The U.S. economy increased at a revised 2.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter, down from an originally reported 3.2% gross domestic product figure, the Commerce Department reported. The reading was lower than economists' median forecast ...
Tags: Transportation
Canadian transportation firm TransForce Inc. said its income dropped in the fourth quarter, which was mostly attributed due to bad weather, and Contrans Group reported its earnings increased in 2014. Net income was C$12.3 million, or 13 ...
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New Whole-Farm EncircaSM service Offerings Unveiled MIAMI, Feb. 27, 2014 – DuPont Executive Vice President James C. Borel outlined growth drivers across the seed, crop protection and nutrition and health businesses today at the ...
Tags: DuPont, Health Segments
Capilano Honey has reported a large increase in net profit before tax at $2.9 million, for the six month period ended 31 December. The figure is more than twice last year's $1.02 million profit, and the Company's revenue has risen to ...
Tags: Capilano Honey, Capilano's Richlands factory, increase in net profit
Smartphone makers are fighting for space on your wrist and your head, lucrative real estate for a new wave of high-tech devices if only they can persuade you to wear them. Manufacturers unleashed a battery of new wearable devices at the ...
As maddening as it is to see litter and other castoff remains of modern civilization in the wild, certain items can be can be a welcome find in a survival situation. One of the most enduring and useful trash items is the beer bottle, which ...
Tags: Glass Beer Bottles, Glass Blade
The past week has seen the equivalent of the total world’s annual coffee product traded in a five-day period, creating panic buying. Origin producers have also begun withdrawing from the market in anticipation of higher prices ...
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 ...
Tired of winter yet? If you're a wheat farmer, your crop probably is, too. The last few weeks have seen hard red winter wheat conditions slumping in the heart of the nation’s Wheat Belt. Many areas have lacked the snow cover to keep ...
With the extreme winter weather including record snowfall amounts in most of the USA this winter, I thought it would be a good idea to post about snow blower maintenance. Usually maintenance is done at the beginning or at the end of your ...
Tags: Snow Blowers, Mid Season Tuneup, maintenance, Tools
Japan's LPG stocks as of end-January dipped 1.23% month on month to 1.847 million mt from 1.870 million mt in December, the second straight monthly decline, as winter demand also prompted higher imports, data from the Japan LPGas ...
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US Northeast spot gas prices were trading above New York Harbor fuel oil prices Tuesday as a cold snap descended upon the eastern US. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line zone-6 New York spot gas was trading around $22/MMBtu Tuesday on ...
Tags: Gas Prices, Harbor Fuel Oil
Australia's Atlas Iron said Tuesday it would double production at its Mt Webber mine in north Pilbara to 6 million mt by the end of the December quarter, now that the board has approved development of the project's second stage. ...
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The Indiana State Museum will provide a platform that showcases how individuals and companies can tackle environmental issues at the annual Going Green Festival on Friday, March 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday, March 15 from 11 a.m. ...
Natural-gas prices fell 17% since Monday, the largest two-day drop in the market more than six years, as investors continued to take profits from last week's rally. Futures for March delivery settled down 34.9 cents, or 6.4%, at $5.096 a ...
Tags: Natural-Gas, Mineral