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Lyons Magnus, the maker of coffee and nutritional drinks, is expanding a recall of dozens of different products over potential bacterial contamination that could cause botulism poisoning. Added to the list of recalled brands is one variety of Grumpy's Ready to Drink Cold Brew Coffee, some varieties of Organic Valley 1% lowfat milk, some Kate Farms nutrition shakes, some cartons of PediaSure Harvest, some cartons of Ensure Harvest and others. Last month, the company recalled brands including Aloha, Oatly, Stumptown, Glucerna and Premier Protein. The full list of recalled items and lot numbers includes 89 brand varieties . The Food and Drug Administration said the items, which were distributed starting April 2021, are potentially contaminated with the bacteria Cronobacter sakazakii and Clostridium botulinum, which causes a severe form of food poisoning. While the FDA noted that Clostridium botulinum has not been found in the products in question, the bacteria can cause severe … [Read more...] about Maker of Oatly, Stumptown expands beverage recall

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails TAG cuts due to Swiss timing TAG Heuer, LVMH’s largest luxury watch brand, is cutting prices in many markets following the surge in the Swiss franc. Price cuts will range from 7 per cent in the UK to 13 per cent in Hong Kong. The watchmaker, whose interim chief executive has been Jean-Claude Biver since late last year, said it was “seizing the opportunity”. 40% pay rise for BAE boss King The boss of BAE Systems, Ian King, saw his pay rise 40 per cent last year despite the company continuing to suffer from defence cutbacks. Mr King picked up a £3.5m total package in 2014, up from £2.49m, including a £1.6m bonus. The disclosure came in the company’s annual report, announced during the Budget. Shaftesbury in debt refinancing West End landlord Shaftesbury swooped to take advantage of low long-term … [Read more...] about The Business Matrix: Thursday 19 March 2015

By Michael Dempsey Published 26 July Share close Share page Copy link About sharing During World War II, Spitfire pilots described their plane as so responsive it felt like an extension of their limbs. Fighter pilots of the 2030s, however, will have an even closer relationship with their fighter jet. It will read their minds. The Tempest jet is being developed by the UK's BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, European missiles group, MBDA and Italy's Leonardo. One feature will be an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to assist the human pilot when they are overwhelmed, or under extreme stress. Sensors in the pilot's helmet will monitor brain signals and other medical data. So, over successive flights the AI will amass a huge biometric and psychometric information database. This library of the pilot's unique characteristics means the on-board AI will be able to step-in and … [Read more...] about A mind-reading combat jet for the future

N orway has drawn up plans to ration electricity exports in a move that has heightened fears of energy shortages in the UK and Europe this winter. The government in Oslo on Monday announced new rules limiting the sale of power to foreign countries as heatwaves threaten Norway’s hydroelectric power generation. Experts said the restrictions threatened the UK’s plan to draw power from Norway this winter via the North Sea Link - leaving electricity supplies more stretched and risking even higher bills for consumers. The National Grid has already revealed that the UK is set to be more dependent than ever on the Continent for power, with interconnectors expected to provide up to 5.7 gigawatts of electricity at peak times. About one quarter of that total – or 1.4 gigawatts – is set to come from Norway. Kathryn Porter, an energy consultant at Watt-Logic, said the proposed restrictions “put at risk the ability of Britain to import from Norway this winter”. “National Grid ESO needs to … [Read more...] about Norway threatens to ration electricity in fresh blow for UK and European energy supplies

By Michael Dempsey Published 3 days ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing It's a fiercely hot afternoon in Milton Keynes and I'm chasing a small orange flag as it waggles just above a line of low garden walls. The flag is attached to a white robot with six wheels and I'm relieved to see that it's slowing down to a halt. Cristiane Bonifacio has just extracted a large chocolate bar from the robot that has rolled up outside her home. Ms Bonifacio is in a hurry and has to dash back indoors for a work Zoom call, but she's got just enough time to express her affection for the robot delivery service that sends these machines scuttling along her local pavements. "I love the robots. Sometimes you find one that's got stuck so you help it and it says 'thank you'." The robot delivery service from Starship Technologies was launched in Milton Keynes four years ago and has been … [Read more...] about Are we falling in love with robots?

By Priti Gupta Published 21 hours ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Chaya Badushi lives in the village of Kerawadi, 120 miles (190km) from the bustling streets of India's financial capital Mumbai, but in terms of lifestyle - a different world. With other women from the village Chaya makes a four-hour round trip to collect water from a river. That task is done twice a day, once at 06:00 and again at 15:00. "In summers the heat is so bad that many of us have fainted while getting water," she says. "I have a constant headache, backache, my hands hurt because of carrying water. It's worse for senior citizens like my mother-in-law, who is more than 60 years and has to struggle with me to get water." The exhausting task has a knock-on effect for the local community. Young women are increasingly reluctant to spend their lives hauling water, so prefer not to marry men … [Read more...] about High and low-tech ways to tackle India’s water crisis

By Chris Baraniuk Published 29 July Share close Share page Copy link About sharing It looked like normal concrete. It poured like normal concrete. But it had a super power. James Baker, chief executive of [email protected], couldn't quite believe what he was seeing as he observed the installation of a new roller disco floor in Manchester's Depot Mayfield development. The concrete slab was setting so fast, and so strong, that the builders had begun gliding polishing machines over the driest part of the floor while their colleagues were still pouring the other end of the rink. "Normally, you'd have to wait a week before you could do that," he says. The installation, in October last year, took less than a day. This concrete was special because it contained a tiny but transformative amount of graphene, microscopic flakes of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice. … [Read more...] about The super material reinforcing rinks, cars and buildings

By Priti Gupta & Ben Morris Published 2 August Share close Share page Copy link About sharing For 22 years vet, Akhilesh Mishra has been treating animals at Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh state in India. He does not hesitate to name the tiger as his favourite animal. "They are so magnificent and beautiful. I just need to feel their soft skin to feel relaxed" he says. "!When I treat an injured tiger and then they are able to go back to forest, it is an out of this world experience." A tiger's life is not easy, he says, particularly for the females: "For me the tigress is much stronger than the male tiger. She fights so fearlessly for her cubs. She is a goddess - ready to take on a huge tiger who tries to harm her cubs." The tigers he treats have mostly been injured while hunting, or protecting their cubs. But he has also treated tigers that have been poisoned by poachers … [Read more...] about How rangers are using AI to help protect India’s tigers

Published 1 June 2021 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing The US Supreme Court has declined to hear Johnson & Johnson's appeal over a pay-out to women who alleged that its talcum powder contained asbestos and caused them to develop ovarian cancer. The healthcare giant must pay $2.1bn (£1.5bn) in damages to the women. The top US court did not comment on its decision, but has left in place a 2018 verdict that favoured them. Johnson & Johnson (J&J) said decades of independent research show the product is safe. The company asked the court to review the penalty it had been given after it was upheld in Missouri in 2020. The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled against J&J's request to throw out the compensation and punitive damages awarded to the women, but reduced the total pay-out from the $4.7bn originally decided by a jury. J&J argued that it should … [Read more...] about US Supreme Court rejects J&J talc cancer case appeal

Ferrari is to increase prices of its luxury sports cars as the Italian manufacturer posted record profits following booming demand from wealthy customers. Benedetto Vigna, chief executive of Ferrari, said the carmaker would start to increase prices from the start of next year after raking in record orders from customers who are accepting deliveries beyond next year. Ferrari’s V8 convertible Portofino M retails for around £175,000 Ferrari, while its sportier mid-engine F8 line of cars sell from £204,000. Demand from Chinese and American buyers pushed up sales of cars by 29pc to 3,455 during the three months to the end of June, sending profit 22pc higher to €251m compared with a year earlier. Mr Vigna said the company was in “a phase of strong growth, with quarterly record results in terms of revenues” and profit. Shares in Ferrari rose 1.2pc to €209.40 each. The shares have gained 16pc in the last year. Hybrid cars now account for 17pc of sales, Ferrari said, with the … [Read more...] about Ferrari to raise prices of luxury sports cars