Local news reported Tuesday that the Douglas County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors approved an agreement with the city of Superior that will begin the process for Reston, Virginia-based International Metallics Corporation (IMC) to build an ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has begun construction on Phase I of the Barilla ...
A selection of health policy stories from Rhode Island, California, Massachusetts, Virginia, Florida, Wisconsin, Missouri and Minnesota. Providence Journal: Chafee's $43-Million Cut In Medicaid Program Touches Many Sectors Of Health Care ...
A new study from the University of Copenhagen's OPUS Research Centre reports that being overweight makes children less active. The findings underscore that parents of overweight children have an obligation to keep their children active, as ...
Folic acid supplements at levels consumed by breast cancer patients and survivors in North America promoted the growth of existing breast cancer in rats, new research found. The role of folate, a B vitamin, and its synthetic form, folic ...
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According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported high levels of depressive symptoms had a greater likelihood of adult-onset asthma compared to women who reported ...
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The long-awaited upshift in the economy appears to be spreading to the furniture trade after five years in the doldrums. At the beginning of day four of Interiors UK in Birmingham (Wednesday) there appears to be rapidly increasing ...
Tags: Furniture News, UBM, Theresa Raymond, Elaine Smith
Ewing's Sarcoma is an aggressive pediatric cancer, most commonly caused by the improper fusion of the gene EWS with the gene FLI1. Though the cause has long been known, therapeutic targeting of this fusion has to date proven very difficult. ...
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Mirage is launching new floors to expand its product lineup and meet quality and design requirements. Designed for active families and those who own pets, Mirage's new textured floors are an addition to the Imagine Collection launched ...
LAS VEGAS — The North American Home Furnishings Assn.'s Retailer Resource Center will host more than 30 vendors during the Las Vegas Market, which opens Sunday and runs through Jan. 30. Located in World Market Center B-1050, the RRC ...
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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 ...
U.S. cotton futures could “spend a lot of time” in a trading range between 76 cents and 88 cents a pound for the remainder of the 2013-2014 marketing year, which is not much above the latest close of 86.8 cents per pound (Jan. ...
Fifteen wheat growers and industry personnel representing state wheat commissions from across the United States and the U.S. Wheat Associates office in Mexico traveled to Kansas State University’s International Grains Program to ...
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Despite a healthy majority (71 per cent) of the Australian population agreeing that they try to buy Australian-made as often as possible, it is not always easy for them to put their money where their mouth is, as locally produced items ...
Tags: Australian-Made Products, consumers, Younger Australians
Dietary fibre, such as that found in vegetables, may help asthma sufferers The ‘Western’ diet may have more to do with the asthma epidemic than has been assumed so far because developing asthma is related to the amount of ...
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