Dick's Sporting Goods and The Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation announced a $25 million multi-year commitment to support youth athletic programs including donations to local sports teams and the launch of the Dick's Foundation's "Sports ...
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Dorel Industries reported that its Recreational/Leisure Segment lost $5.4 million after mostly non-cash restructuring charges that reduced its overall earnings by about half. Dorel warned investors in early February that continued ...
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(Phys.org) —Like a spring connecting two swings, light can act as photon glue that binds together the quantum mechanical properties of two vastly different materials. The effect could harness the most useful characteristics from ...
The premium U.S. headphone market jumped 21 percent in sales in 2013, The NPD Group said, spurred in part by a rise in fitness-related features. Premium headphones, which are models that cost $100 or more, surpassed $1 billion for the ...
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Ratchets are a mainstay of the automotive mechanic. ?They are used on all sorts of applications, usually on rusted hard to loosen bolts. ?For years mechanics have been tied to an air compressor with their pneumatic ratchets. ?Ingersoll Rand ...
The National Nanotechnology Initiative defines nanotechnology as the understanding and control of matter at the nanoscale, at dimensions of approximately 1 and 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications. Nanotechnology ...
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Factory orders declined 0.7% in January, the Commerce Department reported March 6. The decline followed a revised 2% decline in December that was larger than initially reported. Durable goods orders dropped 1% in January. Orders for ...
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Taiwan Glass Industrial raised $100 million on Monday from a five-year convertible bond, even as European stocks fell 2% amid fears of a conflict between Russia and Ukraine in Crimea. Investors pushed a hard bargain given the uncertain ...
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According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending March 1, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,861,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 77.4 percent. Production was 1,875,000 net tons in the ...
The French consulting company Yole Développement releases this month its Sapphire Applications and Market: From LED to Consumer Electronics report. This technology & market report provides a detailed analysis of the status and ...
In the past two months, both the United States (the largest exporter in 2012/13) and China (the largest producer and consumer in 2012/13) announced changes to their agricultural policies, including cotton. On February 7, 2014, President ...
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Recent progress at shale gas projects operated by China's state-owned giants Sinopec and China National Petroleum Corp. suggest the country is on track to meet the 2015 production target set by the central government, analysts said Monday. ...
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The fuel oil physical hi-lo -- the premium of 1% FOB Northwest European cargoes over 3.5% FOB Rotterdam barges -- came off a 17-month high Tuesday morning, having surged $12.75/mt to $62.75/mt Monday on fears Russia may stop or reduce gas ...
The FOB Singapore 380 CST high sulfur fuel oil cash differential slipped into a discount Monday due to excess supply. The cash differential for the higher viscosity grade fuel oil fell to a discount of 26 cents/mt Monday, down from ...
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US raw steel production picked up 1.6% week on week as steelmaking in the Great Lakes bounced up 4.4%, American Iron and Steel Institute data released Tuesday showed. In the week ended March 1, US mills produced 1.861 million st of raw ...