Victorian BMX rider Fabian Meharry faces 193 child-sex charges

April 27, 2016
An Echuca man charged with almost 200 sex offences including rape and manufacturing child pornography was well-known in the country town’s BMX scene. Fairfax Media can reveal the man charged is Fabian Roy Meharry, a 27-year-old who has spent the past …
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India can stitch up gains on China’s pain

April 27, 2016
And the trend is almost similar in other South Asian countries like Bangladesh. “Rising costs of apparel manufacturing in China provide a window of opportunity for India to focus on apparel in productively employing its huge working-age population …
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In steel, the innovation economy is already here

April 27, 2016
ARC laureate professor Veena Sahajwalla is director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology and the ARC Industrial Transformation Hub for Green Manufacturing at the University of NSW. She is a previous winner of The Australian …
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One in three hip implants were the wrong size, study finds

April 27, 2016
However, the study in BMJ Open suggests manufacturing problems could have affected patient health by leading to device failure. The study looked at 489 metal-on-metal Pinnacle hips implanted into 434 patients. Of these, 352 patients attended recall clinics …
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E-Mini S&P 500: Asian washout pressures Indexes!

April 27, 2016
The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index for the week of April 24th was 43.4 while the previous reading was 42.9. The Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index for April was -4 while the previous reading was -6. The MBA Mortgage Applications for the week of April …
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Living the dream: Real estate refugees thrive in rural B.C.

April 27, 2016
Kelsey Rush is something of a poster child for the new rural entrepreneur. Rush runs a bikini design and manufacturing business from her home on Gabriola Island with her twin sister Monica, who works from her home in the Dominican Republic. “There are a …
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Dabur to invest Rs 500cr to expand mfg capacity

April 27, 2016
NEW DELHI: Home-grown FMCG major Dabur will invest Rs 500 crore this year to expand its manufacturing capacity. This would include an investment of Rs 250 crore to set up a new plant in Assam for manufacturing personal and healthcare products. The new …
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Raghuram Rajan went with technical advisory panel’s view on rate cut

April 27, 2016
Data from the corporate sector suggested worsening of the situation, the minutes added. The manufacturing sector continues to lag behind with a sharp divergence in the gross value added (GVA) and the industrial output numbers. However, a normal monsoon …
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IIT incubation plans on fast track to boost startup ideas

April 27, 2016
IIT Patna recently received a total Rs 47.1 crore from the central government’s department of electronics and information technology and the Bihar government to set up an incubation centre for electronics system design and manufacturing (ESDM). The …
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U.S. economy stalls in first quarter as activity weakens broadly | Reuters

April 27, 2016
Also hinting at a pickup in growth in the second quarter, the Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing and nonmanufacturing surveys, which are closely correlated to economic activity, rebounded in recent months. While the Federal Reserve on …
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