Mohawk announced the winners of the company's National Retailer of the Year awards at its 2014 Solutions Convention. The awards recognize the top-performing retailer for both the ColorCenter and Floorscapes aligned retailer programs. ...
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FOR MANY years of his life, Ho Chong Choai watched his father Ho Kian Chuan labour over glass and frames in a small business with four workers in Kampung Pantai Malacca. Over 35 years, Chong Choai, now the managing director of SecuGlass ...
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Monday, Jan 13, 2014 Reservoir Minerals Inc. ("Reservoir" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:RMC)(PINKSHEETS:RVRLF)(BERLIN:9RE) is pleased to report that it has signed a Letter of Intent granting Midlands Minerals Corporation ("Midlands") (TSX ...
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Berry Plastics Group, a provider of value-added plastic consumer packaging and engineered materials, is set to invest $31m for new infrastructure and equipment at its four manufacturing plants in the US. The company will also transfer ...
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) of the US Department of Transportation has announced a grant of $24.9m for a new generation of advanced, non-polluting transit buses through its new Low or No Emission Vehicle Deployment Program (LoNo). ...
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The National Pork Producers Council applauded today's introduction of congressional legislation to grant President Obama Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) as a means to conclude a successful Pacific Rim trade deal. The Obama administration ...
Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that InterFlex Acquisition Company, LLC will be expanding its operations in Wilkes County. The company plans to create 63 new jobs and invest more than ...
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A total of 311 U.S. and international environmental and clean energy groups said today that, while they respect the climate change work of Dr. James Hansen and three of his academic colleagues, they take strong exception to the notion that ...
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Scientists at The University of Nottingham are leading the world in exploiting MRI technology to assist in the treatment and diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), a condition that causes serious inconvenience and discomfort to ...
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A stunning Hubble Space Telescope image of the colorful 30 Doradus Nebula, a giant star-forming region, is the focal point of an eBook on stellar evolution aimed at children with visual impairments, ages 10 to 12. The book is called "Reach ...
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Those who closely watch the Canadian transportation mergers and acquisitions scene have been bemoaning a lack of activity thus far in 2013. That silence was shattered in mid-November, beginning with the blockbuster acquisition of Yanke ...
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During the Great Recession from 2008 to 2011, a greater-than-expected number of Americans searched online for stress-related symptoms, U.S. researchers say. John W. Ayers of San Diego State University, Benjamin Althouse of the Santa Fe ...
U.S. disaster funding distribution is deeply inefficient, with huge cash infusions disbursed after a disaster, only to fall abruptly later, researchers say. Dr. Jesse Pines, director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation at the ...
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In 2004, a form of cancer known as neuroblastoma claimed the life of Alexandra (Alex) Scott, a little girl who gained national attention for using her lemonade stand to raise money for cancer research. Now, the organization established in ...
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In December, Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – announced that it is to construct a CIS solar module manufacturing plant on a ...