Columbia, Mo.,---- The Missouri Pork Association welcomes producers, suppliers and distributors to the 2014 Missouri Pork Expo to help us celebrate 60 years. The two-day event promotes the pork industry, educates youth and adults, and ...
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Platts margins reflect the difference between a crude's netback and its spot price. Netbacks are based on crude yields, which are calculated by applying Platts product price assessments to yield formulas designed by Turner, Mason & Co. ...
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The traditional microwave meal was always associated with TV dinners that could easily and conveniently be whipped up in two minutes. Just as our palates have improved with exposure to fancy dinners on TV programs, so too have microwaves ...
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Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. commenced an initial public offering Tuesday that is expected to raise about $50 million for the operator of seven mountain resorts and $200 million for Fortress Investments, which acquired control of the ...
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Consumer prices increased by the most in six months in December, the Labor Department reported Jan. 16. The consumer price index, a key measure of inflation, increased 0.3% in December from the month before. It was the biggest gain since ...
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The troubled rollout of Obamacare has made it so unpopular it is now being blamed for health insurance problems it had nothing to do with, according to a new report. Nearly half of upper-middle-income Americans (those with annual household ...
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Fieldwood Energy LLC ("Fieldwood") announced today the acquisition of entities comprising SandRidge Energy, Inc.'s ("SandRidge") Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Coast business unit for $750 million, based on an effective date of December 1, 2013 ...
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Researchers say they've discovered why infants who live in homes with a dog are less likely to develop asthma and allergies later in childhood. The team conducted experiments with mice and found that exposing them to dust from homes where ...
Moving outside the US for launching their new "dENiZEN" brand aimed at Asia, Levi Strauss created a history of sorts. The new brand is aimed at China, Singapore, South Korea, India and other asian continent countries. Based in Hong ...
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The Men's Wearhouse commented on Jos. A. Bank Clothiers' decision not to engage with Men's Wearhouse following the Company's proposal to acquire Jos. A. Bank for $55.00 per share in cash. Men's Wearhouse issued the following statement: ...
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Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), the world’s leading vertically integrated Polyester Value Chain producer, has successfully completed the refinancing of a US$640 million term loan for its business in the U.S.A. The ...
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Panasonic Corp. (6752) bonds went from last year's worst performers to the best of 2013, as President Kazuhiro Tsuga avoided a junk debt rating by shrinking television and handset businesses. The notes topped the return rankings in the ...
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Frederick's of Hollywood Group Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement that provides for the acquisition of the Company by a group consisting of HGI Funding LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Harbinger Group ...
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US-based food processor Michael Foods Group, which is owned by a private-equity affiliate of Goldman Sachs Group, is reportedly exploring for a possible sale in an effort to fetch over $2bn. The company is preparing detailed financial ...
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Post Holdings is set to acquire Golden Boy Foods and Dymatize Enterprises in two separate transactions, to further expand into the private label and active nutrition segments. Golden Boy is a North American manufacturer of private label ...
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