Electronics manufacturer AVX Corp. will pay $1.2 million to the owners of 42 properties in Myrtle Beach where groundwater contaminated by the toxic degreaser trichloroethylene was discovered, according to a preliminary settlement approved ...
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U.S. jewelry store sales jumped 8 percent year on year to $2.37 billion in July, according to the government's retail survey. The increase for jewelry stores was stronger than the overall jewelry and watch sector, which recorded a ...
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European Union antitrust regulators are to investigate an allegation that several luxury watchmakers breached EU rules by refusing to supply spare parts to independent repairers. The European Commission did not identify the companies but ...
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A jury of five experts met for two days to judge the products submitted by 114 entrants from 20 countries for the Form 2014 – Design from Crafts and Industry competition, which recognises innovative design, functionality, processing ...
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Medical supply companies are reaching from Minnesota to West Africa to help fight the Ebola epidemic. Maplewood, MN–based 3M Co.and St. Paul, MN–based Ecolab announced upcoming donations of millions of dollars worth of health ...
US-based food company Tyson Foods is exploring new export markets for its pork products in the wake of a recent export ban from China. The Agricultural Department said last week that China is blocking future pork imports from six ...
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In the wake of deadly gas pipeline explosions that rocked Kaohsiung in the last week of July, the Taiwanese Government is mulling a proposal to set up a special zone for petrochemical companies in Greater Kaohsiung. Premier Jiang Yi-huah ...
Hovis Bakery plans to shut its production facility in Leicester, UK, by 2015. The move could result in the loss of 200 jobs at the facility. Members of the Bakers and Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) will meet with company ...
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SurePure, South Africa-based firm involved in turbid liquid photopurification, has announced the benefits of using its patented photopurification technology in the South African dairy market. Local firm Oaksprings Dairy, which has been ...
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Tesla Motors is set to accelerate production of electric sedans at its assembly plant in Fremont, California, with an investment of $100m. The expansion involves addition of 25 new robots and overhauling the body and general assembly ...
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Tesla Motors is set to accelerate production of electric sedans at its assembly plant in Fremont, California, with an investment of $100m. The expansion involves addition of 25 new robots and overhauling the body and general assembly ...
Tags: Tesla Motors, sedans, Auto Parts
Libya's oil sector is showing tentative signs of recovery, with production now averaging around 300,000 b/d after the restart of the key Elephant field and with exports from the eastern ports of Marsa al-Hariga and Zueitina resuming after a ...
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DTE Electric, Michigan's largest power utility with more than 2.1 million customers, plans to retire a third of its coal-fired generation, more than 2,000 MW, by 2025, and rely more on natural gas and renewables, mostly wind, the company ...
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