Feedstock issues and supply tightness have driven up North American prices for suspension PVC and solid polystyrene resin since Feb. 1. But a different feedstock and lower demand served to send regional prices for PET bottle resin down in ...
Tags: PVC, Polystyrene, vinyl chloride
Norwegian crude oil production totaled 1.546 million b/d in February, up 6.8% from 1.448 million b/d in February 2013, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The latest figure is down ...
Tags: Oil Output, crude oil, NGL
Samsung Electronics introduced a trio of accessories on Friday that are designed to help users who are disabled and visually impaired—those with partial or greater loss of vision. Their smartphones can be transformed in this way into ...
Weibo Corp., the Chinese microblogging service often compared with Twitter, filed Friday for a US stock offering seeking to raise $500 million. The move will allow the popular Chinese-language social network to spin off from the Internet ...
Tags: Weibo, e-shopping, Computer
NY futures resumed their uptrend this week, as May rallied 380 points to close at 91.61 cents, while December gained 171 points to close at 79.55 cents. After meandering sideways for the past six weeks, unable to generate much ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, Cotton market, Textile
Global Digital Solutions, Inc., a little-known technology company based in Palm Beach, FL, has reportedly made an unsolicited offer to purchase Freedom Group, Inc., also known as Remington Outdoor Company, Inc., for $1.082 billion in cash ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Brazil cuts corn & soybean crop production forecasts. Brazil revealed the first estimates of damage to its crop prospects from hot and dry weather, cutting forecast for corn and soybean production, but the downgrades failed to prevent ...
Tags: Agriculture, weather, soybean, Corn
Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 209 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 8, 2014, up 1 percent from a year ago. Hatcheries in the 19 State ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Broiler-Type Eggs Set
The exports of apparel and clothing accessories from Philippines surged by 45.71 percent year-on-year to US$ 145.445 million in January 2014, according to the data released by the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA). The share of ...
Just when Hospira Inc.'s Rocky Mount, NC–manufacturing facility was starting to think it could breathe a little easier, FDA delivered another Warning Letter. The Lake Forest, IL-–based manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, other ...
Tags: medical device, Health, Medicine
PPG Automotive Refinish has unveiled its 2014 distributor training schedule. Consisting of more than 30 classes across 12 critical business areas, the training is designed for owners, managers, sales staff and other key personnel involved ...
To coincide with changes to the Privacy Act that commenced recently, Transport Certification Australia (TCA) has emphasised the need to uphold strict privacy safeguards in order to progress the wider use of telematics and C-ITS ...
In the last decade, coffee consumption by Australian adults has declined slowly but steadily, from 10.5 cups to 9.2 cups per week, but cafe visitation and ownership of coffee-making machines is on the rise, according to findings from market ...
Tags: coffee consumption, home coffee maker, function of age
The average vegetable consumption of Australian adults is only half the recommended intake, based on guidelines published by the National Health and Medical Research Council, according to findings from vegetable and potato growers ...
Tags: average vegetable consumption, higher intake of proteins
Brazil revealed the first estimates of damage to its crop prospects from hot and dry weather, cutting forecast for corn and soybean production, but the downgrades failed to prevent a tumble in Chicago futures. The Conab crop bureau cut by ...
Tags: corn and soybean production, lack of rainfall, influenced by climate