Big Data is everywhere, and we are constantly told that it holds the answers to almost any problem we want to solve. Companies collect information on how we shop, doctors and insurance companies gather our medical test results, and ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Renault has provided a fresh look at its celebrated city car, the first-generation Twingo. This move comes two decades after the company launched the first version of Twingo. The brand's engineers and designers started from a blank sheet ...
Clinical trials investigating new uses for the anti-cancer drug Avastin have produced mixed results. When combined with standard chemotherapy, Avastin extended the survival of patients with advanced cervical cancer by nearly four months, ...
President Obama is giving federal agencies slightly more than one year to draft a rule proposal that would boost fuel economy and tighten greenhouse-gas emissions for medium- and heavy duty trucks. Obama directed the National Highway ...
Tags: Transportation, Trucks
Reaction to President Obama's call for tighter carbon dioxide emissions rules for trucks poured in quickly with the first wave of comment generally offering approval, although there were also calls for caution, including from American ...
The first pieces of Lexington have started to arrive to Chuck's Furniture's showroom. This marks the addition of an important line to West Virginia's upscale furniture offerings. Lexington Home Brands has been an important company in ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
It's like clockwork. Whenever someone calls me about selling their company, they respond to my spiel with the exact same question: "What's my business worth?" My answer is always the same but never the one they expect: "It depends." ...
Tags: Sale Price, Business Sale Price, Tips
Organic farmers in California face unique issues in this devastating drought, leading some to bow out … or sell cows for hamburger meat San Joaquin Valley organic dairy farmer Tony Azevedo's business has dried up—literally. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Organic Dairy
This year's spike of U.S. liquified propane (LP) prices has been blamed on increased grain drying, harsh winter weather, low supplies and exports. But, the increased amounts of product being exported, while many U.S. LP users struggle to ...
Tags: Propane, propane stocks, LP prices
The US Senate is expected to pass a new five-year farm bill today - a bill that does not make any changes to American country of origin meat labeling rules, also known as COOL. The House approved the $956 billion farm bill last week, ...
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Although the field of science keeps advancing, it may be the simple telephone that helps save more lives. Anita Kinney, Professor of Medicine and Associate Director for Population Sciences at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center, and ...
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Raising the alarm against deepening income disparities in countries around the world, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) called today for a shift to more inclusive growth patterns – supported by redistributive ...
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Image courtesy of thinkstockphotos.com? A well-oiled office is a combination of many things, including the people, the tools used and the culture. These days, when many of us spend more time at work than we do at home, maintaining a ...
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On Wednesday, the CME Group's corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to start weaker. The early calls for the commodities on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, are lower. Corn is seen opening 2-4 cents lower, soybeans 4-6 cents lower, and ...
Tags: corn, soybean, wheat, grain trade
Following the release of the Industrial Renaissance Communication, "Basta! Get back on track!" calls for the EU to reduce red tape, help win the global competitiveness race, rethink exisiting policies and put the focus back on industry. ...
Tags: EU packaging, packaging waste directive, costs for energy