One year after more than 60 died and 750 were sickened by fungal meningitis, the U.S. Senate passed a law to help ensure compound drug safety, officials say. The Drug Quality and Security Act reflects a bipartisan, bicameral effort to ...
Asian spot butadiene prices have slumped 18-20% in November under selling pressure as buyers retreated amid ample supply. Key benchmark CFR China has fallen $360/mt or 20% since October 31 to be assessed at $1,400/mt Thursday. The FOB ...
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The Europe solar photovoltaic (PV) market is poised to recover during the fourth quarter of 2013, after an 18-month downturn that redefined the role of Europe within the global solar PV industry. Quarterly PV demand from Europe is now set ...
Natural rubber is produced from the latex found in certain plants. It can also be manufactured synthetically through a process that employs unsaturated hydrocarbons. Natural rubber is a polymer that is resilient, water-proof and highly ...
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The New Belgium Clips Beer & Film Festival made a stop in Charlottesville, VA, on Sept. 13. New Belgium recruited GreenBlue to organize compost, recycling and trash services for the event. With the help of Republic Services and Black Bear ...
The board-commissioned inquiry committee at New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has announced findings of the WPC80 precautionary recall. Led by a legal team from Chapman Tripp and two independent experts, the inquiry team has ...
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Mongolia on Friday unveiled a raft of new investment agreements with China--including an oil-exploration deal—that Mongolian Prime Minister Norovyn Altankhuyag said in an interview would build up the landlocked country's ...
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About 30 percent of total textile mills in India remained non-operational in 2000-10 leading to huge job losses, a recent study conducted by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has found. The study ...
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LyondellBasell has added the new RC3000 to its Toppyl family of polyolefin resins for the food packaging industry, which provides a new level of convenience and ease of use to ready to eat products. Designed to stick directly to ...
BASF is now globally offering Ultramid S Balance in a version for monofilament applications. The high performance polyamide 6.10, partly based on renewable resources, is available in various viscosities. The bio-based sebacic acid, which ...
According to a new report from Canadean, the skin care sector in Italy is expected to face a decline in value growth up to 2017, following the global economic downturn. Sponsored Links Acute Pain Management Training The decline, ...
Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 4 Comfort & Interior 4 Quality & Design 3.5 Value & Features 4 Safety 4 Green 3.5 The BMW X3 once had things its own way, but no more. Consumers’ insatiable thirst for luxury ...
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A combination of planned and unplanned outages sent ethylene spot prices to a 2013 high of Eur1,180-1,185/mt ($1,560-1,5667/mt) FD NWE Friday, soaring by Eur98/mt on the week. Volatility of feedstocks added to upward pressure on spot ...
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Ceptaris Therapeutics has obtained FDA marketing approval for Valchlor (mechlorethamine) gel to topically treat stage IA and IB mycosis fungoides-type cutaneous T-Cell lymphoma (CTCL) patients who were exposed to skin-directed therapy ...
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The UK's oil producers group Oil & Gas UK cut Wednesday its forecasts for oil and gas production this year amid signs that declining output from mature fields and outages in the North Sea continue to outpace the impact of new projects and ...
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