Much of the country is under the grip of the one of the coldest air masses in nearly 20 years. Temperatures have dropped to freezing as far south as the central and northern Gulf Coast with areas as far south as central and southern Texas ...
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Temperatures this morning are below zero across nearly the entire extent of the Midwest, with the exception being a few areas near/slightly above zero along the extreme southern Midwest. Across the Plains states, most of the HRW wheat ...
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Texas-based Shermco Industries says it has completed its acquisition of Magna Electric Corp. (MEC), a Canadian electrical power system engineering, testing, construction, manufacturing and commissioning service company based in ...
US-based honey producer Natural American Foods has been acquired by an affiliate of Texas-based private investor Peak Rock Capital, for an undisclosed amount. Headquartered in Onsted, Michigan, Natural American Foods produces and ...
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Comdata Inc. said it has acquired fuel management firm eFueling Technologies. Terms were not disclosed. Austin, Texas-based eFueling is a subsidiary of Woodfin Oil Co., which purchased the company in 2009. “This is an exciting ...
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An extremely cold weather system is forecast to bring record low temperatures to much of the Midwestern and Eastern regions of the United States, including areas in the South. The high temperature in Chicago will be below zero Fahrenheit ...
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LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced that its methanol plant at Channelview, Texas, was placed into service in the fourth-quarter 2013 to take advantage of low-cost natural gas from shale formations. The unit had been out of service ...
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Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE: PAA) ("PAA") and PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P. (NYSE: PNG) ("PNG") today jointly announced the completion of the merger of PNG with a wholly-owned subsidiary of PAA, with PNG surviving the merger as ...
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A new brown midrib (BMR) sorghum variety could give small dairies and livestock operations in Central America better forage quality without giving up yield. The variety – CI0947bmr – was developed by researchers at Texas A&M ...
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The May 31, 2014, U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC) deadline for filing conflict minerals reports required by Section 1502 of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is rapidly approaching. IPC – ...
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A third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. A Food Safety News investigation has documented that millions of pounds of ...
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Hypothyroidism, a condition that causes low or no thyroid hormone production, is not linked to mild dementia or impaired brain function, a new study suggests. Although more research is needed, the scientists said their findings add to ...
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Two years ago,the U.S.Congress mandated that the Federal Aviation Administration integrate robotic aircraft into national airspace by 2015.The FAA has since taken only baby steps toward that goal,but the topic has already sparked much ...
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MEDNAX, Inc., (NYSE: MD) today announced the acquisition of Summit Anesthesia Associates, P.A., a physician group practice primarily based in Summit, New Jersey. The practice will become part of MEDNAX's American Anesthesiology division and ...
Soybeans were lower on fund and commercial selling. There are some concerns about weather in parts of Argentina, but Brazil looks good and the trade expects a record crop out of the continent. Past that – there was no real fresh news ...
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