Futures prices continued to tumble this week, as negative fundamental and technical factors exerted additional downward pressure on the market. Abundant rainfall in West Texas over the Memorial Day weekend could potentially add 1.5-2.0 ...
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Nature's Path, North America's largest independent organic cereal company, lives by the mantra "always leave the earth better than you found it." This week, the Canadian company took another step along that path with the purchase of 2,760 ...
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Pete Rose may not be in the baseball Hall of Fame, but the all-time MLB leader in hits will be in a commercial for Skecher's Relaxed Fit football later this year, joining football greats Joe and Joe Namath and NBA billionaire owner Mark ...
The London daily silver fixing process will cease to be operated by the current company, The London Silver Market Fixing Limited, as of August 14, it said in a statement Wednesday. The statement said that until August 14, "Deutsche Bank, ...
China's latest five-year plan promises to shift the economy from its dependence on exports toward domestic consumption as an engine of growth. The key to achieving this will be for the nation to enhance the ability of its economy to ...
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This year will likely be a year of consolidation for gold and silver prices, with the gold price possibly going as low as $1,100/oz, precious metals consultancy Metals Focus said Wednesday. "Following a poor 2013, this year's start ...
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General Motors is recalling around 51,000 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia sport-utility vehicles (SUV) due to a possible fuel-gauge problem, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said. The agency said that ...
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People are forever complaining about how the digital world has robbed them of something or other. Peace. Anonymity. Freedom itself. I just see possibilities. So I've been keen to follow a new kind of connection made possible by the ...
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Daimler Buses servicing brand Omniplus has partnered with Carglass to fix damage to glass on Mercedes-Benz and Setra vehicles quickly. It is now possible to decide together with the customer at the service outlet whether to repair the ...
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The US Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced Monday that Lorain, Ohio-based Republic Steel has agreed to pay a $2.4 million fine and "settle alleged health and safety violations" at four of its ...
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Adequate levels of rhizobia organisms can help to increase nitrogen fixation; satellite imagery and mapping capabilities help growers identify yield-limiting factors; and developments in drought stress tolerance. Adequate Rhizobia ...
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The UK is a 'nation of chocoholics', according to Mintel Nearly one in six (16 per cent) UK consumers, or around eight million people, eat chocolate every day, and a similar number (17 per cent) do so four to six times a week, according ...
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Technology is more and more essential in our everyday lives yet, without spirit it is just a solution. The Cast by Patricia Urquiola design series brings a new point of view to the kitchens which are the heart of homes, by combining the ...
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Iron ore Capesize freight rates continued to edge down this week, with expectations that rates could see further contraction in the next week, market sources said Thursday. The West Australia to Qingdao iron ore Capesize market was active ...
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Oracle has issued a comprehensive list of its software that may or may not be affected by the OpenSSL (secure sockets layer) vulnerability known as Heartbleed, while warning that no fixes are yet available for some likely affected products. ...
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