With China canceling a corn purchase,the market finished lower Thursday.However,soybeans closed higher on crop-weather concerns abroad. At the close,the March corn futures contract finished 1/4 of a cent lower at$4.43.The March soybean ...
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Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group said its net income fell in the fourth quarter as weather and holidays hurt trucking and logistics operations. Profit fell to C$20.3 million, or 22 cents a share, a 6.9% decrease from last year's ...
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Retail sales fell in January by the most in a year and a half, hurt by bad weather and slow growth in employment and personal income. Sales dropped 0.4%, the largest decrease since June 2012, the Commerce Department said Feb. 13. Poor ...
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As the plane carrying your correspondent from Hong Kong to Singapore started its descent to the Changi airport, the world's fifth busiest, it started flying circles. Shortly afterwards, the captain explained that multiple aircrafts were on ...
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Construction employment expanded in 192 metro areas, declined in 84 and was stagnant in 63 between December 2012 and December 2013, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Wednesday by the Associated General ...
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This year's spike of U.S. liquified propane (LP) prices has been blamed on increased grain drying, harsh winter weather, low supplies and exports. But, the increased amounts of product being exported, while many U.S. LP users struggle to ...
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The unrelenting winter of 2014 delivered another massive storm last week, bringing with it more economic uncertainty and higher fuel prices. For the second time in less than a month, much of the southeastern United States battled a major ...
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Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. said its fourth-quarter profit grew 19.4% as tonnage and revenue increased. The less-than-truckload carrier’s net income was $47.2 million in the quarter, or 55 cents a share, up from $39.5 million, or ...
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P.A.M.Transportation Services reported a fourth-quarter net income compared with a loss the prior year. The truckload carrier reported a profit of$1.3 million,or 15 cents per share,compared with a loss of$311,010,or 4 cents a share,in the ...
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The first hay harvest of 2014 is months away in most parts of the country. But an extended and apparently deepening drought throughout the far West – which has helped keep hay prices high – has many hay growers there on edge ...
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I know what you're thinking right now, because I was thinking it too as soon as I saw the phrase "marsupial robot team:" you're thinking about robot koalas. Or robot kangaroos. Or maybe robot wombats. As awesome as that would be, today ...
New research, published in Earth and Planetary Research Letters, led by scientists from the University of Cambridge, used plankton – tiny bugs, whose shells litter the ocean floors. By drilling into the seabed scientists can extract ...
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Factory production in the United States fell in January by the most since May 2009 as winter weather slowed the economy, the Federal Reserve said. Production fell 0.8% in January after a December decline of 0.3% that was larger than ...
USDA's February WASDE increased their forecast of slaughter steer prices in 2014 by $2.50/cwt. They now expect the 5 area average for slaughter steers this year will be between $132/cwt and $140/cwt. USDA is predicting 2014 beef production ...
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If frigid weather is making you shiver, there's an upside -- it might also help you burn calories. Both moderate shivering and moderate exercise may convert bad white fat into healthier brown fat, a new study says. White fat stores ...
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