WASHINGTON – Leaders from the White House Council on Environmental Quality, U.S. EPA, GSA, and U.S. Postal Service, along with electronics industry stakeholders, will hold a meeting on Monday, August 4, 2014 to discuss progress on the ...
A runway-inspired collection of dresses and separates make up the new Urban Jungle collection by IGIGI. Envisioned from the intersection of urban city life and wild prints, Urban Jungle is a beautifully meshed concoction of sexy and ...
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U.S. Xpress is raising its base mileage pay for over-the-road, solo, non-dedicated truck drivers by an average of 13 percent, effective Aug. 25, 2014. "With more goods and services being shipped by trucks, we need to expand the workforce ...
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US construction employment expanded in 215 metro areas, declined in 80 and was stagnant in 44 between June 2013 and June 2014, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Wednesday by the Associated General Contractors ...
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Russian steel producer Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced that it has opened a representative office in Shanghai to establish and strengthen relationships with companies in the world's second-largest economy. The new ...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that it is currently mining and shipping 5 million mt of iron ore per year in Liberia from its operations in Yekepa and Buchanan. The company is also working on an expansion project that will ...
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Award-winning UK carpet manufacturer Cormar Carpets' extension at its Ramsbottom-based Holme Mill site is more than half way complete and is set to meet the current July completion deadline. The concrete flooring has now been laid, ...
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The Barilla Group inaugurated today a new production line, Harrys 100% Mie, in its plant at Plaine de l'Ain (01). The opening of the new production line Harrys 100% Mie represents the first stage in a 47M€ extraordinary investment ...
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Metroflor Corp.'s new luxury vinyl tile (LVT) product, Aspecta, has received SCS Global Services' Platinum- level certification. SCS Global Services (SCS) recently announced its Platinum-level certification of Metroflor Corp.'s new ...
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Cisco Systems has announced plans to expand its campus in Research Triangle Park and create 550 new jobs by the end of 2017. The California-based tech giant, which already employs about 5,000 workers and contractors in RTP, will be ...
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More than half of Asia's gas needs will be supplied by LNG by 2030, Santos Ltd CEO David Knox said Thursday, adding that this will provide the Australian LNG exporter opportunities to grow. Speaking from the Brisbane Mining Club, Knox ...
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Following two consecutive monthly declines, the total value of building permits issued by Canadian municipalities rose 1.1 percent to $6.0 billion in April, according to Statistics Canada. This increase resulted from higher construction ...
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow to launch a new conservation initiative with an focus on public-private partnership. The new program promises to go beyond traditional ...
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On March 26, 2014, with the 300 kt/a linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant, the last start-up project in PetroChina Sichuan Integrated Petrochemical and Refinery Complex (Sichuan Project) began to produce qualified polyethylene ...
Dillard’s, Inc. announced operating results for the thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2014. Total merchandise sales for the 13-week period ended May 3, 2014 were $1.539 billion and $1.530 billion for the 13-week period ended May 4, 2013. ...
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