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New Poll: Food Safety Top Priority for Canadians 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 12/11/12 — A new poll released today by the Canadian Food Safety Alliance shows Canadians- concern for food safety has persisted, months after the XL Food recall. Canadians list food safety as one of their top concerns on par with concerns over the deficit.The survey also found that Canadians demand action when it comes to food safety citing an increase in inspectors and the vaccination of all cattle to prevent them from carrying E. coli O157 as priorities

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New Leaf Brands, Inc. (NLEF) Completing Reorganization, Ad Hoc Review and Financials 0

OLD TAPPAN, NJ — (Marketwire) — 12/10/12 — (OTCBB: NLEF) Nine months after taking the helm of New Leaf Brands, Inc., CEO David Fuselier announced today that the company is moving to complete its restructuring/turnaround plan and will soon implement its strategic vision of becoming a leading North American beverage company.The Company now is concluding negotiations with most of its senior lenders and creditors, and in some cases, litigants. "We also are finalizing a broader wide-ranging

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Winpak-s Board of Directors Announces Quarterly Dividend 0

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA — (Marketwire) — 12/04/12 — Winpak Ltd. (TSX: WPK) announces that at a meeting on December 4, 2012, the Company-s Board of Directors declared a dividend of three cents (3 cents, Canadian currency) per share. The dividend is payable January 10, 2013 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 2, 2013.Winpak Ltd. manufactures and distributes high-quality packaging materials and related packaging machines. The Company-s products are used primarily for the p

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Worldwide Food Services (WFSV) to Move to Mexico 0

BORDENTOWN, NJ — (Marketwire) — 11/29/12 — WORLDWIDE FOOD SERVICES, INC. (PINKSHEETS: WFSV) announced today that after a thorough review of its economic options, the Board of Directors decided to move the Company offices to Mexico City, Mexico. Logistics of the Commodities Division, coupled with the anticipated and the impact of have led to this decision. Worldwide Food Services, Inc. will maintain a mailing address at 272 Dunns Mill Road #211 in Bordentown, NJ 08505 and limited office hou

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Dragon Polymers Inks Supply Agreement with Chinese Recycling Company 0

GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA — (Marketwire) — 11/29/12 — Dragon Polymers, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: DRAG) has signed a supply agreement with HANGZHOU WORLDBEST IM. & EXP. Co LTD, Hangzhou Zhejiang, China. The supply contract is for 8,800,000 lbs. of Nylon 66 fiber, from the Greenwood, South Carolina landfill facility. The material is sold, FCA Factory, Greenwood, SC, and is shipped in 40- shipping containers to the port of Shanghai.The conditional contract calls for a representative from the purch

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Dragon Polymers Ships Nylon 66 Order to China 0

GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA — (Marketwire) — 11/27/12 — Dragon Polymers, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: DRAG) has shipped 132,000, lbs. of Nylon 66 fiber from the South Carolina Landfill site to Erxin International Co., in Huishan district, Wuxi, China. The material has been shipped to the port of Hai Phong-Viet Nam as per the contracts details; the total value of this shipment is $36,000 USD.This shipment represents the second phase of testing of the material by Erxin International Co., the company previ

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Schawk, Inc. Announces Regular Quarterly Dividend 0

DES PLAINES, IL — (Marketwire) — 11/26/12 — (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand development and deployment services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers, today reported that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share, payable on December 28, 2012, to Schawk, Inc. Class A common stockholders of record as of December 14, 2012. This will be the 142nd consecutive dividend paid by Schawk, Inc. and its predecessor co

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Aberdeen Publishes Communications, Manufacturing, and Retail/Consumer Markets Research 0

Research Examines Video Collaboration, Enterprise Mobility, Operational Risk Management, Retail Workforce, Retail RFID Devices, Cross-Channel Retail Strategies

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Dragon Polymers Working With Geophysics 0

GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA — (Marketwire) — 11/09/12 — Dragon Polymers, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: DRAG) is currently studying the feasibility of using Geophysics to help recover the estimated 40,000,000 lbs. of nylon 66 fiber and purge buried at the Greenwood, South Carolina landfill site. We are currently working with Ecole Polytechnic de Montreal-s Geophysics department to determine which technology Electrical Resistivity Tomography or Ground Penetrating Radar would be better suited to help locate

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