US rail transportation of petroleum products in the week ended Saturday increased 65.3% year on year, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday. Petroleum products carloads increased to 13,275 in the most recent week, from 8,033 ...
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(Reuters) - Railroad shipments of lumber are gaining momentum, signaling a construction upturn that should drive up shipping volume of consumer products from appliances to furniture. This mounting demand for construction and household goods ...
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More than a century after General Electric Co. (GE) built its first research laboratory in an upstate New York barn, it’s wooing Silicon Valley engineers in a bid to connect machines the way Facebook Inc. (FB) links people. New hires ...
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Warren Buffett’s pursuit of bigger acquisitions makes companies from Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (SWK) to Parker Hannifin Corp. the most attractive takeover targets, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Berkshire Hathaway ...
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There are different classification of hand tools based on various criteria. One of such hand tools classification is based on specific purposes for which they are used such as ,carpentry tools, carving tools, automotive tools etc. Other ...
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A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its ...
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John Foster began his steel industry career at J&L Steel,where he became acquainted with the full range of steel products,from flat rolled to pipe to longs.He later worked at CF&I Steel,serving as General Manager of the bar,rod,wire and ...
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LONDON—After screening"Star Wars"for his students,a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology pointed to a"remote"—as droids or robots are called in the movie—with which Luke Skywalker had been practicing his ...
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