British Gypsum has recently launched its latest edition of HomeSpec, a helpful specification guide to products and systems ideal for construction professionals working on residential projects. Part of the British Gypsum White Book Series, ...
Tags: Construction, Gypsum, Decoration
Nokia's new Lumia Icon smartphone offers a lot of compelling features. But they don't make up for the fact that the device runs Windows Phone software, which has proved unpopular with both consumers and developers. The Icon is Nokia's new ...
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Scrabble and Merriam-Webster are updating the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, and fans have the chance to nominate a word to be included. This marks the first time in nine years that the Dictionary has been updated, and from today ...
Ukrainian coal production in February rose 2.1% to 6.88 million mt from 6.74 million mt in February 2013, but was down from 7.01 million mt in January, the energy and coal industry ministry said Wednesday. February output of thermal coal, ...
Tags: Coal Production, thermal coal, coking coal
Brazil cuts corn & soybean crop production forecasts. Brazil revealed the first estimates of damage to its crop prospects from hot and dry weather, cutting forecast for corn and soybean production, but the downgrades failed to prevent ...
Tags: Agriculture, weather, soybean, Corn
The Michigan Dairy Ambassadors Program provides youth who are passionate about the dairy industry a unique leadership opportunity by offering trainings in agriculture advocacy and public relations. For many youth, what starts as a love ...
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A competitive edge when managing a beef cattle herd is always important, but never more so than this year with a historically small number of cattle on U.S. farms and ranches and accompanying lofty beef and cattle prices. Producers ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Beef, Cattle
Time to Ride, an American Horse Council initiative, has introduced a grass-roots effort designed to engage 100,000 new people with horses in a 100-day period. The "100 Day Horse Challenge" is a nationwide campaign designed to expose new ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Horse
Northampton based production company Stage Right has been using LED specialist EMTO's new LED screens on a number of recent theatre productions including an ever popular 'Jack & The Beanstalk' staged at the 1000 seater Deco Theatre in ...
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American Tire Distributors Holdings Inc. posted a net loss of $6.3 million on net sales of $3.8 billion for its fiscal year ended Dec. 28, 2013. That compares to a loss of $14.3 million on sales of more than $3.4 billion for fiscal 2012. ...
Tags: Tire, Tyre, Auto Parts
ECCO's CEO, Dieter Kasprzak, has announced that the company delivered its best ever results in 2013. "We expect 2014 to show increased revenue and profitability" "It's a very pleasing performance," he said. "We have been successful in ...
Tags: Apparel, Ecco, shoe, shoe accessories
Transcontinental, a Canada-based media and marketing activation solutions provider, has signed a deal to takeover Capri Packaging, a division of dairy firm Schreiber Foods, in a $133m deal. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory ...
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U.S. net textile and apparel fiber imports rose in calendar year 2013, a first in 3 years as improved economic conditions pushed consumer demand higher. Total fiber product imports approached 17.6 billion raw-fiber-equivalent pounds in ...
Tags: textile, apparel, cotton fiber
BIFA, the British international Freight Association, says that media reports suggest there could be a significant increase in the price of wooden pallets over the coming months due to timber shortages. A recent meeting of the Timber ...
Tags: Wooden Pallet, Construction, timber
EZMOD is launching a new promotion entitled “Deals of the Week,” as a special thank you to fans and customers for five years of faithful loyal support. Every Monday shoppers can find what products EZMOD has chosen to slash ...