The words "Made in China" are synonymous with inexpensive electronics and housewares purchased in the United States. But a consequence of Americans' buying habits is air pollution that's also made in China, researchers say. Much of the ...
Some of the fastest-moving tides in the world could meet half of Scotland's power needs. A new study finds that an island channel called the Pentland Firth has the potential to realistically generate 1.9 gigawatts of power—nearly ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
If you’re the kind of cotton producer who’s always pushing for top yields, then good for you. Just know that you’re at a higher risk for target spot. “The guys who are pushing the yield envelope on cotton are the ...
Tags: Cotton, DPL, Spot Risk, vulnerable
California Market Center (CMC) hosted LA Fashion Market on January 12-15, 2014 and began the New Year with a bright outlook following reports of good traffic, new accounts and great orders. The Market opened to buyers on Sunday, ...
Tags: Sunday Market, Apparel
Allocated pipelines and terminals and potential brine issues at the Conway, Kansas, storage facility are likely behind the 25.3% spike in propane prices at the Midcontinent NGL trading hub this week, sources said Friday. On Friday, Conway ...
Tags: Conway Propane, pipelines
Mullen Group announced this week its board has approved its 2014 capital budget of $100 million, about $25 million of which will be allocated to its trucking/logistics segment. The funds will be used to buy new trucks, trailers and ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
Professional stand up paddler Slater Trout will join the Sperry Top-Sider team of performance athletes in 2014. Trout will be wearing Sperry's line of high performance footwear and boardshorts on and off his stand-up paddleboard as he ...
Tags: Sporting GoodsRecreation
In a laboratory under a mountain 80 miles east of Rome this fall, a Princeton-led international team switched on a new experiment aimed at finding a mysterious substance that makes up a quarter of the universe but has never been seen. The ...
Tags: Dark Matter, Project Aims
The discovery of a Portuguese manuscript purporting to include an illustration of a kangaroo has been used to question which European power was first to "discover" Australia. The drawing is included in a pocket-sized religious manuscript, ...
Tags: European power, discover"Australia
Reusable transport packaging systems manufacturer Rehrig Pacific has introduced new PUBKEG program, a per-trip 1/6th barrel rental solution for breweries and wineries. The program is expected to help breweries and wineries to ship full ...
Tags: Rehrig Pacific, COGS, OSHA, Pubkeg Program
Sears Canada Inc. announced that the Company has entered into an agreement with third party vendor IBM to externally reassign the work currently performed at three internal Sears Customer Contact Centres. The move to a third party will ...
Tags: Sears Canada Inc, IBM, Doug Campbell, Direct channel
LINE-X Protective Coatings will be attending the upcoming Houston Auto Show, Jan. 22-26, 2014, hosted at the Reliant Center. LINE-X will be showcasing a few unique applications and products, including LINE-X Body Armour and the recently ...
20th Century Fox wants to make a movie franchise as big as Harry Potter 20th Century Fox is set to bring Hasbo's Magic: The Gathering card game to the big screen, states The Hollywood Reporter. The studio has acquired the screen rights ...
Tags: 20th Century Fox, Hasbo, Hollywood Reporter, The Gathering, card game
In a finding that overturns the conventional view that large old trees are unproductive, scientists have determined that for most species, the biggest trees increase their growth rates and sequester more carbon as they age. In a letter ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation, announced new 3-year pacts with the Australian Baseball League (ABL) and Baseball Australia, establishing Rawlings as the official baseball, batting helmet and catchers' ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Baseball