A proposed free trade agreement between Canada and South Korea would remove the current 3% to 8% tariff that Canadian oil and gas producers have to pay for exports into that Asian nation, a Canadian government spokeswoman said Monday. ...
Tags: LNG Exports, Oil Exports
Edwards' Sapien XT transcatheter aortic heart valve (Courtesy Edwards Lifesciences) Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, CA) has announced both the FDA approval and the U.S. launch of its next-generation Sapien XT transcatheter aortic ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, heart valve
Saxx Underwear Co. hired Tim Bartels as its newly appointed chief executive officer, effective immediately. Bartels joins SAXX most recently from Columbia Sportswear where he served as Vice President of Global Footwear Sales. There he ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Outdoor industry
Gladstone Land Corporation (LAND) announced that it has acquired two farms in Columbia County, Oregon, totaling 200 acres and 157 farmable acres for $2.6 million. The properties have water on site and have been farmed for blueberries for ...
Tags: Gladstone, Farmland Acquisition
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow to launch a new conservation initiative with an focus on public-private partnership. The new program promises to go beyond traditional ...
Tags: agricultural production
Adidas, in time for Back-to-School, will intiate a new serviceon its Zxflux shoes from its Originals collection where consumers will be able to print their own Instagram photos on the upper via an iPhone and Andriod app. PSNE Group ...
Tags: Aries Apparel, Adidas
The Phone Oximeter is a smartphone app developed by two British Columbia scientists as an affordable solution for the measurement of oxygen levels in the blood, an important early warning sign for pre-eclampsia in pregnant women, and for ...
Tags: Smartphone, Oximeter
The arrival of Verallia’s new Selective Line bottles has been delivered to TricorBraun WinePak. The bottles are 750 ml and are currently available in two compelling styles. "These bottles provide production flexibility because ...
Lucid, the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the National Wildlife Federation and the Alliance to Save Energy announce that more than 265,000 students at 109 colleges and universities across the U.S. and ...
Tags: Green Building, energy consumption
Ross Stores, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has approved a succession plan under which Barbara Rentler (56), President and Chief Merchandising Officer will become Chief Executive Officer and Michael O'Sullivan (50) will continue ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Companies will not have to explicitly declare whether their products contain minerals that originated in mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo or its neighboring countries, according to the SEC. The SEC issued an order Friday staying ...
Tags: Conflict Minerals, SEC
South Korea's state-owned Korea Gas Corp said Friday it had sold 5% of its stake in LNG Canada to Shell as part of efforts to reduce its debts. "Kogas' subsidiary Kogas Canada LNG Ltd. has transferred 5% of its stake in LNG Canada to ...
Tags: Gas, LNG Canada
Columbia Sportswear Company, a leading innovator in the global outdoor apparel, footwear, accessories and equipment industries, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all controlling interests in prAna Living LLC ...
Tags: Columbia, Sportswear, Apparel Brand
Columbia Sportswear Company, a leading innovator in the global outdoor apparel, footwear, accessories and equipment industries, announced record first quarter net sales of $424.1 million, an increase of 22 percent compared with first ...
Pacific Ethanol this year will continue to increasing its focus on diversifying feedstock, among its other initiatives, CEO Neil Koehler said Thursday. "Growing initiatives on advanced biofuels, corn oil, expansion of market, which can ...