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 ...
Activity Date: January 10th ~ January 31st (GMT+8:00) Happy New Year! Thank you for joining in our activity. Good luck for you to win a wonderful new year gift during the lucky draw! We will update the previous quiz answer every ...
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Canadian contractors took out $6.8 billion worth of building permits in November, down 6.7 percent from October. This decline follows an 8.0 percent gain the previous month. Despite this monthly decrease, the total value of permits ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 1.2 percent in November from October, rebounding from a one-month decline to reach its highest all-time level, according to the US Department of Transportation's ...
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Satellite Logistics Group (SLG), a leading supply-chain solution provider for the beverage industry, has named MindShare Strategies its marketing agency of record. A marketing firm specializing in the transportation and logistics ...
Tags: Beverage Logistics, Food
Many U.S. carriers expect to grow capacity and plan to replace aging trucks, according to a survey by Transport Capital Partners. Since the HOS rules caused fewer hours per day utilization of equipment, carriers are being pushed to ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, Trucks
U.S. employers added a scant 74,000 jobs in December, the fewest in three years. The disappointing gain ends 2013 on a weak note and could raise questions about the economy's recent strength. The Labor Department says the unemployment ...
Pessimists are fond of saying that no good deed goes unpunished. An Australian teenager who reported a security vulnerability in a government website and now faces legal troubles probably agrees. Joshua Rogers, a 16-year-old Victoria ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
At the beginning of each New Year, I, like many others, like to take an inventory of my life - both personally and professionally. I think about which attitudes and behaviors have served me well in the previous year, and consider which ...
Tags: Low-Cost Labor, Labor Sourcing
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News The Department of Transportation's freight transportation services index rose to record high in November, DOT said Jan. 9. The freight TSI increased 1.2% from October to an all-time high of 116.5, DOT's ...
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Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will make it a priority to lobby for a new surface transportation authorization law in 2014 as the current one expires, its leader said. In a Jan. 8 speech outlining his ...
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Those who closely watch the Canadian transportation mergers and acquisitions scene have been bemoaning a lack of activity thus far in 2013. That silence was shattered in mid-November, beginning with the blockbuster acquisition of Yanke ...
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Plug-in hybrids will lead the pack among e-vehicles in the race to produce cleaner, more efficient vehicles, according to KPMG International’s 2014 Global Automotive Executive Survey. The rise of alternative powertrain technologies ...
Tags: 2014 Global Automotive Executive Survey, Global Auto Sector Refocuses
The 2014 CES will be remembered as the year when 3-D printing arrived. Sure, there were plenty of grizzled veterans around who were willing to point out, as 3-D Systems' Avi Reichental did, that "3-D printing is an overnight success 30 ...
Tags: 3-D Printing, Printing, Packaging
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, in cooperation with the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, will conduct a Feral Hog Management Workshop from 8 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Luling Foundation, 523 S. Mulberry St., in ...
Tags: Agriculture News, Hog Management Workshop, Luling Foundation