Applying technologies originally developed for high technology government programs to our national energy and economic priorities, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] is leveraging its expertise in the manufacture of Space Shuttle external tanks to ...
The upturn in the eurozone private sector economy gained momentum in December. Although the recovery remained modest and fragile overall, growth of output was nonetheless recorded throughout the second half of 2013. At a three-month high ...
Total U.S. healthcare spending in 2012 increased by 3.7 percent -- 0.4 percentage points higher than in 2011 -- the lowest rate since 1960, U.S. officials say. An analysis by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and ...
In December last year, the Markit/CIPS UK's construction Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) decreased slightly to 62.1 from November's reading of 62.6. The latest reading marked eight months of continuous output growth in the UK construction ...
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The National Retail Federation formally filed an appeal of a controversial antitrust lawsuit settlement covering credit card swipe fees, asking the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court’s ruling. NRF Senior ...
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Chinese manufacturing activity declined in December, adding to pressure on communist leaders who have promised sweeping reforms to revive the slowing economy. An industry group, the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, said ...
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Dana Gas, the Middle East's leading regional private sector natural gas Company, announced today that it has received from the Egyptian Government authorities the payment of AED 194 million (US$ 53 million) from the current total ...
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Marubeni Corporation ("Marubeni"), jointly with Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc. ("Mitsubishi-Hitachi"), was awarded a contract by JSW Steel Limited, a steel company in the private sector in India, for the supply of a slab sizing ...
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Federal court records show that the Oct. 8 bankruptcy filing by the nation's largest organic peanut butter processor was sparked by Issaquah, WA-based Costco, a membership-based warehouse club, when it unilaterally terminated a deal it had ...
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It’s time for Canada to develop a new approach to financing, building and repairing the nation’s aging infrastructure, according to a white paper recently published by the Van Horne Institute. The Van Horne Institute, a leader ...
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Construction firms added jobs in 39 states over the past 12 months, while employment nearly stabilized in the remainder, according to an analysis released today by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. ...
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Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) and China's Shenhua Group today announced they have entered into an agreement to create Sino-Pacific Coal Trading Corporation Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based joint-venture company that will supply Shenhua's growing ...
BP announced today all of the major new units associated with the Whiting modernization project have been successfully brought on stream. The start-up of the new 102,000 barrel per day coker in mid-November marked the last major milestone ...
Health R&D Spending Moves Slowly Upward, Driven by Industry, Philanthropy and Voluntary Health Associations Federal R&D Funding Remains "Woefully Inadequate" to Address Health Threats and Global Competitiveness ?Highlights: ?Overall ...
After declining in FY10-11,health-related research and development(R&D)spending in the U.S.increased by$4.3 billion(3.5%)in FY11-12,according to Truth and Consequences:Health R&D Spending in the U.S.(FY11-12),the 10th edition from ...
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