Molybdenum oxide prices continued their rally on Friday, reaching a nine-month high, although some participants believe the market may be poised for a period of consolidation in the first half of April. The Platts daily dealer molybdenum ...
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Milner Milling, privately owned milling business in Tennessee, is set to takeover Cereal Food Processors, one of the leading flour milling companies in the US, for an undisclosed sum. The company plans to work with its sister company, ...
Tags: Cereal Food Processors, acquisition, retail trade businesses
ATLANTA, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. flu activity continued to decrease during the week ending Feb. 22, but was high in Hawaii and Oklahoma, federal health officials say. The weekly flu report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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What’s keeping large farmers up at night? Labor shortages, for one, says David Hollinrake, vice president of agricultural commercial operations marketing for Bayer Crop Science. Hollinrake told about a group of large farmers he ...
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The Idaho House is now ready for a floor vote that will likely send Senate Bill 1337 to Republican Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter for his signature. It would make trespassing and filming agricultural operations without permission of ...
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UPDATE: After three and one-half hours of public hearing Thursday, Senate Bill 1337 was sent to the floor of the Idaho House of Representatives by the Agriculture Affairs Committee with a "do pass" recommendation. The quick-moving ...
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Eliminating grazing won't reduce the impact of climate change on rangeland, according to nearly 30 scientists in the western United States. The researchers, who work for nine universities and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, made this ...
A selection of health policy stories from New York, Washington state, California, Virginia, Idaho, Connecticut and Georgia. The Associated Press/Wall Street Journal: Feds Urge More Talks On N.Y. Medicaid Application New York has ...
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — The North American Home Furnishings Assn. announced nominees for its 2014 Retailer of the Year awards, recognizing outstanding achievement and leadership among small and large retailers. NAHFA members were ...
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ATLANTA, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Flu activity was high in the U.S. South last week and was increasing in some states, while it had yet to hit the Northeast, officials say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly flu report said ...
Images gathered by University of Oregon scientists using seismic waves penetrating to a depth of 300 kilometers (almost 200 miles) report the discovery of an anomaly that likely is the volcanic mantle plume of the Galapagos Islands. It's ...
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday afternoon that, as of Jan. 15, a total of 430 persons infected with seven outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 23 states and Puerto Rico. ...
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Bona US will be opening a new regional training center in Seattle. It is one of six regional training centers launched by Bona over the past few years and is located between Seattle and Tacoma in the West Valley Business Park in the city ...
HOUSTON — Mattress Firm, the nation's largest chain of sleep shops, is in talks to acquire fellow Top 100 retailer Sleep Train, according to a story in today's New York Post. The Post story said the deal, which would combine two of ...
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University of Washington researchers Grant H. Blume and Mark C. Long have produced the first empirical estimates using national-level data to show the extent to which levels of affirmative action in college admissions decisions changed ...