NZAX-listed TruScreen, the cervical cancer test developer, has been selected by Chinese oil company Sinopec to screen 130,000 of its female workers, in a deal which could be worth $1.1 million in sales.  The first order for 8,100 single use sensor tests, worth $74,000, has been received and the screening programme is expected to run until the end of next year, the …

Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world’s largest dairy exporter, only told staff about the potential for hundreds of jobs to go several hours after chief executive Theo Spierings told media. Spierings fronted up to the media yesterday morning after widespread conjecture over a review underway and the involvement of business management consultant McKinsey & Co, and criticism over the cooperative’s underlying management …

A2 Milk Co, the dual-listed milk marketing company, is suing the Australian Broadcasting Corporation alleging misleading and deceptive statements in advertising its consumer affairs programme, The Checkout.  A2’s Australian subsidiary has lodged actions in the Federal Court in Sydney, using prominent Australian barrister Allan Myers QC, after the public broadcaster promoted a segment which called the company’s scientific claims “bogus”. A2 Milk claims this …