Hundreds of delegates from countries representing 90% of the global LNG trade returned to Tokyo this year to hash out the debate started years ago by the discovery of new North American and African gas supplies -- whether to move away from ...
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Fiat Group and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has been forced to pull out of his appearances at the Frankfurt motor show at the last minute, citing ‘unforseen commitments’. While it remains unknown exactly what sparked ...
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Total intends to invest €160 million before 2016 to adapt its petrochemical platform in Carling, in the Lorraine region of eastern France, and to restore its competitiveness. Total plans indeed to develop new activities on the ...
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Australian wool auction markets rallied spectacularly this week, with substantive price gains being recorded across the entire selection. Amidst the prevailing gloomy conditions of the past few months, very few of the buying fraternity ...
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Shell's recent announcement that it is seeking additional feedstock supplies for its proposed western Pennsylvania petrochemical facility is only one major roadblock that the facility needs to circumvent in the next few years, a Platts ...
After languishing in the political wilderness of disinterest for many years, the long-wished-for inland freight rail track from Melbourne to Brisbane has finally made it onto the political front page. The rail industry has welcomed ...
Shell Chemical has begun taking bids to secure ethane from Marcellus Shale operators for its proposed world-class petrochemical plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, the company said Tuesday. Shell is accepting bids for feedstock from ...
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A new Vietnamese Internet law that will put curbs on the types of information that can be exchanged on blogs and social media was criticized on Monday by a 21-nation inter-governmental group. The Freedom Online Coalition said Vietnam's ...
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Yunique Solutions, creator of YuniquePLM product lifecycle management software, announces significant improvements to its integrated sourcing module within YuniquePLM. The integrated sourcing module streamlines the collaboration between ...
Asciano has delivered a strong result with underlying EPS up 39% and the final dividend up 56%, however, its Rail and Terminals Logistics division experienced significant weakness. Asciano has reported a 41.2% increase in statutory net ...
NGC Software announced version 14 of its PLM, Supply Chain Management (SCM) and ERP solutions, bringing new accuracy and efficiency to all areas of product development and supply chain execution for retailers, brands and consumer goods ...
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A double whammy of low consumer confidence in developed countries and lower growth in emerging markets combined to subdue Nestlé’s half yearly trading performance, figures published today reveal. The global food and drink ...
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When the market moved above a two-month old triangle formation on Wednesday, it generated a flood of new spec buying that lifted the December contract to its highest close in over 15 months. Today’s high of 89.42 cents came within ...
Tags: Cotton Prices
Jeffco Fibres a leading North American provider of pillows, mattresses, mattress toppers, textile fibers and foam fabrication announced that it has signed a trademark licensing agreement with The Sun Products Corporation, to develop and ...
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Security provisions of commercial cloud services - especially software-as-a-service (SaaS) - are frequently inadequate, with contracts containing "ambiguous terms regarding the maintenance of data confidentiality, data integrity and ...
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