Corn and soybeans were up; cotton was mixed; and wheat was down for the week. As the Christmas season quickly approaches trading volume has reduced substantially with the exception of soybeans which have high volumes when accounting for ...
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For the week ending Dec. 14, U.S. influenza increased nationwide, but Texas was hard hit with more than a dozen critically ill and six dead, officials say. The influenza strain H1N1 -- the same strain that caused the 2009 pandemic -- ...
Tire Discounters Inc. plans to open a dozen locations in the Nashville, Tenn., area by early 2015. The company's latest expansion will begin in spring 2014 with the opening of a store the city of Nashville. The company anticipates opening ...
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Bergen Industries, Inc., 40 year manufacturer of Temp Lighting, Tube Guards & most recently Cord Sets has announced the appointment of Porter Sales, Little Rock, AR as its representative for Arkansas, Western Tennessee and Northern ...
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The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced over $7m in funding for projects that bring cost-effective, advanced hydrogen and fuel cell technologies online faster. This investment will be used for four projects in Georgia, Kansas, ...
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US retailer Macy's is to invest US$170m in a new direct-to-consumer distribution centre in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, to support omni-channel growth. The company, which operates around 840 department stores across 45 states, said the ...
Varsity Spirit Fashion announced the availability of Powerfit fabric, the new microfiber material designed specifically for the needs of dance and cheer teams, to be available in next-generation uniforms. Powerfit fabric is softer, ...
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Employees of Prestige Flooring located in Fenton, Mo., worked with the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) to install 900 square feet of flooring in a Habitat for Humanity home in November. The crew members installing the flooring ...
GREENVILLE, S.C. – After a disparaging report was issued by Performance Innovation Transport (PIT) claiming UnderTray systems failed to deliver fuel reduction costs, SmartTruck Systems shot back with a host of data supporting its ...
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Volkswagen of America (VWoA), a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, has reported sales of 30,727 units in November 2013, compared to the sales of 36,727 units in the same period last year. The luxury carmaker has also reported year-to-date sales ...
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Tullahoma, Tenn.-based military garments manufacturer Tennessee Apparel Corp. (TAC) and Newark, Del.-based W.L. Gore & Associates Inc., manufacturer of GORE-TEX? fabric, have partnered to produce a chemical and biological (CB) protective ...
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Hankook Tire America Corp. has named Michael Perkins its new regional director of sales for the southeastern United States. Perkins will oversee the company's sales operations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North ...
Pilot Flying J has been embattled in a lawsuit since mid-April, all of which ended Monday in a settlement of $84.9 million. The money is payment, with interest to about 5,500 carriers that claim to have been cheated by the trucstop chain ...
Virginia Gov. Bob McConnell's office has announced that a Chinese furniture manufacturer is investing $2.1 million in a new subsidiary here that will create 125 jobs. Lioyang Ningfeng Woodenware Co. Ltd. is establishing a subsidiary ...
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US-based bottling systems production subsidiary of Pro Mach, Federal has selected the domestic sanitary-process-equipment distributors MG Newell for supplying its products in the country. The distributor is expected to complement ...
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