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Alibaba's Alipay To Open App To More Services To Take On Meituan

Ant Financial, an affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, will start allowing third-party vendors to offer services such as food delivery and hotel...

Ukraine Sunflower Oil Exports Jump 73% So Far In 2019/20

Ukraine, the world's top exporter of sunflower oil, increased its seaborne exports of the commodity by around 73% so far in the 2019/20 season, preliminary...

Argentine Farmers Begin Strike To Protest Hike On Soy Exports

Argentine farmers began a four-day strike on Monday to protest the government's hike on export taxes for soybeans and its byproducts, though shipments were...

Colruyt Group Trials Crowdfunding For AED Devices In Spar Stores

Colruyt has announced that Spar stores in Belgium will trial a crowdfunding campaign for AED (Automated external defibrillator) devices to combat card...

Ontex Lines Up Former Henkel CEO As Future Chairman

The Ontex Group has announced that its board of directors has accepted the resignation of chairman Luc Missorten (pictured), effective from the company's n...

Cerealto Siro Foods Posts Turnover Of €577m In FY 2019

Private-label manufacturer Cerealto Siro Foods has reported turnover of €577 million in its financial year 2019, down from €600 million in 2018....

Ebro Foods Boosts Pasta And Rice Output To Meet Coronavirus-Driven Demand

Spain's Ebro Foods has ramped up production of pasta and rice in Western Europe and the United States in the past couple of weeks to meet growing demand by...