Whenever Nasser Edeeb visits Switzerland, which the 44-year-old businessman from Libya does with some frequency, there are two products he likes to pick up. The first are Swatch watches (for family, friends, himself), the second iPhones (if ...
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The global automotive plastics industry is in boom mode today. Improvements in vehicle design and the ongoing trend toward lighter weight for improved fuel efficiency have led to greater demand for engineering plastic components. A recent ...
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New orders to U.S. production plants soared a record 10.5 percent in July on a 74 percent bookings spike in the volatile transportation sector. The somewhat misleading double-digit gain was propelled by an eye-popping 317.3 percent surge in ...
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July U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $354.63 million according to AMT — The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTO program, was down 11.5 percent from ...
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Corn prices continue to be dominated by expectations of a very large U.S. harvest. The USDA will release a new forecast of the size of the crop on September 11. The market expectation is that the new forecast will be about 250 million ...
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Campbell Soup Company today reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results for fiscal 2014. The company reported earnings from continuing operations for the quarter ended Aug. 3, 2014, of $137 million, or $0.43 per share, compared with ...
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The GMC Canyon entered a new generation back in 2012, but only for the rest of the world as a new model year hasn't appeared in the U.S. for a few years. The new generation small pickup truck has been given a release date of fall 2014, and ...
Europe recycled close to 65 billion PET bottles in 2013, as per the figures released by European non-profit trade association Petcore Europe. This is a 7% increase in the number of recycled bottles over the 2012 figures. The ...
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The Multifamily Production Index (MPI), an indicator for the multifamily market released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), posted a gain of five points to a reading of 58 for the second quarter. It is the 10th straight ...
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Over the course of the past few months, there's been no shortage of hype surrounding the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. While it's still months away from touching its wheels down on the South Oak Dodge lot in Matteson, Illinois, ...
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TORONTO — Two tractors were stolen from Coburn Transportation Systems early Monday morning, according to the Ontario Trucking Association. The Whitby-based moving company is missing two 2005 Freightliner Columbia tractors, units 337 ...
Volvo has introduced its Volvo XC90 SUV, which features new range of technologies and premium design. The car is powered by XC90 Twin Engine which unites two-litre, four-cylinder supercharged and turbocharged T6 petrol engine. It can ...
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Trade fair will return for ninth year bearing a new name. Toys & Kids Russia will return for the ninth year in 2015, however it will now be known as Kids Russia. The show will run from March 11th to 13th, 2015 at the Crocus Expo ...
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The U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration says the IRS needs to do a better job collecting the medical device excise tax created under Obamacare. The inspector general looked at 5,107 Forms 720 from the first half of 2013 ...