Lumber futures may rise in 2012 on increased log and lumber imports by China, the world's largest purchaser, and a positive housing outlook in the U. S., said Hakan Ekstrom, president of Wood Resources International LLC. China increased ...
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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) posted fourth- quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates and said Wall Street projections for this year were too conservative, lifting the stock market and bolstering expectations the world economy will ...
Business activity in the U. S. Cooled in January as orders and employment slowed, indicating last quarter’s pickup in growth will not be sustained into 2012. The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago Inc. Said today its business ...
The 2012 Show in Chicago is shaping up to be the largest AHR Expo ever, hosting more than 2,000 exhibiting companies from over 30 countries from around the globe. AHR Expo is the one event where leading manufacturers and innovative ...
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Four landmark bridges including Platt Street Bridge, Brorein Street Bridge, Kennedy Boulevard Bridge and CSX Railroad Bridge will be bathed in a shimmering canvas of LED lights as part of the city's "Agua Luces" ("water lights") art ...
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Taiwan’s leading plastics machinery maker Fu Chung Shin Machinery Manufacture Co. Ltd. (FCS) has appointed Maruka Machinery as its agent for the North American market. The companies signed a contract on Dec. 13 at the Maruka ...
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The first CES was held in June 1967 in New York City. It was a spinoff from the Chicago Music Show, which until then had served as the main event for exhibiting consumer electronics. The event had 17,500 attendees and over 100 exhibitors; ...
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Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announced it has extended its supply agreement with the Boeing Co., Chicago, a deal which is expected to provide an opportunity for greater use of ATI's cast titanium products. The long-term ...
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have issued Rockford Solar Partners, a joint venture between Wanxiang American and New Generation Power, the FONSI, “Finding of No Significant ...
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have issued Rockford Solar Partners, a joint venture between Wanxiang American and New Generation Power, the FONSI, “Finding of No Significant ...
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Illinois is trying to persuade Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), the world’s largest construction and mining- equipment maker, that its home state is the best location to build a factory that will employ more than 1, 000 people. “We have ...
In this edition of my column I would like to put lumber into the spotlight. A commodity like oil is a good indicator of the state of the economy, but perhaps the price developments of random length lumber futures can give us also a clue as ...
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Engineers have developed a way to make low-cost sugars from biomass — a discovery that has the potential to reduce the cost of producing biofuels. "It looks like something you could pour on your pancakes," says Robert Brown, an ...
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Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, released a customer case study focused on a project for the iconic ...
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Some of the guidelines that are issued by a city or even state have to do with the building rules which requirement the color in the emergency quit sign. For example, in Annapolis, the law claims that the term EXIT has to be green, even ...
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