World Skateboarding Grand Prix (WSGP) will expand in the US next summer, bringing at least three qualifying events to cities across the US, culminating in the first-ever US Skateboarding Championships. The events will include an ...
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AsiaInspection, a leading global provider of quality control services for businesses importing from Asia, Africa, Southern Europe and Latin America, announces its 2014 Q2 Barometer, a quarterly synopsis on outsourced manufacturing and the ...
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Japanese automaker Nissan Motor in collaboration with the Portland General Electric (PGE) will start testing its prototype electric commercial vehicle - the Nissan e-NV200 in Portland. The companies will conduct a six-week trial to ...
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The Irish Dairy Board (IDB) has inaugurated a new $12m cheese manufacturing plant at its Thiel Cheese & Ingredients (Thiel) operations in Wisconsin. The new facility, which marks the completion of an $80m expansion project in its US Food ...
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The US imported the most jet fuel for the month of March in five years, pulling more barrels than usual from the other side of the world, US Energy Information Administration data showed Thursday. The US imported 2.81 million barrels of ...
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Monterrey, Mexico-based PMP Grupo-Planeación, in partnership with India-based Preet Group-PG, announced plans this week to expand into the US and Canada, building mini-mills to process steel scrap. The announcement Monday at the ...
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A three-month old arbitrage window to export Asian butadiene to the US that had been slowly closing earlier this month has widened again this week and as a result producers and traders have been heard trying to arrange for butadiene cargoes ...
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SodaStream could go into partnership with Starbucks Global coffee shop giant Starbucks Corporation is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire 10 per cent of home carbonated beverage machine company SodaStream International Ltd at a ...
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All US ethanol regions on Monday were assessed within 10 cents of their previous assessment for the first time since March 11, as volatility that has plagued the market for two months softened. The front-month New York Harbor ethanol ...
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January aluminum demand in the US and Canada -- measured as shipments by domestic producers plus imports -- totaled an estimated 2.018 billion lb, down 2.9% from January 2013, according to preliminary estimates from the Aluminum ...
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Jonway Auto, a China-based subsidiary of American automaker ZAP has introduced a small electric vehicle sedan, SPARKEE, for city commuters in China. Developed collaboratively by ZAP and Jonway, the new SPARKEE is available in two ...
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The March US butadiene contract price Friday settled up 8-13 cents/lb ($176-$287/mt) from February at a 68-78 cents/lb ($1,499-$1,720/mt) split settlement, sources said. LyondellBasell, Shell Chemicals and TPC Group settled up 8 cents/lb ...
Kari McCreath has joined the firm from Stardoll where she held a position in senior sales Childen's marketing platform, SuperAwesome is preparing for global expansion with the appointment of Kari McCreath as the company's new business ...
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Del Monte Pacific (DMPL), a Singapore-based food and beverage firm, has closed the acquisition of Del Monte Foods' (DMF) Consumer Products business for $1.67bn. The acquired entity will now be renamed as Del Monte Foods (DMFI). The ...
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Del Monte Pacific (DMPL), a Singapore-based food and beverage firm, has received approval from the Singapore Exchange to proceed with its proposed takeover of Del Monte Foods' (DMF) Consumer Products business in a $1.67bn deal. In October ...
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