The third-quarter Transport Capital Partners survey reveals more U.S. carriers are expecting to see volumes and rates grow over the coming months. In this quarter's survey, more carriers are expressing optimism for increases in volumes ...
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China's gasoil exports in August hit an almost 17-month low of 70,000 mt, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs late Monday. The volumes were the lowest since March 2012, when China exported 60,000 mt of ...
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Intel is confident that the increasing prevalence of data-collecting sensors in the internet of things will prove "the biggest inflection point in IT we've seen for years," and is pitching its new Quark chip for just this purpose, according ...
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The slide in LPG prices over the past four days on abundant supply and an Asian demand pause has sent physical values to six-week lows and flipped the paper market to the steepest contango structure since early July 2012, market sources ...
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A multiple-sclerosis drug that was at the center of Sanofi SA's SAN.FR +1.12% $20 billion takeover battle for Genzyme Corp. three years ago was approved for sale in Europe on Tuesday, the drug's first regulatory approval world-wide. The ...
Microsoft is the highest ranked technology company in a study that recognises the top 20 best companies for leadership in the world. The Hay Group study recognises organisations that have the best leadership practices, and the running ...
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Russia (TMMR) has announced plans to start the production of its current generation Toyota RAV4 model at its manufacturing facility in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 2016. The production of this new model will ...
The president of J.E. Berkowitz LP credits his company's "new age" hires for largely sparing the company from the shortage of qualified labor that is being felt nationally. Arthur Berkowitz says his Pedricktown, N.J.-based architectural ...
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The Asian naphtha market may firm going into the last two months of this year on curtailed arbitrage flows which will likely tighten supply balances and year-end demand mopping up excess naphtha supply from the higher arbitrage arrivals in ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Simparel Inc, developer of the fastest-growing fashion and apparel ERP software solution in the North American marketplace, identifies reasons on why fashion and apparel manufacturers should look to replace their legacy ERP solutions. ...
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According to IDC, PC shipments in Russia in the second quarter of 2013 continued their steep decline, with volume slipping by 37.3% on year to a total of 2.47 million units. The notebook market suffered a contraction of 45.3% on year to ...
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One of the challenges for designers of LED lamps is to create a lighting system that produces constant light output, without noticeable flickering. In systems that use a single-stage LED driver, flicker-free lighting can be hard to achieve, ...
Tags: LED lamps, Semicondustor, Lights, Lighting
Jimei University in China has used indium gallium nitride (InGaN) p-type contacts to increase light output power by 45% over a reference device [Wang Min-Shuai and Huang Xiao-Jing, Chin. Phys. B, vol. 22, p086803, 2013]. The researchers ...
Tags: InGaN LEDs MOCVD, LED, Electrical, Electronics
Burlington Coat Factory Investments Holdings, Inc. and its operating subsidiaries, a nationwide retailer based in Burlington, New Jersey, announced its results for the second quarter and year to date ended August 3, 2013. Highlights: ...
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Burlington Coat Factory Investments Holdings, Inc. and its operating subsidiaries, a nationwide retailer based in Burlington, New Jersey, announced its results for the second quarter and year to date ended August 3, 2013. Highlights: ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories