The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Compliance, Safety, Accountability program is unreliable and does not effectively evaluate trucking companies' safety, the American Trucking Associations said in a white paper. ...
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Following the concept of 'Wake up your hair' throughout 2013, Greentech has recently developed Dandrilys, a complete dandruff reducer agent. Around 50% of world population suffers from dandruff. This is an important aesthetic problem as ...
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A student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, was diagnosed with viral meningitis, but campus officials say it is an isolated case. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo officials said university medical staff see no evidence ...
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Any copper surplus next year is unlikely to emerge until the second half, with the price well supported in the first half, JP Morgan said Thursday. It raised its forecast for the average price in the first quarter by 2% to $7,210/mt, and ...
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Platts assessed the spot price of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal at $2,000-2,050/mt FOB China Thursday, unchanged week on week, as buying interest stayed scant as offer prices from Chinese sellers rose. This week a Chinese producer with ...
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An oil shale mine with reserves of more than 1 billion metric tons has been found in Dongning, a county in Heilongjiang province, Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday. The county's land and resources bureau said the mine was found ...
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State-owned PetroChina has signed a purchase contract with Datang International Power Generation for natural gas supply into Beijing, PetroChina said Thursday. Under the contract, Datang will supply 4 million cubic meters/day of natural ...
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A study says 1-in-4 U.S. adults reports feeling "extreme stress" this time of year, but a childhood expert suggests ways to develop holiday resilience. Nefertiti Bruce, early childhood specialist and national trainer at the Devereux ...
Rigid Industries LED Lighting® announced Thursday they hit an all-time record on the D-Series (Dually and D2 led lights) production line. With Rigid Industries’ new manufacturing facility in Gilbert, Arizona, and the increase in ...
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Worldwide, 14 million people developed cancer last year up from 12.7 million cases in 2008, the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Switzerland said. David Forman, bead of the IARC Section of Cancer Information, the group that ...
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Philips Lighting blogger Monique Cousineau publishes an interesting Christmas lights trivia article on the lighting giant’s website. How many questions can you get right? Below is the full blog entry: Christmas light decorations. ...
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U.S. flu vaccination prevented an estimated 6.6 million influenza-associated illnesses and 79,000 hospitalizations during last year's flu season, officials say. A report in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and ...
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Fairchild Semiconductor announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $100 million of the company's common stock. Fairchild will repurchase shares from time to time in the open market or in privately ...
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A U.S. infectious disease expert says one of the most persistent flu myths is that the influenza vaccine can give a person the flu -- it cannot. Dr. Jorge Parada, medical director of the Infection Prevention and Control Program at Loyola ...
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Janitorial supplies, cleaning and valeting equipment, are hard to find together in one place, if you happen to reside somewhere in or around Ireland. If you are concerned about having to visit different places each time you are in need of ...