Sanderson Farms reported results for the third fiscal quarter and nine months ended July 31, 2016. Net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 were $728.0 million compared with $739.9 million for the same period a year ago. For the ...
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Researchers based in UK, France, Australia and the USA have developed a chemical epitaxial lift-off (ELO) technique for full 2-inch-diameter gallium nitride (GaN) grown on sapphire and free-standing substrates [Akhil Rajan et al, J. Phys. ...
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US crude exports jumped to their highest level on record in May, coming in at 662,000 b/d, monthly data from the US Energy Information Administration showed Friday. Exports are up from 591,000 b/d in April and have been up steadily from ...
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For drivers, there are few things more annoying than being blinded by oncoming traffic. But that could be all be in the past thanks to a new technology developed by Ford that aims to snuff out rogue headlights. Ford has lifted the ...
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A 64-piece Batman Puzzle & Build lets children piece together a 2D jigsaw puzzle and construct a 3D model of the Batmobile. Jumbo Games has lifted the lid on its new line of DC Batman and DC Super Friends range of puzzles and games ahead ...
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South Korea has stalled the imports of US poultry and poultry meat following new cases of bird flu. This ban comes just two months after the Asian country resumed the shipments. However, imports of poultry meat treated with heat are not ...
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China's apparent oil demand in 2015 grew 5.8% year on year to 11.11 million b/d, the fastest pace since 2011, despite the country's economy growing at the slowest rate since 1990, Platts calculations based on recently released official data ...
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Thanks to tireless promotion by top Chinese leaders, the country's railway industry has seen another year of good harvest in overseas markets in 2015, culminating in the launch of a railway project in Asia and the start of another in Europe ...
Rescuers are preparing to attempt to reach to 8 of the 17 miners trapped underground for a seventh day, following the collapse of a gypsum mine in Shandong Province. The drilling of the third and the fourth relief holes is underway, which ...
Japan's largest defense contractor has developed the 30th H-2A rocket, which will carry a satellite designed to study black holes, local media reported Wednesday. The 53-meter-long rocket was assembled at the Tobishima Plant of the ...
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The construction of China's nuclear power plant Hualong One, in southeast China's Fujian province, has made new progress, with part of its 13-layer containment vessel completed. Xue Junfeng, a senior engineer of Fujian Fuqing Nuclear ...
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Air China has announced the opening of the first direct flight from Beijing to Cuba's capital Havana. The flight shortens the travelling time between the two cities from 20 hours to 16. He Zhigang is the marketing director of Air China ...
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Even though Beijing has lifted the red alert for severe pollution, the capital city will remain in haze for a few more days. The Beijing municipal heavy pollution emergency response headquarters issued a blue alert for heavy pollution in ...
China aims to lift over 10 million rural people out of poverty in 2016, so as to make a good start for the next five years, according to a poverty relief meeting on Thursday. The next year's work will integrate the central and local ...
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Brent oil price hit 11-year low Monday as the market continued to be plagued by an oversupply of crude oil and weakening demand. Brent crude for February delivery decreased 53 cents to close at 36.35 U.S. dollars a barrel on the London ...
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