Crude futures fell to fresh lows immediately ahead of the 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT) market settle Wednesday, as the oil complex extended an overnight selloff in US trading after equity markets slid throughout the the session. NYMEX July ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil
Ron McDonald, vice-president and general manager of Liteco, recently made some management announcements involving Brian Dobson, Peter Case, Donna McLaughlin and Mike Hutchings. Effective immediately, Brian Dobson is the manager of ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
Grand Rapids, Michigan – The city plans to expand its utilization of LED fixtures in public street lights, deploying higher-volume installations of the technology in three areas: around the new Downtown Market, along Monroe Avenue at ...
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Existing-home sales rose in April but remain below underlying demand because of limited inventory and tight credit, according to the National Association of Realtors. All regions are showing strong price gains from a year ago. Total ...
RLM Apparel Software Systems Inc., solutions provider of choice to leading and emerging fashion companies, reports that prestigious designer Jason Wu has begun implementation of its FashionManager enterprise software solution at its New ...
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As of May 28, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 74.15 million mt, indicating an increase of 1.66 million mt or 2.33 percent on week-on-week basis, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same date, ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Rivendell Bicycle Works is opening a pop-up location in San Francisco's Mission District for next week, June 1-9. The location is near Shotwell and three blocks from the 24th & Mission BART station. "There will be several Rivendell ...
Tags: Transportation
For fiscal third-quarter 2013 (to end-March), optical component, module and subsystem maker Oclaro of San Jose, CA, USA, has reported revenue of $141.6m, down 11% on $159.5m the previous quarter and up 60% on $88.7m a year ago (which was ...
Tags: Oclaro Opnext, Electrical, Electronics
For first-quarter 2013, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, RFIC, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $8.3m, down 18.6% on ...
Chico's FAS, Inc. announced its fiscal 2013 first quarter financial results. For the first quarter, when excluding non-recurring acquisition and integration costs related to the Boston Proper acquisition, the Company reported net income ...
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The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently applauded Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) for introducing bipartisan legislation to encourage residential construction lending, spur job growth and keep the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 2.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000 units in April, according to newly released figures from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. The gain builds on a strong upward revision ...
Tags: Construction
We just finished testing the redesigned 2014 Subaru Forester 2.5i Premium, and the overall test score for the popular small SUV shows it did not disappoint. In fact, it outscored the previous Forester 2.5X Premium by eight points. But, is ...
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The price spread between Asian styrene monomer and petrochemical feedstock naphtha hit an eight-year high of $819.90/mt Wednesday on short covering amid low spot inventory in China, Platts data showed. SM prices jumped $10.50/mt day on ...
Tags: Chemicals, petrochemical, styrene monomer
As of May 24, inventories of the main finished steel products (plate, hot rolled coil (HRC), cold rolled coil (CRC), rebar and wire rod) in the major steel markets in China indicated decreases, according to the China Iron and Steel ...
Tags: Finished Steel, China