US cereal maker Post Holdings has recorded an increase in third-quarter profits and reaffirmed its outlook for the year. In the three months to the end of June, earnings reached US$15.8m, compared to $1.6m in the prior-year quarter, when ...
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Food scientists at Cornell University, US, have identified predominant spore-forming bacteria in milk and their unique enzyme activity, a finding that could help to extend the shelf-life of dairy products and improve their quality. The ...
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Nova Bus has secured a $143m order to provide 153 articulated buses to Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) in Canada. The buses, which will be built at Nova's Saint-Eustache and Saint-François-du-Lac plants, will be new-generation ...
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US-based commercial insurer CNA Financial Corporation (CNA) has appointed Michael Strakhov as the new vice president for its Ohio branch, located in Columbus, US. Strakhov, in his new role will be responsible for synchronizing branch ...
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Optima Specialty Steel Inc said that demand for specialty-steel products used in hydraulic fracking is poised to continue rising next year as energy companies step up exploration and production in shale-rock formations. Mr Kevin Stevick ...
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CRS Electronics Inc.reported financial results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30,2012. For the three months ended September 30,2012,the Company reported sales of$607,000 and a net loss of$1.2 million or$0.02 per ...
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Only around 7 percent of plastic waste in the United States gets recycled, estimates the Environmental Protection Agency. Several attempts at turning plastic into oil have been made in the past with not much success, but a new start-up ...
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TORONTO -- Registration for the 2013 edition of the Canadian Home Furnishings Market, Canada's only national trade event for the furniture and home furnishings industries, is open. The market will run Jan. 12-15 at the International ...
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IMS Research projects that the market for lighting control devices in commercial buildings will double from 2010 to 2017, with shipments of devices increasing from 29.6 million to 61.6 million. Most of these components will be connected ...
Investment in nonresidential building construction increased 1.8 percent to $11.2 billion in the second quarter. The increase, which followed three quarters of declining investment, was attributable to higher spending in the commercial and ...
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Computerworld-The U.S.Department of Homeland Security(DHS)has issued an alert warning of vulnerabilities in a software technology called the Niagara AX Framework,used to manage millions of devices over the Internet. The alert,from the ...
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