Google has purchased Nest Labs, the maker of smart thermostats and smoke alarms, for $3.2 billion. Nest Labs, founded by Apple alums, first came on the scene in 2011 with its digital learning thermostat that has since shaken up the staid ...
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Brigus Gold Corp. ("Brigus" or the "Company") (NYSE: BRD) (TSX: BRD) is pleased to report annual production of 98,710 ounces of gold from its Black Fox mine, including fourth quarter production of 21,916 ounces of gold. Production ...
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The Kepler team today reports on four years of observations from the W. M. Keck Observatory targeting Kepler's exoplanet systems, announcing results this week at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington. These observations, ...
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GOLDCORP INC. (TSX: G, NYSE: GG) today announced gold production and preliminary cash costs for 2013, and provided production and cash cost guidance for 2014 and the five-year period ending 2018. Goldcorp's year-end financial statements ...
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The program director with the Banff Pork Seminar says the willingness of pork producers to explore alternative feed ingredients has helped ease the problem of high feed costs. The Banff Pork Seminar is slated for January 21 to 23 at the ...
Wednesday's Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.17, down 9 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $13.00 and 3/4, up 1 and 1/4 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $430.60, down $4.00 Jan. soybean oil closed at 37.43, ...
March CBOT corn futures retreated Tuesday amid speculation that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will raise its production estimate for the 2013-2014 crop that was harvested in the fall, in a report due out this Friday. Technically, ...
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Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. (TSX:GQM) (OTCQX:GQMNF) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to secure a US$10,000,000 loan (the "Loan"). The proceeds of the Loan will be applied to the ongoing ...
West Melville Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:WMM) ("West Melville" or "the Company") has signed an option agreement with Quirina Vasquez Vargas (the "Vendor") that secures an exclusive option for West Melville to acquire 100% ownership of the ...
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Landslides are one of the most hazardous aspects of our planet, causing billions of dollars in damage and thousands of deaths each year. Most large landslides strike with little warning—and thus geologists do not often have the ...
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The management of Vanstar Mining Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VSR) (the "Company") announces that it has obtained from the Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources its permit for 124 additional drill holes on the Liam showing, that was recently ...
Nevsun Resources Ltd. (TSX:NSU)(NYSE MKT:NSU) is pleased to announce the final assay results from the 2013 resource definition drilling program at the Northwest Zone poly-metallic massive sulphide deposit, located 2 kilometers from the ...
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Prices Mar. corn closed at $4.23 and 1/2, up 3 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $12.89 and 1/4, up 2 and 1/4 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $424.50, up 70 cents Jan. soybean oil closed at 38.34, ...
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.20 and 1/2, down 1 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $12.87, down 25 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $423.80, down $13.90 Jan. soybean oil closed at 38.51, ...
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Officials with the US Army Corp of Engineers revealed this week that they will not work with the Wisconsin State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on a major part of the permit process for an open pit iron ore mine in the northern part ...
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