Bananas News

Antwerp - In an unprecedented drug bust in the region, an approximate €500 million (US$ 650 million) cocaine seize has been made at the Belgian Port of Antwerp. On the plus side, because of this seizure, some animals will be well fed.

Potential good news for those who dislike their bananas over-ripening too quickly. A spray-on coating is in development that consumers could use to delay the ripening of bananas.

A 15-year-long dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO) was finally brought to an end in Geneva on Tuesday with the signing of a deal which will see tariffs cut on bananas imported in to the EU from countries in Latin America.

Bananas have a very short shelf life with an average of two days. 7-Eleven is test marketing a new wrapper that will keep a single banana firm and yellow for five days.

Scientists at The University of Nottingham are looking at ways to use banana waste to produce fuel and developing simple methods of producing banana briquettes.

Japanese are following a new diet craze: the “Morning Banana Diet.” Due to their newfound love of this fruit, the country is running out of bananas.

Fresh fruit, three flavors of ice cream and chocolate syrup. Yum. That vision was the subjective basis for a new product developed by a team of Virginia Tech students.

Indian police forced a thief to eat 40 bananas in a few hours, so that he could excrete a 45,000-rupee gold necklace that he had stolen and then swallowed. I would suggest more ruffage.

The rumour was started by text message, and quickly spread throughout the country. "Hainan bananas contain SARS virus!" the message read. The subsequent drop in sales has been catastrophic to the Hainan banana producers.

Is there a connection between bananas and management? Seth Godin says there is.