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China's Wheat Imports Are Expected to Hit a Nine-Year High in 2013
Dec 30, 2013China's wheat imports are expected to hit a nine-year high in 2013, as the country continues to turn to the international market to meet a surging demand for the grain for use in high-protein foods, animal feed, industry and processed ...
Tags: Wheat Imports, animal feed
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Farming Is Mostly Left to The Over 60's as About a Third of Its Population
Dec 30, 2013In Tieshiya village, farming is mostly left to the over 60's as about a third of its population have gone to work in towns or cities. Villager Zhou Douquan is worried, very worried. "Farmers make little profits from their land. Most ...
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Winter Sports and Snowy Day Activities Provide Lots of Fun,But There's Also Risk of Injury
Dec 30, 2013Winter sports and snowy day activities provide lots of exercise and fun, but there's also the risk of injury, an expert warns. "More than 700,000 injuries are reported each year in the United States due to sledding. More than 30 percent ...
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Spot Prices of 98.5% 553-Grade Silicon Metal in Asia Continued to Rise This Week
Dec 30, 2013Spot prices of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal in Asia continued to rise this week as suppliers lifted offer prices on deepening output cuts in South China. Platts assessed the Chinese export spot price at $2,050-2,090/mt FOB China ...
Tags: Silicon, Spot prices
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Orvis Entered an Agreement to Sell Its Ross Reels Subsidiary to The Mayfly Group, LLC
Dec 30, 2013The Orvis Company, Inc. of Manchester, VT, entered an agreement to sell its Ross Reels subsidiary to the Mayfly Group, LLC. Mayfly operates various brand names including Abel Automatics, Inc., a manufacturer of premium fly-fishing reels and ...
Tags: Orvis Company, Ross Reels, Mayfly Group
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The Steel Pipe Prices Are Still Steady
Dec 30, 2013Taiwanese steel pipe distributors and users have initiated to replenish their stocks since middle of December while the steel pipe prices are still steady. They expect the market prices released from Chung Hung Steel and China Steel ...
Tags: Steel Pipe Market, Mineral
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Brazil's Exports of Steel Long Products Totaled 47,587 Tons in November, Slumping by 21%
Dec 30, 2013According to data released by Brazil's secretary of foreign trade Secex, the country’s shipments of steel long products totaled 47,587 tons in November, slumping by 21% from a month ago. In November, the country’s export ...
Tags: Steel Long Products, Mineral
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Under Armour Partners with Lockheed Martin to Come up with The Fastest Speedskating Suit
Dec 30, 2013Under Armour is partnering with Lockheed Martin, the defense and aerospace giant, to come up with the fastest speedskating suit. The suit will be unveiled at the Winter Olympics in February. According to a report in the Washington Post, ...
Tags: Under Armour, Lockheed Martin, fastest speedskating suit
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Comscore Said Weaker Than Expected Online Spending in The Final Week Before Christmas
Dec 30, 2013ComScore said weaker than expected online spending in the final week before Christmas means U.S. retail sites from desktop computers fell short of its expectations for the Nov. 1- Dec. 23 period. ComScore estimated U.S. retail e-commerce ...
Tags: ComScore, U.S.retail e-commerce, online holiday shopping
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The Reviews of Standard Pipe From Six Korean Producers Was Rescinded by The US DOC
Dec 30, 2013The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Thursday the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe (standard pipe) from Korea. The review originally covered eight ...
Tags: Standard Pipe, Mineral
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Spy Inc. Promoted Spy Vice President of Optical Jim Sepanek to Executive Vice President
Dec 30, 2013Spy Inc. promoted Spy Vice President of Optical Jim Sepanek to executive vice president of Spy, effective Dec. 26. Since joining Spy in May 2011, Sepanek has led business development and sales. His nearly 20 years of experience in the ...
Tags: Spy, promotion, Jim Sepanek
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The Production of The Japanese Automobile Increased by 10.17%
Dec 30, 2013According to the data provided by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), in November this year Japanese automobile production totaled 846,151 units, increasing by 78,100 units or 10.17 percent compared to the same month of ...
Tags: Auto Output, Mineral
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Japanese Demand for Crude Steel Riaed 4.6%
Dec 30, 2013According to the Japanese Ministry of Trade (METI), Japanese demand for crude steel in the first quarter of 2014 is expected total 27.85 million mt, decreasing by 1.4 percent from the fourth quarter output forecast made in the third ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Mineral
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The Sales of New Single-Family Houses Rise Every Year in The US
Dec 30, 2013According to estimates released Thursday by the US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, sales of new single-family houses in November 2013 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 464,000, reflecting a 2.1 ...
Tags: Home Sales, new houses
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Amazon and Walmart Are Issuing Gift Cards to Some Disgruntled Customers
Dec 30, 2013Amazon and Walmart are issuing gift cards to some disgruntled customers after United Parcel Service failed to deliver gifts to their customers by Christmas, CNBC reported. In an apology addressed to both customers and shippers, UPS ...
Tags: Amazon, Walmart, United Parcel Service, issuing gift cards
