Beam has been acquired by Suntory Holdings Japanese beverage company Suntory Holdings is set to acquire all outstanding shares of premium alcoholic spirits company Beam Inc for US$83.50 per share in cash or total consideration of ...
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Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. There was no real fresh news, but the outside markets were supportive and the near term supply remains tight. Conditions in Brazil are generally good for development and harvest, but ...
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Dogs and wolves evolved from a common ancestor between 9,000 and 34,000 years ago, before humans transitioned to agricultural societies, according to an analysis of modern dog and wolf genomes from areas of the world thought to be centers ...
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Bob Schatz for TT Commercial truck dealer Rush Enterprises said it has acquired the assets of dealerships in Indiana and Illinois and interests of Idealease of Chicago for $145 million. Rush said its subsidiary acquired assets of CIT ...
WARREN, Mich. — Art Van Furniture is donating 700 twin memory foam mattress sets to Habitat for Humanity - one for every Simmons Beautyrest A.C.E. mattress set the retailer sold in its stores last month. The Top 100 company, with ...
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Bedding veteran Chris Henning has rejoined King Koil in the new position of executive vice president of sales and marketing. Henning, who left King Koil in 2012 to take a newly created post as president of North America for the Dormeo ...
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Medicine alone cannot improve the health of the nation -- not when one in five Americans lives in unsafe neighborhoods where pollution, crime and joblessness are prevalent; nutritious food is scarce; and the well-being of young people is at ...
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Monday's Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.34 and 1/2, up 1 and 3/4 cents Jan. soybeans clocsed at $13.26 and 3/4, up 23 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $446.90, up $11.70 Jan. soybean oil closed at 37.57, ...
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Hello Products LLC, the world's first line of seriously friendly oral care products, is pleased to announce it is the recipient of a 2013 Good Design Award for Design Excellence. Chosen from thousands of entries submitted from more than 38 ...
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A trio of researchers (two from the University of Chicago, the other from Princeton) has proposed a new theory to explain the sudden breakup of the Larsen B Ice Shelf in 2002. In their paper published in Geophysical Research Letters, Alison ...
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Soybeans were higher on fund and commercial buying, along with spillover from corn. 2013 soybean production was up on the year and larger than expected at 3.29 billion bushels, while quarterly stocks were up on the year, but ending stocks ...
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Soybeans were mixed ahead of Friday's USDA numbers. USDA's expected to report a big crop Friday, but that may be moderated by an increase in their export estimate, with the reports out at Noon Eastern/11 AM Central. China bought more U.S. ...
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Smartphones, laptops, tablets and video games were happily crossed off many the wish lists of many young children and teens this Christmas. But for parents, giving children electronic devices has to be about more than just saving Christmas, ...
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Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine has received a $6,000 Special Innovation Award for developing a user-friendly, self-serve clinical research database that will help physicians and scientists conduct groundbreaking ...
Wednesday's Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.17, down 9 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $13.00 and 3/4, up 1 and 1/4 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $430.60, down $4.00 Jan. soybean oil closed at 37.43, ...