China Steel Precision Materials, the subsidiary company of Taiwan's China Steel Corp., expected they can win for the positive sales profit (before tax) by about RMB 1 million in whole 2013; CSPM was listed RMB 20 million loss in 2012. ...
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Preliminary research shows that gene therapy might one day be a powerful weapon against leukemia and other blood cancers. The experimental treatment coaxed certain blood cells into targeting and destroying cancer cells, according to ...
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Four out of five doctors who treat cancer were unable to prescribe their medication of choice at least once during a six-month period because of a drug shortage, according to a new survey. The survey also found that more than 75 percent ...
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission, a state economic development initiative, recently approvedmore than $12.8 million in funds to promote cutting-edge biotechnology, including a neurostimulation device to enhance breathing and a spine ...
For nearly a decade, cotton growers have been battling to save crops from the ravages of glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri). Though in many ways they are finally gaining the upper hand, experts with the Weed Science ...
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GlaxoSmithKline, the British pharmaceutical giant, says it will stop paying doctors to market its drugs at conferences and will no longer reward sales agents whose physician customers write the most prescriptions. These practices are ...
Ennis, Inc. reported financial results for the three and six months ended November 30, 2013. Highlights for the quarter include: - Consolidated gross profit margin increased 400 basis points for the quarter and 430 basis points for the ...
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In 2013, Baosteel Co., Ltd. Gained good progress in new product R & D, with all figures reaching the annual target. The unique proportion and global starting number have been increased substantially than last year, completing 152%, 133% of ...
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OSRAM SYLVANIA is demonstrating how innovative SYLVANIA and Traxon lighting solutions can benefit healthcare providers, patients and families in a next-generation inpatient care environment called “Patient Room 2020.” In ...
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By Kurt Knebusch More and more growers are using greenhouses and high tunnels, says the organizer of a workshop that will show how to boost the structures' crop quality, profitability and sustainability, especially by managing water ...
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The Korean steel giant POSCO announced that it began operation of its first blast furnace in Indonesia in order to fulfill the surging steel demand in the Southeast Asian country. The blast furnace is a joint venture project with Krakatau ...
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However, producers may want to be more aggressive than normal in forward-pricing crops that provide acceptable profit. Projected crop budgets generally show some return to labor and management for 2014, although the price of most crops ...
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California's marketplace director reports enrollment for health insurance increased to 15,000 per day,a non-profit group specializing in healthcare says. Sara Collins and Tracy Garber of the Commonwealth Fund in New York said following ...
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People are taking more photographs than ever before, nearly 400 billion this year, yet sales of cameras are shrinking. Overall, global shipments of digital cameras have fallen 30 percent this year, according to Christopher Chute, research ...
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Prosafe has been awarded a contract by Swiber Offshore Construction Pte Ltd (Swiber) for the provision of the Safe Astoria semi-submersible accommodation vessel for operations located in Indonesia’s Natuna Sea offshore gas gathering ...