Cold winter conditions have hampered well-completion activity in the US, prompting the Energy Information Administration to revise downward its projections of US crude output for this year. The EIA, in its March Short-Term Energy Outlook, ...
US steel exports rose 10.5% in January compared with December, but fell 10.6% year on year, according to US Department of Commerce data updated Monday. In January, the US exported 873,674 mt of steel mill products, up from 790,507 mt in ...
BenQ's MW769 WXGA business projector ($2,399 suggested retail) offers up to 4,200 ANSI lumens of brightness output. Related benq Capitol Adds BenQ To Line Card benq BenQ Ships Wireless Projector With 5-GHZ WHDI benq BenQ Unveils $1,299 ...
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For years Beijing stressed that the country’s farmers must grow enough grain to feed the masses. Measures enacted in 1996 called on China to produce 95% of its own grain. That policy reflected concerns rooted deep in centuries of food ...
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Philips Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has launched the LUXEON 3535 HV mid-power LED, which allows lighting manufacturers to design-in high-voltage drivers that are diminutive in size compared to standard drivers, enabling simplified design ...
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The 19th Young Package awards open for entries on March 14. The competition, for young designers up to 30 years of age, has been promoted by Model Obaly, one of the largest package manufacturers in the Czech Republic, since 1996. The ...
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In Australia, Strongbow is owned by CUB and is the number 1 cider. Its fresh new look packaging underpins the from-the-earth, farm qualities built into its advertising. Pack design here is the result of creativity at The Collective, and ...
March 1 marked the start of a year-long 60th anniversary celebration for Florida Tile which has risen from a one-product specialty ceramic tile maker to become one of America’s top innovative brands. “What began as an ...
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Uncertainty surrounding total swine herd losses to porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has sent lean hog futures for spring and summer contracts to record-high levels, but it's possible the markets have overreacted, a Purdue Extension ...
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Many who suffer from allergies think moving would help them but U.S. researchers say people with allergies would have them no matter where they lived. "Before this study, if you would have asked 10 allergy specialists if allergy ...
Pre-school and school-age children who spend more than 90 minutes watching television get less sleep, researchers in Spain say. Study author Marcella Marinelli of the Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology in Barcelona, Spain, ...
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U.S. beef, pork and lamb exports all opened the new year on a positive note, although market conditions suggest 2014 could be a challenging year for U.S. red meat exports, according to statistics released by the USDA and compiled by the ...
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In February this year, Indian motor vehicle production increased by 4.41 percent year on year to 1,811,276 units, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). In the first 11 months of the current Indian fiscal year ...
According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending March 8, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,840,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 76.5 percent. Production was 1,827,000 net tons in the ...
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On March 11, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in late February (Feb. 21-28) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.8041 million mt, ...
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