Profits plunge at Bunge's agribusiness
The rolling out of third quarter results today continues with a slip in earnings for US agri-giant Bunge on the back of weaker profits sorely felt in the agribusiness division.
Archives for October 31, 2003
Quest slices into ICI
Disappointing figures from flavours company Quest pulled an already less than dazzling set of third quarter results down further for UK chemical group ICI hit by a continuing malaise in US and European sales. National Starch figures crept up but...
The physician's guide to dietary supplements
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists has released medical guidelines on the clinical use of dietary supplements and nutraceuticals, to better educate doctors about the risks and benefits of natural products, it claims.
Lower margins eat into Burns Philp
Pricing pressure hits another ingredients company as leading Australian yeast supplier Burns Philp sees low margins cutting into profit for the quarter.
US backs further research into alternative medicine
The American government is funding new research into complementary medicine, in the hope that ancient knowledge from other cultures may one day also benefit the US public.
Nature's Sunshine promises savings in 4Q
Utah supplement maker Nature's Sunshine Products saw sales slip in the nine months to end of September, with poor revenue in the US offsetting better performance in international markets.
Gains in green tea research
Experts attending this week's meeting on cancer prevention heard a number of studies to back green tea's powerful anti-cancer effects in humans. The tea's active agent, Epigallocatecin-3-gallate, is already thought to lower cholesterol, prevent heart...