According to the J.D. Power 2014 Original Equipment Tire Customer Satisfaction Study, tire quality continues to improve as the number of problems owners experience with their factory-installed tires drops. Study respondents ranked Michelin ...
NYMEX May crude futures settled 14 cents higher at $99.60/barrel Monday with investors focusing on the suspension of vessel boardings in the Houston Ship Channel and its possible impact on oil movements in the US Gulf Coast region. May ...
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With US refineries expanding their capacity to process more domestic light oil in the coming years, the US Energy Information Administration on Tuesday said it expects refinery crude inputs to reach 15.52 million b/d this year and 15.61 ...
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As demand surges for long-reach, low-power solutions supporting next-generation 28Gbps products and data-center applications, high-speed fiber-optic interconnect firm Molex Inc of Lisle, IL, USA plans to unveil a line of QuatroScale active ...
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Nigerian crude values have been picking up steadily this week on strong US demand for Nigerian and West African crudes, trading sources said Friday. There has been a lot of activity in the past week, with only about 12 out of the 62 ...
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Mrs. Freshley's, a snack cakes and pastries brand owned by Flowers Foods, has teamed up with chocolate manufacturer Hershey to create two new snacks - Peanut Butter Flavored Swiss Rolls and Double Chocolate Mini Donuts. The new snack ...
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The oil complex settled sharply higher Monday as a Russian military intervention in the Ukraine heightened concerns over global oil supplies from Russia -- one of the top oil producers in the world. NYMEX April crude settled $2.33 higher ...
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Nigerian crude values for April are beginning to rise steadily on higher refining margins and healthy demand from Europe, trading sources said Friday. Spot trade in Nigerian cargoes has increased this week, with some high offers and deals ...
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The front-month Brent-WTI spread settled at a fresh five-month low of $6.48/barrel Friday, as steady drawdowns in crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub have lent upside support to WTI, while Brent remains subdued. NYMEX ...
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--Light, sweet crude for April delivery rises 76 cents to $102.59 a barrel --Overall inventories grow less than expected --Continued supply reductions at key U.S. delivery point U.S. oil prices rose Wednesday after weekly U.S. ...
BASF increased sales and earnings in 2013 compared with the previous year. “2013 was again a demanding year, with a lot of headwind for our industry. Nevertheless, we achieved our goal: We sold more, worked more closely together with ...
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A new collaboration promises the ability for growers to more accurately plan, place, and manage nitrogen applications on a real-time basis, growers will have more corn hybrid choices for 2014, U.S. soybean crop quality survey shows less ...
Oil futures settled higher Monday on support from firm US equities, geopolitical tensions and an easing of Libyan oil output, but the upside was limited by weak Chinese and eurozone data. NYMEX April crude settled 62 cents higher at ...
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Ultra low sulfur diesel cracks are at a 6-week high on strong buying interest for cargoes in the region and a rise in the front-month 0.1% ICE gasoil futures contract. The crack for physical FOB Rotterdam ULSD barges rose to a $17.04/mt ...
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With China canceling a corn purchase,the market finished lower Thursday.However,soybeans closed higher on crop-weather concerns abroad. At the close,the March corn futures contract finished 1/4 of a cent lower at$4.43.The March soybean ...
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