Bitter oranges (Citrus aurantium L.) are very popular in Northwest Africa where they gently perfume the ryhads (private gardens in traditional Moroccan homes) while providing shade to inhabitants. Naturex has built up a network of pickers ...
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All winter long, your car took a beating. There was salt; there was sand; there was that time you accidentally drove into a snow bank. Liquids are now dripping from your car's underside onto your driveway, and they're not water. Rings of ...
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Urgent action is needed to reduce the U.S. military's dangerous dependence on foreign suppliers for the raw materials, parts and finished products needed to defend America, according to a new study prepared by Brigadier General John Adams ...
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Residential-building activity in France showed noticeable decline in the course of 2012. According to the French Ministry of Housing building approvals were down year-over-year by 7.3% to 495,496 in 2012. The downturn in the number of ...
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Premature or untimely weakening or crumbling of cement concrete structures due to corrosion of rebars is indeed a big problem, both financially and technically. According to some recent studies, it shows that many countries worldwide spend ...
LED makers have been seeing rising demand and capacity utilization rates in the second quarter of 2013. However, China-based makers noted that there is currently CNY5 billion (US$807 million) worth of inventory, and if end market demand is ...
Tags: LED makers, LED, LED Firms
After moderating in February, Australian manufacturing performance was marginally weaker in March, hit by a decline in exports and fall in new orders. This is the 14th consecutive month the sector has contracted, according to latest ...
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (March 25-31) the average steel price in China decreased by 0.2 percent compared to the previous week. In particular, in the given week prices of 12 mm diameter rebar, ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
The AWEX Regional Indicators finished 2.0% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle last week. The US exchange rate rose by 0.9% to break above the 104¢ for the first time since mid-January. This was the last ...
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Din rail terminals are used in all types of electrical equipment, especially in appliances like dryers, refrigerators and ovens. In most cases these din rail terminals are soldered to the wire itself, which offers a strong bond and maximum ...
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The password encryption algorithm used in some recent versions of the Cisco IOS operating system is weaker than the algorithm it was designed to replace, Cisco revealed earlier this week. The new encryption algorithm is called Type 4 and ...
The dollar was higher today as investors continued to lower their expectations of further interest rate cuts in 2013. Futures markets were pricing in just 18 basis points of interest rate cuts, compared with 50 basis points at the start ...
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Weaker than expected Chinese economic data released over the weekend weighed on the Australian dollar in Asian trade yesterday. Statistics released by Beijing painted a picture of rising inflation and slowing domestic growth, prompting ...
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The Australian dollar was sharply higher today after companies reported better-than-expected investment intentions for the coming year. The solid investment report triggered heavy buying of the Australian dollar as traders reduced bets on ...
The sharemarket was flat today after reaching a multi-year high amid mixed earnings reports, benign minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia's January board meeting, and a lack of direction from US markets after Presidents' Day. ...
Tags: Stocks flat, earnings, sharemarket