Global food manufacturer, the Kellogg Company (Kellogg), has announced a global commitment to work with palm oil suppliers to source “fully traceable palm oil, produced in a manner that’s environmentally responsible, socially ...
Tags: traceable palm oil, transparent sourcing, Palm oil debate
Researchers from the University of Surrey have today launched a new programme of research called eSMART (Electronic Symptom Management using ASyMS Remote Technology), that uses mobile phone technology to remotely monitor patients who are ...
Rocky Brands, Inc. announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. Fourth Quarter 2013 Sales and Income Fourth quarter net sales increased 5.7% to $61.6 million, which included zero revenue ...
Tags: Rocky Brands, Apparel
A privately-funded rail freight bypass of outer western Sydney is opposed by the NSW and Australian governments. Operating between Glenfield and Newcastle, the bypass line is commercially viable when used for railing containers between a ...
Tags: rail freight, container terminal, Allocating rail capacity
To better protect lives and property, a new radar network offering higher resolution data and potentially earlier warning of severe weather goes live this month in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex as government, university and industry ...
Tags: Weather Radar, Storm Data, NSF, CASA
The international monetary fund predicted recently, economic growth rate will reach 6.5% this year in Asian emerging markets, much higher than 2% in developed economies. The China, US, Europe and Japan will have a good performance this ...
Tags: Economic, Asia Economic
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was America's most generous donor in 2013, giving nearly $1 billion of his fortune to charity, according to a magazine report on Monday. The Chronicle of Philanthropy, which tracks charitable ...
Tags: Facebook, Zuckerberg, Donations, Warren Buffett
This Editorial appears in the Feb. 10 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. We were disappointed — but not surprised — that Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) said he would not support an increase in federal ...
Tags: Transport Topic, R-Pa, infrastructure event, fuel tax
State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corp has submitted a formal request to the National Board of Revenue seeking a waiver from local taxes, value added taxes and other duties imposed on refined oil product imports, in order to borrow less from ...
Tags: Petroleum, Tax Waivers, Oil Product
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog, RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications) has acquired Nitronex LLC of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes ...
Tags: GaN technology, MACOM
The first thorough comparison of evidence for natural gas system leaks confirms that organizations including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have underestimated U.S. methane emissions generally, as well as those from the natural ...
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In 2013, amid slowing economic growth and sluggish demand in China, economies overseas witnessed a gradual recovery. Under such circumstances, China's stainless steel imports declined, while its exports continued to increase. Stainless ...
Tags: Stainless Steel, Mineral
Longstanding Myer CEO and managing director Bernie Brookes has put pen to paper on a new, open-ended contract worth $2 million per annum, plus performance based cash and equity bonuses. At the same time, the experienced retail head as ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Myer
The Government of Canada has announced an additional $500m commitment over two years for innovation and new investments in Canada's auto industry included in Economic Action Plan 2014. This latest announcement expands on the government's ...
Tags: Auto Industry, Canadian Government
From a technical point of view the market did resolve the flag formation that we had mentioned last week and broke out to the upside, which propelled March to a six-month high, while May traded at its best level since April 2012. On ...
Tags: Upward Trend, Cotton Futures