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Seaway Shipments Up Sharply

Cargo shipping through the St. Lawrence Seaway, connecting North America’s Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, rose 18 per cent in the first four months of the year from the year-before period, signalling a rebound in the manufacturing sector, seaway officials said May 11. Total cargo shipments rose to nearly 3.7 million tonnes, with iron
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Canada Revives COOL Complaint

Canada has revived a complaint at the World Trade Organization about a U. S. meat-labelling law that Canadian producers have complained has hurt their hog and cattle sales, Canada’s Trade Minister Stockwell Day said April 27. Canada has complained a new mandatory rule that meat packers include the country of origin of their products on
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Create A Bistro-Style Kitchen

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The bistro originated in a region in France, jus t outside of Paris. Those who travelled from the countryside to the city brought along good wine and food and met with others to partake in wonderful meals. This established what we now regard as the French bistro. Other European countries followed suit and today, the
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Cargill Plant Seized By Venezuelan Government

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“The measure only includes the rice plant.” – ELIAS JAUA, AGRICULTURE MINISTER Venezuela said March 5 it has no plans to take over any additional holdings of U. S. food giant Cargill after socialist President Hugo Chavez ordered the seizure of the rice plant, renewing his nationalization drive. Chavez’s clash with the food companies, demanding
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Food, Farms The New Target For Venezuela’s Chavez

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Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has put food and farms at the centre of his socialist revolution, tightening the government’s grip on supplies of staples in a strategy that risks sparking social unrest. Chavez nationalized a local unit of U. S. food giant Cargill on March 5 and threatened to take over the South American country’s
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Seaway Faces Uncertain Year With Some Optimism

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“It will be slow to August but there will be a drawdown in inventories and customers will begin replenishing.” – MICHAEL BROAD, SHIPPING FEDERATION OF CANADA The St. Lawrence Seaway is opening on March 31 this year, a week later than normal, because of the sputtering North American economy and a lot of ice in
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of efficient and durable design

Providing farmers with quality equipment based on simple design and innovative engineering has long been a tradition synonymous with the Versatile name. In fact, that is exactly how the company got its start. Peter Pakosh, one of the two founders, first used that principle to design a revolutionary new grain auger in the basement of
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Credit, economic woes push sea freight lower

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The Baltic Exchange’s dry sea freight index for global resources trade sank to a nine-year low recently, as fears of global recession and tight lines of credit suffocated trade, industry experts said. The London-based index, which tracks prices for carrying commodities like iron ore, coal, grains and cement on top export routes, fell 12 points

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