Archives for November 4, 2002

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Beghin Say sold, finally

After months of deliberation and cogitation, Orgny-Naples, a consortium of beet growers' co-operatives, on Friday said it had finally reached an agreement with Edison to acquire the Italian energy company's 53.8 per cent stake in French sugar maker...

Ebro Puleva warns over Chilean impact

Spain's Ebro Puleva group has posted a 2.5 per cent rise in net profits for the first nine months of the year, but has warned that the impact of its Chilean unit will push down both sales and profits for the full year.

Probiotic project

As probiotics find increasing favour with food manufacturers a new European funded study, PROGID, is set to investigate the impact of two probiotic strains on easing the symptoms of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).