Mentors International has inked an agreement with Co-Diagnostics HBDC to reduce the cost of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test in developing world. Pursuant to the terms of agreement, Mentors International will use its international ...
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Oil prices dropped on profit- taking Monday after gains for six trading days on concerns that the unrest in Egypt could disrupt oil supplies. Although Egypt is not a major oil producer, it controls the Suez Canal and the ...
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Oil prices went up Thursday as unrest in Egypt bolstered concerns that oil supplies from Middle East may be disrupted. The Middle East accounted for 35 percent of global oil output, according to the International Energy Agency. Egypt ...
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Bayer CropScience, Germany-based Bayer AG's subgroup focused on agricultural markets, has launched its e3 sustainable cotton program — a voluntary, transparent program that sets guidelines for U.S. farmers who grow Certified FiberMax? ...
Oil prices surged on Thursday as economic data around the globe added optimism to economic growth. In the week ending July 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial jobless benefits claims decreased 19,000 to 326, 000, the ...
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Oil prices advanced on Wednesday after a report showed that U.S. economic growth was higher than expected in the second quarter of the year. The U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.7 percent in the ...
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Asian styrene monomer prices rose $8/mt from Wednesday's assessment, with Thursday morning pegs assessed at $1,808.50/mt FOB Korea and $1,837.50/mt CFR China amid market talk that Saudi Petrochemical Co, or Sadaf, has shut its 580,000 ...
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OPEC would need to cut production sometime in the second half of 2013 or early 2014 to stave off "a large drop in prices," Kuwait's leading bank said in a report over the weekend. In its latest economic bulletin, released late Sunday, the ...
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Clothing brand Twin Six is leaving its downtown Minneapolis home for larger digs just outside the city, in St. Louis Park, that should be up and running by the end of August. "We'll be paying just as much [in rent] for four times the ...
The front-month Brent/WTI spread narrowed Thursday to its lowest level in more than 20 months, dropping under $1/barrel as NYMEX crude broke above resistance levels on recent stock drops and an equities euphoria. The September Brent/WTI ...
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The ability of OPEC to influence the balance of crude markets is diminishing in the face of growing US oil production, with 2013 expected to be a rare instance of a year-on-year decline in the call on the producer group to maintain balanced ...
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The backwardation between FOB Amsterdam, Rotterdam Eurobob gasoline barges and the August FOB Rotterdam Eurobob swap was assessed at $21/mt Monday, the widest since November 22, 2012, Platts data shows, tracking RBOB futures, sources said. ...
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The premium of second-month cash Brent to front-month cash Dubai widened to $4.08/barrel Tuesday, the first time the spread has breached $4/b since early-March as a combination of a rising Brent complex and lower fuel oil cracks have ...
ADI.tv, a U.K.-based LED screen manufacturer, is continuing to grow in the shopping center market, with its portfolio of installations in the sector growing to eight by the end of summer. The latest of these is a 22.5-square-meter ...
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The oil complex nudged slightly higher during light trading Tuesday. Those gains were led by NYMEX August RBOB, which settled 4.23 cents higher at $2.9260/gal. NYMEX August crude settled 39 cents higher at $103.53/barrel, while ICE August ...