Governor Rick Perry joined GEICO Chairman Tony Nicely today to announce the company is opening a new claims operation in Katy, Texas. GEICO expects the office to grow to 400 associates by 2015 and up to 1,000 associates in the next three ...
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Tarkett announced the appointment of BPI as a distribution partner in Texas, Oklahoma and a portion of Louisiana markets. BPI is one of the largest flooring distributors in the U.S., and offers a strong supply network with long, ...
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ATLANTA — Havertys reported that its written business for the fourth quarter through November was up about 7.9% over last year, and also announced details on the openings of three stores. The -based Top 100 company said the sales ...
Huxtable's Kitchen Inc. of Vernon, California is voluntarily recalling one specific lot of Trader Joe's Butternut Squash & Creamed Spinach Gratin (SKU 96541) sold in the refrigerated section with "Use By 12/13/13" date, because it may not ...
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Dec. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CB&I (NYSE: CBI) announced today it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $1 billion by Ingleside Ethylene LLC, a joint venture between Occidental Chemical Corporation ...
Dow Chzemical will shut the equivalent of about 800,000 mt/year of chlorine and caustic soda capacity in Texas and divest chlorine derivatives assets with a value of up to $5 billion, it said Monday. The divestment includes about 40 ...
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The Dow Chemical Company detailed the scope of a separation of a significant portion of its chlorine value chain. These assets are being carved out for future transactions, and represent up to $5 billion of total annual revenue, inclusive ...
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OCI N.V. announced that Natgasoline LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary, plans to build a new greenfield world scale methanol plant in Beaumont, Texas. The plant is expected to have a capacity of up to 5,000 metric tons per day (tpd), ...
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Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE:PXD) ("Pioneer" or "the Company") today announced that severe winter weather in Texas has significantly impacted the Company's production and drilling operations in the Spraberry/Wolfcamp, Eagle Ford ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The scent of diesel, rusting anchors and fish slurry hung in the humid air of the harbor. I was in Puntarenas on the western shore of Costa Rica, waiting to leave on a scuba-diving trip to Cocos Island – often called an "underwater ...
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US-based research and development biotechnology firm Boston Strategics has entered into a new drug development partnership with Fujifilm Pharmaceuticals USA (FPHU), a global pharmaceutical development center of Japan's Fujifilm Corporation. ...
Tags: Oncology Drugs, Fujifilm Pharma
W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) announced today that it has recently received notices from U.S. Government regulators that could affect certain aspects of its operations on Federal oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. The Company ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil
Julius M. Feinblum Real Estate has become a member and joined the board of Realty Resources Network, a national real estate networking organization comprised of more than 25 independent retail real estate brokerage firms across the country. ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Shannon's winning "Live Beautifully" Pinterest board. In support of Susan G. Komen, Mohawk commemorated National Breast Cancer Awareness Month with two consumer-based social media contests. The contests were designed to engage consumers ...
Tags: Mohawk Break Cancer, awareness, Month Contest, winner, announced
Eaton has named Jeff Lowinger senior vice-president and chief technology officer for the Industrial Sector. Lowinger will report directly to Craig Arnold, vice-chair and COO, Industrial Sector and, functionally, to Ram Ramakrishnan, ...
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