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Meat substitute Quorn sold for 550m
2015-09-30 20:35:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The meat substitute company Quorn Foods - advertised by Olympic Gold winner Mo Farrah - has been sold to a Philippines company for 550m ($831m).
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Genting Hong Kong to acquire Crystal Cruises for $550m
2015-03-04 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) has agreed to sell its subsidiary luxury cruise line Crystal Cruises to Genting Hong Kong (GHK), for $550m in cash.
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Serco to raise 550m in share issue
2014-11-10 09:31:55| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Outsourcing firm Serco announces plans to raise up to 550m through selling new shares and cuts its profit forecast for this year and next.
Land grabbed areas could feed up to 550m people
2014-07-01 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: If areas that have been land grabbed in developing countries were cultivated for the benefit of the local population, the produce could feed up to 550 million of the worlds poorest people, according to new research. Land grabbing involves businesses purchasing large pieces of unused land, often to grow crops for biofuels, and infringing on the rights of local communities. In some cases, local people are forced off the land that they had used to grow food. The research, which has been published...
Land taken foreign investors could feed 550m people, study finds
2014-06-27 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The land grabbed in some of the worlds hungriest countries by foreign goverments and corporations could feed up to 550m people, according to new research. The crops grown on grabbed land are frequently exported, or used to produce biofuel, but the new work shows it could end malnourishment in those countries if used to feed local people. Since 2000, at least 31m hectares (77m acres) of land has been acquired by overseas investors seeking to secure food supplies or increase production, a process...