Black Diamond Equipment named Olav Neitzer as its new brand and sales director in Europe, where it has changed its management structure in a bid to accelerate the process of bringing its innovations in climbing, skiing and mountain sports ...
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Doctors in the United States are writing more prescriptions for sedatives than ever before, and the frequent use of these powerful drugs in combination with narcotic painkillers may be causing medication-related deaths, a new study ...
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Japan plans to slash by half the amount of juvenile bluefin tuna taken from the Northern Pacific starting in 2015, compared to the 2002-2004 average, reports said Sunday. The Fisheries Agency has decided to increase protection for bluefin ...
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BASF increased its energy efficiency by 20 percent compared with baseline 2002 and reduced its greenhouse gas emissions per metric ton of sales product by 34 percent. The number of work-related accidents dropped in the same period by 58 ...
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US fuel oil demand fell to a seven-month low of 218,000 b/d in December, while 2013 demand overall was the lowest on record, US Energy Information Administration data published Thursday showed. The Thursday data are monthly numbers ...
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. announced the promotion of Eugene A. Castagna, previously the Company's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Susan E. Lattmann, formerly the Company's Vice President – ...
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Cardia Bioplastics is in the middle of a major expansion due to demand for its products. That growth spurt seems even more likely to continue now that it has won an IAIR Green Excellence Award. The award is the result of a global survey ...
At night, as cold settles in, lake ice creaks and groans. It's been excessively cold, and I camped exposed on the snow-swept surface. Other than the lack of vegetation and the sounds at night, you'd never know you were on a lake. It feels ...
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For seniors, every extra hour a day spent sitting is linked to double the risk of being disabled no matter how much exercise people get, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Dorothy Dunlop, a professor of medicine at Northwestern ...
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It is night time on Friday 21 February 2014 in southwest Brisbane and the rain is lashing down so hard that guests standing at the back of Andrew Barton Laundry’s state-of-art, one-week-old warehouse cannot hear managing director ...
Acetaminophen, found in over-the-counter products such as Excedrin and Tylenol, provides many people with relief from headaches and sore muscles. When used appropriately, it is considered mostly harmless. Over recent decades, the drug, ...
Infographic depicts the firm's rebound since the turn of millenium to become world's second largest toymaker A LEGO enthusiast and current affairs reporter has created a graph depicting how much LEGO has rebounded from a sales slump at ...
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“Of course we’re disappointed,” National Lighting Bureau Executive Director John Bachner said in response to third-quarter 2013 performance of the NEMA Lighting Systems Index (LSI). The Index declined 1.6% from ...
Tags: miniature-lamp shipments, operating costs, improving lighting quality
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Acetaminophen, a commonly used drug for pain and fever during pregnancy, may be linked to attention-deficit hyperactivity-like behavior, U. S. researchers say. Study author Zeyan Liew of the University of ...
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PROMAR has ordered two Platform Supply Vessels from Damen Shipyards Group and this ambitious Swiss company is looking to further expand the offshore fleet under its management in the next five years. The first Damen PSV 3300 will be ...