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Nestle turns to moms after 150 years of selling infant formula

Bloomberg After spending more than a century selling baby formula, Nestle SA realised it’s neglected another potential customer: mom. The Swiss food giant is expanding its offering for expecting and lactating women to add products that it says will help reduce health risks related to motherhood. The business could generate $500 million to $1 billion in 10 years, according to …

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Ducab group sales rise 7% to reach AED4.8bn

Dubai / Emirates Business As the company commemorates four decades as a leader in the UAE’s manufacturing sector, Ducab announced that its 2018 consolidated group sales rose to AED 4.8 billion, an increase of approximately 7% year on year. Ducab now operates six manufacturing facilities across four sites in the UAE, employing a workforce of over 1,600. Ducab Group now …

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Eskom’s $2bn plant is defective

Bloomberg One of South Africa’s newest power plants, designed to supply the grid during peak-use periods, is defective and has been limited to operate at lower capacity. The deepest power cuts in more than a decade imposed by cash-strapped, state-owned Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd this month reduced the chances of the continent’s most-industrialised economy posting a stronger recovery from last …

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