Mattress Firm said its sales for the fiscal year that ended Jan. 28 totaled approximately $1.22 billion, but said earnings will fall short of its previous guidance because of heavy promotional activity and inclement weather in several key ...
Tags: Mattress, Light Industry, Daily Use
America's most successful domestic robots suppliers - iRobot post Roomba cleaning robot has been 11 years. The Roomba family welcomed new members - Roomba880 cleaning robot. Roomba880 removing debris efficiency raised 50% than the last one. ...
Iron ore demand intensity in China will fall further amid continuous drops in steel market prices and lower steel outputs, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) said in its monthly report published on its official website. Chinese ...
This morning represents yet another frigid day in the Arctic saga of the winter of 2014. Yesterday, an intense Arctic cold front plunged south from Canada, dropping temperatures as much as 40 degrees across the Midwest and Plains, ...
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China is expected to continue increasing energy efficiency this year, resulting in muted growth in oil and coal consumption, according to new projections unveiled by the National Energy Administration on Friday. Total energy consumption ...
Tags: NEA, Five-Year Plan, coal-to-gas production, FYP
Driven by superior features and falling costs, the market for LED luminaires, or optimized permanent light fixtures, will grow more than 12-fold over the next decade – at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25% from $2bn currently ...
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. Falling product costs will help to propel the market for LED-based luminaires to some $25 billion in 2023, up more than a factor of 12 from today’s figure of $2 billion and equivalent to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25 ...
The U.S. pork industry has started a slow expansion driven by lower feed costs, which should lead to more rapid growth of pork supplies in the latter half of this year, says Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt. That could ...
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Citing mill discipline and some lingering supply problems, the US sheet market is reporting higher cold-rolled coil prices in the Midwest, but market participants have noted that the widening spread between CRC and hot-rolled coil may be ...
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Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar illuminating a vast nebula of diffuse gas, revealing for the first time part of the network of filaments thought to connect galaxies in a cosmic web. Researchers at the University of California, ...
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The price of iron ore is predicted to drop this year as growth of China's steel production slows and the supply of raw materials from international mining giants increases, according to industry experts. An estimate from UBS AG earlier ...
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More Chinese thermal coal buyers may renege on contracts for imported thermal coal shipments as international prices continue to slide, sources said Tuesday. "All the [thermal coal] prices have come down and so some reports of Chinese ...
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One of the benefits of being an astrophysicist is your weekly email from someone who claims to have "proven Einstein wrong". These either contain no mathematical equations and use phrases such as "it is obvious that..", or they are page ...
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It wasn’t that long ago that low-E glass was considered exotic, an added expense that was at times hard to justify. But low-E glass went on to become commonplace within the glass industry, a product so usual that there’s little ...
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Temperatures across the country this morning are in the teens and 20s from Nebraska northward, with 30s, 40s, and even a few 50 degree readings across the Midwest. A weak cold front is currently crossing the Midwest, with the associated ...
Tags: Midwest, temperatures, climate