This year's spike of U.S. liquified propane (LP) prices has been blamed on increased grain drying, harsh winter weather, low supplies and exports. But, the increased amounts of product being exported, while many U.S. LP users struggle to ...
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Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. said its fourth-quarter profit grew 19.4% as tonnage and revenue increased. The less-than-truckload carrier’s net income was $47.2 million in the quarter, or 55 cents a share, up from $39.5 million, or ...
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Factory production in the United States fell in January by the most since May 2009 as winter weather slowed the economy, the Federal Reserve said. Production fell 0.8% in January after a December decline of 0.3% that was larger than ...
General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) dealers delivered 171,486 vehicles in the United States in January 2014. Retail sales were down 10 percent year over year, although retail deliveries of passenger cars were up slightly. Fleet deliveries ...
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The results of Northcoast Research Partners LLC's monthly"Tire Demand Index"are in.And demand was up in December. "Our research indicates that consumer demand for replacement tires at retail remained very robust in December,"says Nick ...
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Euclid, the leader of in-store retail analytics, measured data on nearly 25 million domestic shopping sessions during January, revealing that shoppers remained quite active in January despite the effects of bad winter weather across much of ...
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Canada has announced its second case of the PED virus, also in Ontario. The U.S. ended 2013 with PED on 2,000 farms and has added another 600 this month. The impact of the virus is pushing summer hog futures contracts close to record highs. ...
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Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. The near term supply remains tight and demand continues to look good, but China's celebrating their New Year, which could take them out of the market for a while. However, while there ...
Japan's direct-burning crude oil demand for power generation has picked up since late December as a cold spell across the country has increased appetite for loadings into March in the absence of nuclear output, industry and trading sources ...
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Mild winter weather in Northwest Europe has boosted demand for ETBE -- a component used to make gasoline -- at a period when imports of the product into the region are seasonally low, supporting its premium over rival blending product MTBE, ...
Shimano Group reported net sales reached ?71.0 billion yen in the year ended Dec. 31, 2013, up 10.2 percent from 2012. The Japanese company said China's growing appetite for sport bikes more than offset lackluster demand in North America, ...
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A combination of long-term feed price movement and recent stormy winter weather have combined to ignite record-high cattle and beef prices, and between those factors, a lag in cow slaughter and a strong export market have the market on ...
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Severe winter weather did not dampen December retail sales as shoppers took advantage of heavy promotions and last-minute deals. According to the National Retail Federation – the world’s largest retail trade association ...
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The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. announced that its December comparable store sales results were significantly impacted by unfavorable winter weather conditions in its markets. Brendan Hoffman, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, ...
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Disposable packaging manufacturer Huhtamaki has launched a new range of food-to-go containers for caterers to take advantage of the growing lunchtime market. The new ‘mmm…’ premium quality paper containers can be used ...
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