Carriers participating in the Ontario Trucking Association's (OTA) fourth quarter survey of business conditions reported improved freight volumes in three of the four lane segments, which are monitored by the OTA. But with the peak ...
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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius said tips on other holiday shopping can be useful for consumers shopping for health insurance. Sebelius, in a blog post on the Huffington Post website, advised people planning ...
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules, has announced the opening of three kiosk locations in Southern California for its ...
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Positive retail sales numbers in the month of October point to a good holiday sales season ahead. According to the National Retail Federation – the world largest retail trade association – October retail sales, excluding ...
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Baker Hughes reported that for the holiday-shortened week ending November 27, the US rig count increased by two to 1,763, following one-rig decrease the previous week.Additionally, the rig count is still down by 48 from 1,811 rigs during ...
Trailer Wizards announced they will be holding another food drive in support of local food banks. Trailer Wizards “Haul Away Hunger” Holiday Food Drive will run from November 25 to the 29 across Canada at all participating ...
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Barnes & Noble returned to a profit in the fiscal second quarter as it invested less in its Nook e-book reader and cost cuts offset lower sales. Its sales missed expectations, however, and its shares dropped more than 3 percent in ...
Lately, I’ve been in full-blown grumpy old man mode. It started a couple of weeks ago when someone’s administrator asked me if I was planning to spend Thanksgiving with my grand kids. I will admit my mustache is greyer than it ...
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SDI Group USA has announced it will host SELF14 (SDI Executive Logistics Forum 2014) this year in Las Vegas at the Four Seasons Hotel. “As 2014 approaches, all businesses are in the process of preparing for the upcoming holiday ...
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A manufacturer of glass coverings for Apple is drawing accusations of worker exploitation from Hong Kong labour groups concerned with several employee suicides at its factory in China. Hong Kong-based Biel Crystal Manufactory Limited is a ...
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With the holiday season just around the corner, millions of Americans are getting ready to prepare a holiday meal or bake a sweet treat. The stories from the kitchen will range from good, to bad, to burnt, and a recent survey conducted by ...
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The next truck that passes you by on the highway may be carrying more than cargo in its trailer; it may be carrying hope for people this holiday season. And soon more people will realize it with the help of a new video and a partnership ...
Active Americans are more optimistic and more likely than the general population to spend big this holiday season, according to a Leisure Trends' survey of its Most Active Americans Panel. Leisure Trends regularly surveys its panel of ...
Steven’s Bicycles has been a Fresno fixture at its Palm and Shields location since 1955, but the retailer will be closing its store there Nov. 22 to move to the Figarden Loop in Northwest Fresno at Brawley. Construction is in its ...
Shaw President Randy Merritt Shaw Floors is restoring the Grand Central Terminal tradition of rolling out the red carpet, this time for the holidays. The Dalton headquartered company unveiled more than 14,000 square feet of its carpet, ...
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