American, in a major shake-up of its U.S. distribution network, will cut the number of distributors selling Shimano components from 18 to six effective Jan. 1, 2014. The decision to streamline its distribution network, said Yutaka ...
Taking an important first step toward reducing Americans' unnecessary exposure to arsenic in foods, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing an "action level" of 10 parts per billion for inorganic arsenic in apple juice, which is ...
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In the first half of 2013, faced with the complicated and volatile economic environment at home and abroad, the Central Party Committee and the State Council have committed to the general tone of making progress while ensuring the ...
ICE Cotton gradually moved higher earlier this week supported by bullish views on the market, but the supply & demand report released kept the market in check, and the week ended at a slightly lower level. The week’s high was posted ...
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THE Australian dollar jumped more than 1.5 US cents after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke declared US stimulus measures would continue. The local currency hit 92.94 US cents shortly before 9am AEST, only four hours after sinking ...
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THE Australian dollar jumped yesterday after the US central bank poured cold water on earlier speculation that it would soon start to withdraw economic stimulus. The US dollar plunged early yesterday after the market was surprised by ...
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It's reported that the Chinese steel giant Baosteel released its price policy for August. The company decided to remain its list prices for steel flat products including hot rolled, cold rolled and galvanized steel products unchanged for ...
Microsoft has unexpectedly pitched its upcoming Xbox One games console as a business productivity device, suggesting the £429 hardware's inclusion of Skype, SkyDrive and Internet Explorer could make it "an entirely justifiable ...
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Shale gas production in the UK could boost tax revenues and improve the nation's trade balance, but is unlikely to reduce gas prices, and is no short-term fix for national energy needs, according to Howard Rogers of the Oxford Institute for ...
Target, along with the Bipartisan Policy Center and 16 other North American retailers, joined together to announce the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and to launch the Bangladesh Worker Safety Initiative. The initiative is a ...
Prudential Financial’s Individual Life Insurance business is planning to launch BenefitAccess rider on its PruLife Universal Protector policy for an extra premium. The optional rider allows policyholders to use the death benefit to ...
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The International Monetary Fund has lowered its oil price forecasts to $100.09/barrel in 2013 and $95.36/b in 2014. In April, the IMF forecast that oil prices would average $102.60/b this year and fall back to $97.58/b in 2014. However, ...
A progress report on facilitating cross-border business travel is signalling a willingness to change the way Canada and the US deal with the repositioning of foreign empty trailers, according to the Canadian Trucking Alliance. The report ...
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A new report suggests the agriculture and food industries should adopt automotive-style, just-in-time cross-border shipping practices to improve the flow of food products across the border. The report, An Economic Analysis of Agriculture ...
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The world of trucks fuelled by natural gas has changed significantly with the announcement that Westport Innovations has acquired BAF Technologies (BAF) and its subsidiary, ServoTech Engineering (ServoTech), both of them in turn ...
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