French dairy major Danone has commenced legal proceedings against New Zealand-based dairy co-operative Fonterra over losses from the recent whey protein concentrate (WPC80) contamination scare. The company has initiated proceedings in the ...
Denim Club India has rescheduled the third edition of InDIGO, Asia’s one and only comprehensive denim B2B event which was scheduled to be held from 15th January, 2014 to 17 January, 2014. The event will now be held on 24-25-26 April, ...
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Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, one of the biggest single contributors to world sea-level rise, is melting irreversibly and could add as much as a centimetre (0.4 inches) to ocean levels in 20 years, a study said Sunday. The glacier ...
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EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce, indicates that since high-efficiency wafer supply shortage remains and demand is still strong, both buyers and sellers have started to plan for February orders ahead of time. It’s ...
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A US federal appeals court upheld a multibillion-dollar settlement between BP and the coastal residents and businesses hit by the company's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. The British energy giant reached a $7.8 billion ...
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RPM International Inc. today reported record sales, net income and diluted earnings per share for its fiscal 2014 second quarter ended November 30, 2013, driven by volume increases in both its industrial and consumer segments and improved ...
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In this part 2 of a two-part series, a K-State feedlot specialist provides a look into how environmental factors, including heat stress, coupled with the use of beta-agonists potentially affects cattle feed intake. Growing cattle that are ...
The Iowa Pork Producers Association has teamed up with the Iowa Pork Industry Center and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach swine specialists to host regional conferences February 24-28. All sessions are hosted from 1 p.m. to ...
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The North American International Auto Show will see the U.S. debut of the latest Golf R, the most powerful version of the Golf ever to be sold in this market. With an estimated 290 horsepower, the new Golf R has 34 hp more than the ...
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The upturn in the eurozone private sector economy gained momentum in December. Although the recovery remained modest and fragile overall, growth of output was nonetheless recorded throughout the second half of 2013. At a three-month high ...
Tuesday's Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.26, down 1 and 3/4 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $12.99 and 1/2, up 2 and 3/4 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $434.60, up $5.80 Jan. soybean oil closed at 37.70, ...
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Researchers at Korea's Chonbuk National University and Korea Institute of Science and Technology have improved the contact of graphene with p-type gallium nitride (p-GaN), resulting in improved near-ultraviolet (NUV) light-emitting diodes ...
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As record cold temperatures plowed across much of the United States earlier this week, no piece of infrastructure was left unaffected. Trains were stalled, flights were cancelled, and schools were closed. Although most people might not ...
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Passive components manufacturer, AVX has expanded its range of high reliability C0GThe main differences between ceramic dielectricThe insulating material between the plates of the capacitor. The material is chosen for its ability to permit ...
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Hunan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Valin LY Steel Co. (LY Steel) has announced that it achieved sales revenues of RMB 28.33 billion ($4.6 billion) in 2013, with a net profit of RMB 272 million ($44.6 million) following the losses it ...
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