Mountain bike racing legend John Tomac is licensing his name to U.K. internet retail Planet X for a new line of bikes. Planet X also owns the Titus brand, which it purchased at auction?in 2010. "I have a license agreement with Planet X ...
Tags: Mountain bike, bike, Transportation
Furniture retailers reporting inconsistent to good business in the midst of this rebounding economy are heading here this week with an eye on price but an even sharper eye out for the new styles, colors and designs that can separate them ...
Tags: Retailers, Las Vegas Market
OPEC's share of the global oil market is set to diminish further next year as surging supplies of oil from the US and other non-OPEC producers outpaces an expected acceleration in world oil demand growth, the International Energy Agency ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Oil
June exports from the three coal piers at Hampton Roads on the US East Coast declined for the month but are still tracking above last year's numbers on a year-to-date basis, according to figures released Wednesday by the Virginia Maritime ...
Tags: Coal Exports, Chemicals
Germany-based steelmaker Salzgitter Group has issued its financial results data for the first quarter of the current year, stating that the performance of the company was overshadowed by persistently unfavorable general economic conditions ...
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Kazakhstan-based mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Plc. (ENRC) has announced its operational results for the first quarter of 2013. The miner registered a ferroalloy output of 364,000 mt in the first quarter this year, ...
When the winter weather finally relented in this town north of Lansing, retailer Jon Vandercar looked forward to selling some of his inventory of 2013 model road bikes, which he received just before his region's long cold season began last ...
Tags: Retailers, road bikes
This past weekend I brought our Tesla Model S to an Electric Vehicle Rally in Westport, Connecticut. The event featured a fun 40-mile scenic drive, guided by scavenger-hunt clues rather than driving directions. It was just the sort of event ...
Tags: Auto, Auto Parts
Shoppers are being urged to buy British lamb this Easter to help embattled sheep producers who are struggling against the worst winter weather for more than 50 years, according to the National Farmers Union (NFU). Farmers fear many lambs ...
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According to the monthly sectoral confidence survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the confidence index* for the construction sector in Turkey, which stood at 85.5 points in February this year, increased by 10.9 ...
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The NYMEX April natural gas futures contract settled 0.4 cent lower at $3.645/MMBtu Tuesday, after a day of rangebound trading in which cooler weather in the forecasts prevented prices from falling off more dramatically. Kilduff Report ...
Tags: natural gas, gas, energy market
What is a good wood for garden furniture? All of our garden furniture products are suitable for outdoor use. Western Red Cedar garden furniture is a fine-grain, dimensionally stable wood that is naturally weather resistant. It will last a ...
US fuel oil exports to the Netherlands, Europe's primary demand hub, were the second-highest on record for 2012 but slowed in the latter part of the year, according to US data, signaling a shifting dynamic as domestic demand for the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, high sulfur fuel oil
The helipad of an 18-storey building on a cold winter's night is not a typical place for a cinema screening, but the launch of Virgin Media's movies-on-demand service Virgin Movies was no typical event. The challenge of delivering high ...
Tags: Yamaha, The Dark Knight, StageMix iPad app
A feeling of optimism prevailed as Première Vision Pluriel closed its doors this past 14 February. By bringing together 58,000 textile industry professionals (+ 5.8% over February 2012) and 1,742 international exhibitors, its shows ...
Tags: textile industry, textile, fashion