Reckitt Benckiser acquired the American producer of baby food Mead Johnson for $16.6 billion dollars, in a transaction which would lead the British Group in a new direction and it would increase the business in the emerging markets, informs Reuters. Reckitt Benckiser, which produces things like the Nurofen tablets, the deodorant Air Wick and the condoms Durex, announced that it … [Read more...]
Kylie Minogue wins the battle against Kylie Jenner for the brand name ‘Kylie’
The Australian artist Kylie Minogue obtained a victory in the dispute with the American reality-star Kylie Jenner about the use of the common name Kylie as a registered trademark in the advertising campaigns on the territory of the USA, writes UPI. The trademarks and patent office in the USA rejected the request of Kylie Jenner, reports the Global News, but the television star … [Read more...]
The graphene from soybean oil, discovered by scientists to be viable soon
A discovery performed recently by a team of scientists from Australia through which the graphene (which is the most resistant material in the world) is obtained from the oil of soybeans will become 'viable from a commercial point of view', as announced the representatives of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). The CSIRO researchers saluted … [Read more...]
Amy Adams feels very grateful for her role in ‘Arrival’
Amy Adams talked in an interview for Variety about her role in the SF movie 'Arrival', about the fact that she had to play a character faced with two different realities, one in which the first contact of humanity with an alien species are likely to degenerate into a global conflict and the other that orbits around her personal life, which she discovers and understands with … [Read more...]
Wayne Shorter and Sting, the winners of the Polar Music Prize 2017
The American jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter and the British singer Sting are the winners of the Polar Music Prize 2017, informs the DPA. Shorter, 83 years old, collaborated with the legends of the music like Art Blakey and Miles Davis and in 1970 was the founder of the fusion jazz band 'Weather Report'. The musician, whose discography contains over 20 albums, among … [Read more...]
‘LaLa Land’ is the big winner of the BAFTA Awards 2017
The American production 'LaLa Land' triumphed on the Sunday evening at the prizes of the British Film Academy, the BAFTA Film Awards. The movie is definitely the Oscars' favorite after it won five of the eleven prizes for which it was nominated. 'LaLa Land' won the BAFTA award for the best picture while the director of the film, Damien Chazelle, won the award for the Best … [Read more...]
European countries mobilize against Trump’s order on the abortion restrictions
Four European countries will organize the next month an international reunion in order to counteract the order of the president of the United States Donald Trump of locking the financing from the federal funds of the organizations providing services related to the abortion, inform the DPA. The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium shall co-chair the meeting on March 2, that … [Read more...]
Researchers discovered mans oldest ancestor by DNA study
An international team of researchers from UK, Germany, and China discovered the oldest ancestor of man, and probably a broad spectrum of another species, writes the BBC News. The researchers claim that it is about the fossilized remains of a creature of 540 million years. The microscopic marine animal is the earliest stage of the evolution which leads to fish and eventually to … [Read more...]