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Genetic Attitude :
Hemakumara Nanayakkara, the non-Cabinet minister of agricultural development, said the government was consulting foreign experts on allowing GM food imports and cultivation of GM crops.He was responding to a question on...
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UK: FUW leader welcomes assembly's GMO control proposals
Farmers Union of Wales president Gareth Vaughan today welcomed Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) proposals to protect farmers of traditional and conventional crops from the possible economic disadvantages of accidental contamination from GM...
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GM waits for ruling on sale plan
Judge Robert Gerber asked GM's attorneys to submit a proposed order that would be entered if the sale were to be approved.They said they would do so by Friday night or Saturday. Gerber is expected to rule some time after that. A...
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Ohio GM plant enacts big changes to make small car
LORDSTOWN, Ohio As General Motors undergoes its transformation from big and slow to lean and fast in a New York bankruptcy court, a similar metamorphosis is under way inside a mammoth eastern Ohio factory that will make what arguably is ...
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Remnants of closed GM plant to be sold
Posted By DON PEAT, SUN MEDIA Posted 18 hours ago Pieces of the old Oshawa truck plant will be going once, going twice, sold later this month.Remnants of the closed plant will be up for sale July 15 and 16 in an online auction by Maynards...
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Sales up for auto dealers
After a relatively lean first quarter, auto dealers across Medicine Hat are reporting a turnaround in sales in June.The vast majority of local dealers the News spoke with Thursday said sales were up compared to previous months, with some...
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Sri Lanka favours GM food: agriculture minist
Sri Lanka is not opposed to genetically modified (GM) food and is likely to allow their use with certain restrictions, a government minister has said.Hemakumara Nanayakkara, the non-Cabinet minister of agricultural development...
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Farm scientists bat for GM crops
;Indo Asian News Service Cuttack, 2 July: Though the Union government is still to give a go ahead to the introduction of Genetically Modified (GM) food crops, the scientists of Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) here are...
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Wales acts to protect farmers of traditional & conventional crops from GM crops
Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones has published proposed measures, for consultation, to protect farmers of traditional & conventional crops from the possible economic disadvantages of accidental contamination from GM crops.Views...
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Farm scientists bat for genetically modified crops
'Genetically modified crops can help contribute to food security of our country through increased yields at a lower production cost,' said G.J.N.Rao, Head of Plant Improvement in this leading research institute. 'National...
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Beware of gene giants, farmers told
Says they are eyeing the Pokkali rice varietyHundreds of patent applications awaiting nod KOCHI: Environmental campaigner Vandana Shiva has cautioned farmers against attempts by multinational seed corporations to obtain patents on Keralas...
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Beware of gene giants, farmers told
Says they are eyeing the Pokkali rice varietyHundreds of patent applications awaiting nod KOCHI: Environmental campaigner Vandana Shiva has cautioned farmers against attempts by multinational seed corporations to obtain patents on Keralas...
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US: EFSA's opening on GMOs
The positive opinion issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) about the safety of Monsanto's MON 810 corn trait and Roundup Ready 2 corn product, will definitely have a strong impact on the future of GM cultivations in...
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Climate Change: Opportunity For Biopirates?
NEW DELHI - Genetically modified (GM) crops that can withstand environmental stress may be one answer to climate change but a powerful lobby is building up against the patenting of technologies involved, especially when they are...
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Sri Lanka favours GM food: agriculture minister
_ Sri Lanka favours GM food: agriculture minister.
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Company To Hold 4th Of July Rally To Save Ohio GM Plant
MANSFIELD, Ohio -- A push to save a General Motors Corp.plant is expanding in recession-battered Ohio. Leaders of a Mansfield-based group have launched an e-mail and letter-writing campaign and will hold a Fourth of July rally Saturday...
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Truck hauler idling 115-120 with GM plant closing
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich.(AP) - A Georgia-based company that hauls medium-duty trucks built at a doomed General Motors Corp. plant is laying off 115 to 120 workers. Most of those Allied Systems Holdings Inc. is laying off are drivers.
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Truck hauler idling 115-120 with GM plant closing
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich.-- A Georgia-based company that hauls medium-duty trucks built at a doomed General Motors Corp. plant is laying off 115 to 120 workers. Most of those Allied Systems Holdings Inc. is laying off are drivers.
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Truck hauler idling 115-120 with GM plant closing
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich.(AP) A Georgia-based company that hauls medium-duty trucks built at a doomed General Motors Corp. plant is laying off 115 to 120 workers. Most of those Allied Systems Holdings Inc. is laying off are drivers.
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Truck hauler idling 115-120 with GM plant closing
(MGN Online) FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich.(AP) - A Georgia-based company that hauls medium-duty trucks built at a doomed General Motors Corp. plant is laying off 115 to 120 workers. Most of those Allied Systems Holdings Inc. is laying off...
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Truck hauler idling 115-120 with GM plant closing
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich.-- A Georgia-based company that hauls medium-duty trucks built at a doomed General Motors Corp. plant is laying off 115 to 120 workers. Most of those Allied Systems Holdings Inc. is laying off are drivers.
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Truck hauler idling 115-120 with GM plant closing
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich.(AP) - A Georgia-based company that hauls medium-duty trucks built at a doomed General Motors Corp. plant is laying off 115 to 120 workers. Most of those Allied Systems Holdings Inc. is laying off are drivers.
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Truck hauler idling 115-120 with GM plant closing
Most of those is laying off are drivers.Secretary-Treasurer Fred Ortiz of Teamsters Local 332 says the company is laying off about 10 others. About 400 workers at the GM Flint truck plant will lose their jobs at month's end when...
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Truck hauler idling 115-120 with GM plant closing
The Associated Press FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich.(AP) - A Georgia-based company that hauls medium-duty trucks built at a doomed General Motors Corp. plant is laying off 115 to 120 workers. Most of those Allied Systems Holdings Inc. is...
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Truck hauler idling 115-120 with GM plant closing
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich.(AP) - A Georgia-based company that hauls medium-duty trucks built at a doomed General Motors Corp. plant is laying off 115 to 120 workers. Most of those Allied Systems Holdings Inc. is laying off are drivers.
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