The profits of confectionery firm Thorntons will be ahead of current market expectations when its full year results are released in September, according to its trading update released today (July 2). Sweet expectations: Thorntons profits ...
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The NYMEX August natural gas futures contract posted a preliminary settlement price of $3.577/MMBtu Monday, 1.2 cents higher than on Friday, after trading sideways on low cooling demand in the central and south-central US and some ...
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Integrated brand design agency bluemarlin has created mouth-watering packaging for Nestlé's innovative new MAGGI Just for 2 range: delicious recipe bases specifically formulated for two-people. The Just for 2 product range goes on ...
For the first time in more than a decade, evian natural spring water has redesigned its bottle. Sleeker and with cleaner lines, the new evian bottle leans on transparency to celebrate its contents: evian Natural Spring Water, a distinctly ...
China's new natural gas pricing mechanism will create two separate bands of prices across the country with an average difference of 42%, although over 90% of supply will still be priced at the lower level. The National Development and ...
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Rooms To Go will build a 1.1 million-square-foot showroom and distribution center here designed to be its main distribution hub for online customers in the East. The Seffner, Fla.-based Top 100 company will invest about $40 million in the ...
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Contract furniture manufacturer Oddello Inds. announced a $4 million expansion to its east Tennessee operations on June 27, according to an Associated Press report. Along with the expansion, Oddello plans on adding 228 jobs to its ...
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The Northwest European July benzene contract price has been fully settled at Eur978/mt or $1,274/mt CIF ARA, according to negotiating parties. The settlement is down Eur67/mt ($79/mt) from the June contract price of Eur1,045/mt ($1,353/mt) ...
Mexico's PMI is set to export 1.4 million barrels of fuel oil in July from the country's Pacific Coast, a source familiar with the company's operations said Friday. The trading arm of state-owned oil and gas producer Pemex, PMI plans to ...
Shell's hopes for a new gas-to-liquids mega project on the US Gulf Coast would benefit from much-improved process efficiencies, but any resulting cost savings could be limited by the need to build most of the plant outside the US, Shell ...
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The leaders of the world's leading gas exporting nations are due to meet in Moscow Monday for the second summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum to discuss the future of the gas market amid uncertainties over the supply and demand ...
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Panamax coal freight rates on established routes from South Africa's Richards Bay and Indonesia to India ended the week higher Friday, helped by robust activity in the Atlantic basin. "The Atlantic basin is firm for both Supramaxes and ...
US polypropylene contracts for June were settling this week at a 3-cent/lb ($66/mt) increase, following a similar hike on feedstock propylene, sources said Friday. The 4% increase pushed homopolymer injection grade polypropylene to 74-75 ...
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The premium of styrene over benzene in the Northwest European market rose to a nine-month high of $448/mt Thursday as spot price trends between the feedstock and its derivative diverged, Platts data showed. The premium, assessed Thursday, ...
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Home furnishings retail giant Ikea has extended an electric vehicle charging station partnership with ECOtality, a clean electric transportation and storage technologies provider. Ikea is adding 24 Blink electric vehicle charging stations ...
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