This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting Coloradoans to participate in one of 11 "listening sessions" that the agency is conducting around the country to solicit ideas about the best ways to reduce carbon emissions ...
Tags: Mining, Coal mining
Today we have the announcement by DECC that EdF will construct the first of the new generation of nuclear plants in the UK. Should we welcome this decision? The contract for this project will provide an electricity price of ...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Energy
EDF has concluded negotiations with government on the strike price for electricity generated by Hinkley Point C. The financing system will be put to the European Commission this week, said government. The team in place to build and ...
Soda taxes are back, and thank goodness. The sugary beverage industry has spent billions of dollars across the United States trying to defeat any proposal that addresses the serious health costs of the soda and energy drinks we consume, and ...
Tags: Glass, Soda Taxes
This blog post was written by?Fred Clements, executive director of the?National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blog posts can be read on. It is outrageous that the federal government continues to give the middle finger to ...
Tags: bike, Transportation
Mondelez International, Inc. today reported third quarter 2013 results. "We delivered solid results in a difficult environment. Both revenue and operating margin improved sequentially, fueled by volume/mix gains of more than 5 percent, ...
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Franklin Electric Co., Inc. reported third quarter 2013 diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.51, an increase of 11 percent compared to 2012 third quarter diluted EPS of $0.46. In the third quarter of 2013, the Company s adjusted EPS was ...
Tags: Water Systems, Electric, Electrical, Electronics
Ashland Inc., a global leader in specialty chemical solutions for consumer and industrial markets, announced preliminary financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the fourth quarter of its 2013 fiscal year. Highlights: ...
The Audi Group delivered 1,180,748 (2012: 1,097,507) cars with the four rings in the first three quarters of 2013. As a result, the Ingolstadt-based company generated sales revenues of €36,965 (2012: €37,667) million and an ...
Tags: Audi Group, cars
A team of four students from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City, representing the United States, has won the Retail Futures Challenge, an international competition that takes place at the annual World Retail ...
Tags: retail market, FIT Students
Today, at the Golden Harvest Farms in Valatie, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer toured the farm's distillery and unveiled a new plan to boost the sales for New York’s over 20 existing hard apple cider producers and allow the over 650 ...
Tags: Schumer, Cider Producers
Farm equipment manufacturers report strong sales heading into the fourth quarter of 2013. According to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers' latest report (issued in August), U.S. unit retail sales showed double-digit growth in most ...
Tags: Farm Machinery, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Farm equipment
Tire Group International (TGI) LLC announced that on Sep. 9, 2013 it was granted the Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) 281-4 status giving TGI the ability to defer, reduce and eliminate customs duties on products brought into its U.S. distribution ...
Tags: TGI, Auto Parts
Wacker Chemie AG posted slight quarter-on-quarter sales growth between July and September 2013, thanks especially to the surging demand for solar silicon. As already expected, however, the Munich-based chemical group did not match the ...
Mexico's integrated steelmaker, Altos Hornos de México (Ahmsa), reported a net loss of 520 million Mexican pesos (US$40.3 million) in the third quarter of 2013. This compares with a net loss of 344 million Mexican pesos (US$26.6 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel