'Food producer insolvency number triples' amid supermarket price wars

Edit Belfast Telegraph 11 Apr 2016
A survey by top 10 accountancy firm Moore Stephens said 162 food production companies fell into insolvency last year, more than treble the 48 insolvencies in the sector in 2010 and 11% more than just a year ago. Share Go To ... Duncan Swift, partner and head of food advisory at Moore Stephens, said ... "The extreme buying and retail pricing strategies of big retailers mean smaller food producers are struggling to stay afloat ... ....

We need fewer political finance rules, not more

Edit Toronto Sun 11 Apr 2016
This is why politics actually needs fewer rules on money, rather than more ... In response, Wynne said she would bring in new rules to ban union and corporate donations, a move also proposed by PC opposition leader Patrick Brown ... Donations to federal parties are capped at $1,525 per year ... This was affirmed in the US in 2010, when the Supreme Court essentially ruled in the Citizens United case that money is speech ... andrew@andrewlawton.ca....

Parliament Approves Nine

Edit Sierra Express Media 11 Apr 2016
The approved Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation, Zulayatu Cooper, a registered nurse in the United State of America since 2004-2010, said they would ensure that the Ministry is capacitated with machines to carry out minor operations in the country instead of referring them to Ghana ... as the expectations of the commoners are extremely high....

Uncivilized behavior by passengers unacceptable

Edit China Daily 11 Apr 2016
Blacklisting passengers who defy the rules for travelling by air and so place their own interests before everything else, including safety, has long been overdue ... to the rules they should follow or to decent behavior ... Abiding by rules can never be overestimated when it comes to flight safety. No one has the right to disregard the rules for any reason....

‘Wasteful’ deals under scrutiny as checks continue at city’s schools

Edit Scotsman 11 Apr 2016
WIth PPP, there’s always been too much focus on the private profit of the building company … rather than an extremely high-quality job ... “The fundamental flaw in much PPP procurement is that there's always been too much focus on the private profit of the building company and a bias in favour of their making money, rather than an extremely high-quality job....

UN rights office 'extremely concerned' about killing of Palestinian man in West Bank

Edit Topix 11 Apr 2016
The West Bank barrier, along with checkpoints, roadblocks and permit system, has created a closure regime that has had a dire effect on all aspects of life for Palestine refugees. Photo. UNRWA/Isabel de la Cruz 30 March 2016The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today said it is extremely concerned about the apparent extra-judicial execution last Thursday of a Palestinian man in the Hebron ... ....

Sister of Kiwi who died after Malaysian weight loss surgery warns of fatal risks

Edit Topix 11 Apr 2016
A heartbroken sister has spoken out about the dangers of medical tourism in the wake of revelations about a Melbourne man who died after extreme plastic surgery in Malaysia ... ....

Schwarzenegger ally's son freed from California prison

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 11 Apr 2016
(AP) — The son of a former California state Assembly speaker has been freed from prison after his manslaughter sentence was significantly reduced in 2011 by then-Gov. Nunez entered prison in June 2010 to serve a 16-year sentence in the stabbing death of college student Luis Santos in San Diego ... ....

Downer EDI CFO Kevin Fletcher dies

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 11 Apr 2016
Mr Fletcher joined the company in 2010, and was appointed the finance head in August that ......

Ivorian tribe acts out harrowing scenes ...

Edit Topix 11 Apr 2016
'Obey your master!' Ivorian tribe acts out harrowing slavery scenes harking back to colonial rule as Popo carnival comes to town The Popo Carnival in Bonoua is the Ivorian's version of Mardi Gras and runs for a week in the east of Abidjan Re-enacting scenes from when the country was under French Colonial rule, these fascinating photographs show Ivorians showing off their culture in the annual Popo Carnival ... ....
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