It does not take long for a conversation with a California farmer to reach the topic of water. It has always been that way. However, the topic strikes real fear like it has never before. California has faced numerous water crises, but ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The US economy is at risk of getting seriously dented due to the US budget dispute. Admittedly, the direct economic consequences of the government shutdown will probably be next to negligible. "However, the strain on the economy should be ...
JSW Steel has officially acquired HeidelbergCement India's grinding plant in Raigad, Maharashtra, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition was initially announced in May 2013 and the two companies signed the Business Transfer Agreements on 5 ...
Tags: Grinding Plant, Construction, Decoration
Editor's note: The following blog was written by James Moore, owner of?Moore's Bicycle Shop in?Hattiesburg,?Miss. Moore is the new president of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. When I opened my bike shop in 1984 an eight-year-old ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
cc attending Canada's Outdoor Farm Show (COFS) this year got a chance to kick the tires on some natural gas-powered light and heavy trucks. Canada's largest agricultural trade show featured more than 750 exhibitors and 49,000 visitors ...
Tags: Natural Gas, Energy
NQ Mobile Inc. (NYSE: NQ) said that agreement has been inked with Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corporation (SEHK: 0763 and SZSE: 000063) and Lenovo Group Limited (SEHK: 0992), whose smart phones will be pre-installed with mobile security ...
Tags: Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics
Great Dane recently produced the 100,000th trailer built out of its Wayne, Nebraska plant. The milestone was celebrated Oct. 3 during a special hand-off to customer Decker Truck Line, with other dignitaries in attendance. The Wayne ...
Tags: Trailer, Transportation
Mattress retailer Sit 'n Sleep is teaming up with Tempur-Pedic to supply 140 mattresses to five Southern California fire stations for National Fire Prevention Week. "Our goal is to provide customers with great mattresses for a good ...
Tags: Mattresses, Light Industry, Daily Use
Atlas Copco launches a 6-month, worldwide campaign that will contribute to the reforestation in Burkina Faso. Customers buying a Variable Speed Drive (VSD) compressor do not only save energy, they also help to save the environment thanks to ...
Paraxylene market participants expect another tough round of negotiations for the Asian Contract Price for October amid tight PX supplies and a bearish downstream purified terephthalic acid market, sources close to the negotiations said ...
Tags: Chemicals
Wison Engineering (SEHK: 2236) announced on September 25 Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) had issued a notice to require the former to repay principal of CNY 186 million and related loan interests to its subsidiary Wison Engineering ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
HuBei Fuxing Science and Technology announces that Financial Fook Sydney Pty Ltd, a grandson firm, September 25 signed a contract to buy 2 Morton Street, Parramatta, NSW that Frasers Morton Pty Ltd held at AUD 58 million. Financial Fook ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Land
Golden Biotechnology Corp. from Taiwan recently held a press conference in Beijing, launching Antroquinonol. Golden Biotechnology is a local leader in the Antrodia camphorate field, having put USD 100 million in research and development ...
Tags: Biotechnology, Health, Medicine
While industrial performance has stabilised, industry's share in Europe's GDP has declined from 15.5% of GDP one year ago to 15.1% in summer 2013. The two industrial Competitiveness reports published today by the European Commission ...
Tags: Service, industry economy
Diesel fuel was in shorter supply than normal across the west as September rolled over into October. And it looks as if the crunch may be an annual occurrence for diesel supplier Suncor and its Petro-Canada wing. The shortage was reported ...
Tags: Diesel fuel, Energy