Medtronic officials apparently see the political blowback over their proposed $43 billion acquisition of Covidien as serious business. The company has paid $200,000 to lobbyists including former U.S. Sens. Trent Lott and John Breaux to ...
US-based Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen has introduced new Cracked Pepper Butterfly Shrimp. Popeyes noted that the limited offer serves up eight juicy Butterfly Shrimp marinated in Louisiana seasonings and cooked with a light and crispy salt ...
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Flowers Foods is recalling nearly 3,000 loaves of Bar-B-Q bread under several brands due to possible presence of undeclared milk. The affected products include Sunbeam Bar-B-Q Bread, UPC 0 77633 05303 1, code date of JUL 3 180 172; Bunny ...
Japanese automaker Honda Motors will recall more than two million vehicles in the US under three different recalls to replace front driver's and passenger's airbag inflators. The recall is said to be specific to states and US territories ...
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US shredded steel scrap availability tightened and prices inched up as the June mill procurement period came to a close, market sources said Friday. Mills reentering the market late in the week to acquire additional shredded material ...
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Chicago CBOB gasoline for delivery through June 4 jumped 9 cents/gal Thursday to NYMEX July RBOB futures plus 3 cents/gal on the back of refiner buying and a government report showing tight gasoline supply in the Midwest, sources said. ...
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Ethylene flow rates on the Evangeline Pipeline are likely to improve in the coming week, trade sources said Wednesday. Flows on the pipeline, which moves ethylene from Texas into Louisiana, restarted May 8, sources said, after it had been ...
South Korea's state-owned Korea Gas Corp imported 12.61 million mt of LNG in the first quarter, up 0.5% from 12.55 million mt a year earlier, the company said in a statement Wednesday. All of the volumes were imported under long-term ...
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Today, representatives from the US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator (EPA) and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) came together to raise awareness of the importance of air quality for people’s health. ...
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Lucid, the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the National Wildlife Federation and the Alliance to Save Energy announce that more than 265,000 students at 109 colleges and universities across the U.S. and ...
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Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide has signed a long-term agreement with Ryder System for the purchase and supply of complete compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel systems for trucks. With the agreement, Ryder will purchase ...
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Tall Tree Foods, a portfolio company of Altamont Capital Partners, has acquired Klement Sausage (Klement's), a premium sausage manufacturer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Klement's, which was established in 1956 by three brothers ...
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Nigeria has emerged as the second-largest importer of US jet fuel and has also started bringing in atypical US kerosene barrels, according to data released Tuesday by the US Energy Information Administration. Nigeria imported 864,000 ...
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A growing economy, pent-up demand, competitive mortgage rates and affordable home prices will keep housing on an upward trajectory through 2015. However, several obstacles including tight consumer credit, shortages of lots and labor and ...
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Net sales were down by 2.5% to $27.8m compared to the same period in 2013. Excluding prior year sales from divested businesses, Q1 net sales were up 1.7% to $17.5m. The Georgia-based company is one of the largest producers of folding ...
Tags: Packaging, folding cartons