Archives for December 13, 2010

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City: Premier Foods is going ‘absolutely nowhere’

By Elaine Watson

Premier Foods will need to turn things around pretty quickly over the coming months or patience in its chief executive could run out, City analysts and corporate finance sources have warned.

Higher recycling targets needed for N. Ireland

By Mike Stones

Northern Ireland should aim for significantly higher recycling targets of between 60-70 per cent compared with 50 per cent at present, warns the province’s minister for the environment.

DS Smith to focus on recycled packaging business

By Guy Montague-Jones

DS Smith plans to become the leading supplier of recycled packaging for consumer goods in Europe, turning attention away from its paper manufacturing and office products businesses.

Study supports concerns over popcorn butter flavor

By Stephen Daniells

Diacetyl - a chemical used in butter flavoring – may damages the lungs by reacting and forming complexes with amino acids in cell membranes, according to a new US study.