Kimberly-Clark Corporation reported year-end 2013 results and provided its 2014 outlook and related key planning assumptions. Executive Summary Fourth quarter 2013 net sales of $5.3 billion were even with the year-ago period. ...
Independent retailer of solid hardwood furniture, Oak Furniture Land, has invested in two senior recruits in customer service and retail, as part of its continued growth strategy this year. Sara Bird joins the company in a newly-created ...
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RPM International Inc.'s Rust-Oleum Group has acquired Citadel Restoration and Repair, Inc., a producer and marketer of premium concrete and wood deck floor coatings for both the professional contractor and do-it-yourself (DIY) markets. ...
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I can't say I have installed thousands of hardwood floors, but I have done quite a few. ?When it comes to click and lock or engineered flooring, I haven't done too many. ?I do know that dealing with the glue or the hollow sounds of click ...
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If the trucking industry is still struggling, it's not for lack of freight to haul. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) Truck Tonnage Index just concluded its strongest year since 1998. For-hire truck tonnage in the US rose 0.6% in ...
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Performance in the field, customer demand and long-term profitability keep Ohio farmers planting high oleic Bill Bateson liked what he saw from high oleic soybeans so much the first year he grew them, he came back for an encore. Like ...
The situation, mixed with the entry of several new players at the chip and device levels (mostly from Asia), created a climate of overcapacity, price pressure, and strong competition. As a consequence, packaged LED volumes were sharply ...
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.25, up 1 cent Mar. soybeans closed at $12.80 and 1/2, down 36 cents Mar. soybean meal closed at $416.50, down $18.00 Mar. soybean oil closed at 38.10, up 36 points Mar. ...
Tags: Soybean, Joplin Regional Stockyards, Iowa/Minnesota, cattle trade
Snowpack west of the Continental Divide is looking bleak. However, the east side of the divide has snowpack at or above average, better than it has in years. According to reports by the USDA’s Natural Resources and Conservation ...
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Jan 22, 2014 01:44 PM ARLINGTON, VA — Truckers, do you feel the weight of the load you’re hauling It’s getting heavier, the American Trucking Associations' (ATA) reports, and that’s a sign that the U.S. economy is ...
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Trade disputes can often be resolved through dialogue. A good example of this process is the recent deal between China and European Union (EU) concerning solar panels. Dialogue does not always work, however, when it comes to trade between ...
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Union Pacific Corp. said it had the best fourth-quarter and full-year results in company history as volume grew for the first time in six quarters. The freight railroad reported a net income of $1.2 billion, or $2.55 per share in the ...
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Mullican Flooring has added its RidgeCrest Collection, an existing engineered product line, to its growing roster of Made-in-America products. The company had previously offshored this segment of production to Asia. The RidgeCrest ...
Research teams at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and at the University of Limerick, Ireland, have discovered a novel solid state reaction which lets kesterite grains grow within a few seconds and at relatively low temperatures. For this ...
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Most of your basic major brand name tool kits come with a Flashlight, and Makita is no exception.? In this particular kit Makita provides a high illumination, high powered light at 4,500 Lux. The flashlight is consistent with Makita's ...
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