ICT magazine

Hugh Grant found himself at one end of a food fight with Matthew Freud, the PR executive, over ex-girlfriend Jemima Khan. The ‘Notting hill’ star had chocolate cake smeared over him by Matthew Freud, the PR executive, at a party at Annabel’’s nightclub in Mayfair after he allegedly used a ...

China Minzhong Food Corporation is seeking a listing on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange and has lodged its preliminary prospectus. Although China Minzhong did not say how much it is planning to raise from the share sale, it says it intends to use the IPO proceeds to increase ...

Brady Sidwell has been promoted to head of Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory, North East Asia wef Mar 1 Work experience: Has been in charge of food and agribusiness strategic advisory for North East Asia with Rabobank since 2005

By: Dennis Cook Ridin' down the highway/ Goin' to a show Stop in all the byways/ Playin' rock 'n' roll Gettin' robbed/ Gettin' stoned Gettin' beat up/ Broken boned Gettin' had/ Gettin' took I tell you folks/ It's harder than it looks Backyard Tire Fire by Brad Hodge AC/DC's Bon Scott ...

SunMoon Food Company has achieved a profit after tax of $6.4 million for FY09 (1st January 2009 till 31st December 2009), translating to basic earnings per share of 0.082 cents or 0.076 cents on a fully diluted basis. Significantly improved gross margins, lower operational expenses and disposal gains contributed ...

Islamist militants in Somalia are stopping convoys of food reaching more than 360,000 displaced people, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) says. The agency says trucks travelling from the capital Mogadishu to camps in Afgoye have been stopped by armed men.

Food Empire Holdings, the manufacturer of instant beverage products, frozen convenience food, confectionery and snack food, says profit before tax fell 86.2% to US$3.2 million ($4.5 million) while revenue fell 39.3% to US$134 million and for the year ended 31 December 2009. But the group says it finished the ...

Synear Food Holdings, the China-based producer of quick freeze food, today posted a more than two-fold surge in net profit to RMB40.7 million ($8.4 million) for the three months ended December 31, 2009 (4Q09), due mainly to lower selling and distribution expenses and lower income tax expense. Revenue for the ...

Asia Food & Properties reported a 74% rise in fourth-quarter net income to $39.9 million, it said in a statement to the Singapore stock exchange today. Higher margins in the company’s food business, a result of lower raw materials prices, helped boost profit, the company said.   {jcomments on}

Food Network star Paula Deen is in discussions to appear as a guest judge on the current season of American Idol, industry talking heads squealed this week. The matronly 63-year-old is reportedly being courted to bring her Southern charm to the judges panel of the television’s most watched talent show ...

SIAS Research in a Feb 8 research report says: "Sino Grandness is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of canned vegetables and fruits. We like Grandness’s high quality control over their manufacturing processes which have won them numerous international accreditations. We believe that this has contributed to their strong profit ...

SATS, the provider of airport services and food solutions, says group revenue grew 79% to $434.3 million in the third quarter of FY2009-10, due to the consolidation of Singapore Food Industries (SFI) which amounted to $199.6 million. This was partially offset by a 3% (–$6.1 million) drop in aviation ...

U.S. military commanders overseeing food and water distribution in Haiti acknowledged that the effort remains uneven. They also said that there are places they still have not been able to reach. Food prices on the open market are surging, causing tempers to flare.

Haiti on Saturday mourned its earthquake dead and rescuers freed another survivor from the rubble, while victims struggled to find food and cash amid a slow-moving aid distribution operation. Although the United Nations initially announced Haiti's government had halted search and

Italian food, especially pasta, has become so popular in India lately that it is available almost like “dhaba food”, says popular chef and restaurateur Ritu Dalmia. “There was a place that I went to recently. There was hardly anything available to eat at that roadside eatery, but they had pasta with ...

Oceanus Group, the world’s largest operator of abalone farms, plans to buy two companies this year to expand its food business and sell shares of its restaurant unit as early as 2012. Oceanus expects to buy a Taiwanese food-packager by mid-2010 and acquire an Australian company later in the ...

Mumbai: The rising food prices have increased the rate of inflation to 4.78% during November, against just 1.34% in October. This may prompt the Reserve Bank of India to change its monetary policy to tighten money supply, leading to a rise in interest rates. The weekly data released by the government ...

Bloomberg notes that, as of 2007:In Missouri, about 100 percent who were eligible [for food stamps] that year took advantage of the program, the highest rate in the nation, followed by residents of Maine and Michigan, at 91 percent and 89 percent, resp...

New Delhi: In the past one year, the average wholesale price of food items have escalated by 17.5%. A representative of the Azadpur mandi says, “Okra, bottlegourd, arbi and tinda are vegetables that are non seasonal and hence they would be slightly expensive.” He says further, “Onions, the best variety of which ...

New Delhi: In the past one year, the average wholesale price of food items have escalated by 17.5%. A representative of the Azadpur mandi says, “Okra, bottlegourd, arbi and tinda are vegetables that are non seasonal and hence they would be slightly expensive.” He says further, “Onions, the best variety of which ...