing in US popularity Kansas City Star Josh Reynolds In this July 2, 2010 photo, competitive lockpicker Schuyler Towne sorts through a variety of locks that his students will attempt to pick during a competitive lockpicking class he leads in Somerville, Mass. More News | Schuyler Towne to...
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FACTBOX - Cocoa's path from pod to chocolate The Star | REUTERS - A group of European cocoa industry participants have sent a letter to the NYSE Liffe exchange complaining about the extent of speculation on the London cocoa market. | ...
Northwest Airlines union seeks vote at Delta Fresno Bee | The Associated Press Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/01/1991663/northwest-airlines-union-seeks.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar st...
Competitive lockpicking growing in US popularity The Miami Herald | SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- Schuyler Towne took a gleaming brass lock, inserted a small bent piece of flat steel into the keyhole and gently applied finger pressure. Then he slid in a lockpick and manipulated the mechanism until it swung open. | In less t...
Finances pushing Jol to Fulham York Press | The Ajax board's failure to back Martin Jol in the transfer market has driven the former Tottenham manager close to a move to Fulham, according to a former member of the Dutchman's backroom staff at the Amsterdam ArenA. | Jol is thought to be the front-runner for the manager's job at Craven Cottage, despite having a chance to compete in the Champ...
