Pump Systems Matter (PSM) the 501(c)3 training subsidiary of the Hydraulic Institute (HI), announced the 2013 Board of Directors and Officers during HI?s Annual Meeting recently held in Fort Myers, Florida. The new Board will be primarily ...
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Australia-based miner BC Iron has announced that, together with its strategic partner Australia's Cleveland Mining Company Ltd, it has signed a memorandum of understanding to earn the right to acquire 80 percent of three iron ore ...
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US refiner Phillips 66 said Wednesday it plans to increase its product export capacity by 50,000 b/d to 370,000 b/d by the end of this year and to raise the volume of less expensive North American crude it processes at its US refineries. ...
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Biotech specialist Partec has released analytical instruments which use a novel method to determine bacterial counts in drinking water. Partec says that the method is rapid and reliable and has been recommended by the Swiss Federal Office ...
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While some progress has been achieved in getting virtual machines to run across different types of hypervisors, more work is still needed to bring them to the level of portability that enterprises are seeking, according to a study released ...
A handful of lawmakers have stalled the U.S. Senate from voting on legislation that would require large Internet and catalog sellers to collect state sales taxes from their customers. Supporters of the Marketplace Fairness Act still hope ...
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The next-generation Nissan Micra will mark the return of European production of the city car, with manufacturing to start at a Renault plant in France in 2016. Taking advantage of the existing alliance between Nissan and Renault, an ...
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The Alliance for Biking & Walking has hired Kristin Purdy as its new national campaigns manager. Purdy comes to the Alliance with field organizing experience at both the national and local level on transportation and political campaigns. ...
April 29, 2013 - The EMerge Alliance—an industry association helping to adopt safe direct-current (DC) power distribution standards for commercial buildings—has announced 21 new members and 39 new products for DC power ...
Conning, a global provider of asset management services for the insurance industry, has entered into a strategic alliance with Ramius Alternative, a developer and manager of customized alternative investment portfolios. Under the ...
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Last fall I flew halfway across the country to go grocery shopping with Everly Macario. We set out from her second-story apartment in Hyde Park near the University of Chicago and walked to the supermarket to buy a couple of?rib?steaks?that ...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has removed Bisphenol A, or BPA, from its list of Proposition 65 toxic chemicals. The move came following an April 18 preliminary injunction to delist the ...
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The U.S. online advertising industry has not lived up to a promise to stop the online tracking of Internet users who ask advertisers to do so, a senior U.S. senator said Wednesday. Senator John "Jay" Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, ...
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Automobile makers should prevent drivers from using their in-vehicle electronic devices to browse the Internet and send text messages while their vehicles are moving, the U.S. Department of Transportation has recommended. Auto makers ...
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Good news for the chemical, food, pharmaceutical and other process industries. According to a recent survey conducted by the CHEM SHOW and Processing magazine, production and capital spending will increase this year, and next. The jointly ...