A Renewable Energy Village has taken root in farmland contaminated by radiation fallout from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. The project's vision of combining solar panels with growing crops aims to inspire Japanese ...
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During the six-month period from April 1 through September 30, 2013, the global economy showed modest recovery trend, with the signs of bottoming out in Europe and continued increase in employment in U.S.. The Chinese economy by contrast, ...
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The chair of Manitoba Pork Council says 2014 is shaping up to be a much better year for pork producers than 2013. As the result of disappointing grain production in 2012 due to drought pork producers saw grain prices double heading into ...
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Metal fabrication is a highly skilled profession, requiring properly licensed and qualified people to churn out products that meet very precise specifications. Not only is the job tough but it's competitive since there are many good ...
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Chinese industrial businesses saw profits rise 9.7 percent year on year in November, slowing from 15.1 percent in October, official data showed on Friday. Total profits of industrial companies with annual revenues of more than 20 million ...
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Profits of oil giant China Sinopec increased more than 10 billion yuan (1.6 billion U.S. dollars) in the first eleven months. Huang Shuhe, vice chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), said the ...
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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In a recent Slate article, ASU professors Jim Elser and Bruce Rittman presented two vastly different scenarios of the future. One depicts a world teeming with food insecurity due to rising fertilizer prices and decreasing crop yields and ...
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Here's one trend Apple missed: headphones, a music lover's accessory that's as old as home stereo sound. Headphones made a huge comeback this holiday season, climbing up in the rankings of hot consumer electronics items. "For years, ...
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Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina aspires its net-profit to rise by 12.79 percent to 3.44 billion U.S. dollar next year as the revenue from downstream and upstream business spheres pick up, a statement from the company ...
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In Tieshiya village, farming is mostly left to the over 60's as about a third of its population have gone to work in towns or cities. Villager Zhou Douquan is worried, very worried. "Farmers make little profits from their land. Most ...
The Orvis Company, Inc. of Manchester, VT, entered an agreement to sell its Ross Reels subsidiary to the Mayfly Group, LLC. Mayfly operates various brand names including Abel Automatics, Inc., a manufacturer of premium fly-fishing reels and ...
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In the January-November period this year, the aggregate gross profits of large and medium-sized industrial enterprises in China amounted to RMB 5.3338 trillion ($871.5 billion), increasing by 13.2 percent year on year, according to data ...
Hydro Flask announced three key new hires to its growing team: David Visnack, vice president of marketing and product; Tom Trissel, customer service manager; and John Ogle, IT manager. Visnack, pictured at right, has 15 years of expertise ...
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State biodiesel research aims to find new opportunities, increase soybean oil demand As biodiesel production grows, so do soybean farmers' profits. Biodiesel helps drive demand for U.S. soybean oil, which is why many state soybean ...
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