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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Change and volatility are commonplace in today's agricultural markets. South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station economist Scott Fausti has had a front row seat to monitor much of that change. He has been analyzing trends in cattle ...
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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More Chinese thermal coal buyers may renege on contracts for imported thermal coal shipments as international prices continue to slide, sources said Tuesday. "All the [thermal coal] prices have come down and so some reports of Chinese ...
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In 2014, cotton will be sown on 545,000 hectares of land in Turkmenistan to achieve the planned production of 1.05 million tons of cotton, according to a plan approved by the Ministry of Agriculture. The plan has been framed in ...
MagicJack VocalTec is rolling out a global brand refresh of its MagicJack Plus value-priced VoIP device. The campaign marks the first major marketing initiative under MagicJack’s new management team and is the first brand refresh in ...
Although there has been progress in cutting out the marketing of junk food to schoolchildren, many American students are still exposed to in-school marketing of less-than-nutritious fare, a new study finds. One nutritionist wasn't ...
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India is targeting a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 8-9 per cent in the coming years and to enable this growth, the economy needs the support of its power sector and India's electrical equipment industry is expected to play a ...
Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its updated ProBeam™ proton therapy system. Varian's ProBeam system gives clinicians options for delivering dose precisely in order to minimize dose to healthy ...
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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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US PVC maker Axiall will raise its suspension grade PVC prices on February 1 by 3 cents/lb, or as contracts allow, the company said Friday in a letter to customers. The increase follows a similar announcement from December 3, when the ...
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Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless (NSSC), the largest stainless steel producer in Japan announced to hike its prices for stainless cold rolled coils (CRC) and plates for January contracts, in order to reflect higher raw material costs. The ...
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Petromanas Energy Inc. ("Petromanas" or the "Company") (TSXV: PMI) today announced that based on its previously disclosed well results and initial positive 30 day pressure build-up data from the Shpirag-2 well, it has officially informed ...
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PD&MS Energy has secured a major engineering contract with BP – its third agreement with the global oil and gas operator in less than a year. The three-year contract will see the Aberdeen-based business provide platform engineering ...
Australia-based miner Fortescue Metals Group Limited has announced that it has purchased two iron ore processing plants at Christmas Creek in the Pilbara region of Western Australia from Mineral Resources Limited's subsidiary Crushing ...