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Schneider National Said It Is Launching a New Company Owned and Managed Fleet

Dec 19, 2013

Schneider National Inc. said it is launching a new company owned and managed fleet of intermodal freight chassis. The fleet will help solve the problem of the lack of access to quality chassis when and where shippers need them, Schneider ...

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Load-Board Activity in November Fell 9.5%, Led by Flatbed Loads

Dec 19, 2013

Load-board activity in November fell 9.5%, led by flatbed loads, but increased on a year-over-year basis, according to DAT, a load board owned by TransCore. Load availability dropped 21% for flatbeds and 5% for refrigerated loads, DAT ...

Tags: DAT, Load-Board Activity, Load availability

Here Are Some of The Latest Health and Medical News Developments

Dec 19, 2013

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments: Chinese Woman Killed by cNew to Humans A Chinese woman has died from a bird flu strain that has never before affected humans, and the World Health Organization called the ...

Tags: Health News, Health Highlights, Bee Deaths

Antrim Carpet Is Introducing High End Decorative Hand Woven Carpets and Rug Features

Dec 19, 2013

Antrim's Burkridge Antrim Carpet is introducing high end decorative hand woven carpets and rug features in new styles for Surfaces 2014. All products below are produced in a unique 15’ width to reduce wall to wall seams as well ...

Tags: Carpet, Rug, Decoration, Textile

Ford Said It Will Add 5,000 Jobs in The United States and Launch 23 New Vehicles

Dec 19, 2013

Ford Motor Co. said it will add 5,000 jobs in the United States and launch 23 new vehicles globally in the upcoming year. "Next year, we are embarking on our most ambitious global launch year ever" said Raj Nair, group vice president for ...

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Indonesian Textile Growth Sluggish Owing to The Planned Increase in Electricity Power

Dec 19, 2013

The Indonesian textile industry growth prospects are estimated to remain sluggish during the 2014 year, owing to the planned increase in electricity power next year, said Benny Soestrisno, chairman of the advisory board of the Indonesian ...

Tags: textile industry, Apparel

Mylan Today Announced That Subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals and Partner,Banner Pharmacaps

Dec 19, 2013

Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and partner, Banner Pharmacaps Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Patheon Inc.), have entered into a settlement and license agreement with Eisai Inc. ...

Tags: Mylan, Targretin Suit, Treatment of Cutaneous Manifestations

Fewer People Should Take Medicine to Control Their High Blood Pressure

Dec 19, 2013

Fewer people should take medicine to control their high blood pressure, a new set of guidelines recommends. Adults aged 60 or older should only take blood pressure medication if their blood pressure exceeds 150/90, which sets a higher bar ...

Tags: Health News, New Blood Pressure Guidelines, Bar for Taking Medications

Scott Carothers Has Received The NTCA Ring of Honor for His Service to The Tile Industry

Dec 19, 2013

Scott Carothers, Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF) director of certification and training, has received the National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) Ring of Honor for his service to the tile industry and to NTCA. The award was ...

Tags: tile, decoration, CTEF

US District Court for The District of Delaware Upheld The Validity of a Patent

Dec 19, 2013

GSK and ViiV Healthcare confirmed today that the US District Court for the District of Delaware upheld the validity of a patent covering the double combination of? lamivudine and abacavir (Epzicom?) and the triple combination of lamivudine, ...

Tags: GSK, ViiV, Lupin Generic, Trizivir Patent

Well It Is That Time of Year Again Where We Start Choosing The Best Tools for 2013

Dec 19, 2013

Well it is that time of year again where we start choosing the best tools for 2013 and give them an award in our third annual?Tools In Action Tool Awards. ?Last year we gave you, the reader a chance to vote for your favorite tool brand. ...

Tags: Tools, Hardware

The Exports of Textiles and Clothing Stagnated in 2012;WTO

Dec 19, 2013

The exports of textiles and clothing stagnated in 2012, according to the ‘International Trade Statistics 2013’, published by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The report states that half of the world’s top ten ...

Tags: Textiles, Clothing Exports

Large Textile Machinery Confirmed Their Participation in ITMACH 2014

Dec 19, 2013

Big names of global and Indian textile machinery manufacturers have confirmed their participation in ITMACH 2014. The event to be held in the textile city of Bhiwandi on the outskirts of Mumbai from January 22-24, 2014, is getting warm ...

Tags: Large Textile Machinery, Textile

Gordon Exel Will Become President of Cummins Westport Inc. in January

Dec 19, 2013

Gordon Exel, vice president of sales and marketing at Westport Innovations Inc., will become president of Cummins Westport Inc. in January, the company announced. Exel will serve throughout 2014, the last of three years in which Westport ...

Tags: Exel, Cummins, appointment, Westport Innovations

November Housing Starts Increased 22.7% to The Highest Level in More Than Five Years

Dec 19, 2013

November housing starts increased 22.7% to the highest level in more than five years, the Commerce Department announced Dec. 18. Starts rose to an annual rate of 1.09 million units in November, the most since February 2008, exceeding ...

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