At its annual shareholders meeting, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Kramer reported the company achieved many milestones in 2013, a year that was unlike any other in its 115-year history. The ...
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Team of building enthusiasts take to Kickstarter to fund range of plush iconic US buildings. Everyone likes a good iron girder. But have you ever eyed up a building that you just want to hug? Neither have we. But we have discovered a ...
The market has felt deflated ever since the wild ride on March 26, during which the spot contract shot up to a high of 97.35 cents/lb before dropping more than 500 points below that level by the end of the session. From a technical ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, Xinjiang cotton
FSC-certified wood is wood that is certified under the standards set by FSC or the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC-certification is given to companies and landowners to verify that they practice forestry that is consistent with FSC ...
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Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC) is currently giving final touches to the charter for creation of a fund for petrochemical projects, Abbas Sheri-Moqaddam, managing director of NPC, has said, according to the country's Oil ...
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Rule #1: Set Up a Safe Location for Your Employees to Store their Rain Gear During a rainy day, protect both your property and your employees with designated places for them to store their rain gear. Set up an umbrella bucket at every ...
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The Scottish Textile & Leather Association (STLA) is pleased to announce that after extensive lobbying and discussion a new £750,000 investment has been secured from the Scottish Funding Council to help shape a bright future for the ...
Tags: Textiles Future, Textile, Leather
Private investor Agri-Vie is reportedly seeking to invest in Nigerian food companies, as the African country tries to reduce its dependence on oil and lower imports. Cape Town, South Africa-headquartered firm plans to invest in food ...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy testified today before the Senate Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations at a hearing to discuss EPA's ...
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The joint managing director of Havells Sylvania, Anil Rai Gupta, has said that it is 'highly probable' that the company will list its Sylvania Global brand on the London Stock Exchange in 12 to 18 months. Speaking exclusively to Lighting ...
Ukraine's National Committee for Power Regulation (NCPR), the government's energy sector regulating body, said on Monday it has moved to increase average natural gas prices for industrial consumers by 29.1% starting April 1. The committee ...
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Trucking industry leaders announced an industry-wide image and education initiative, Trucking Moves America Forward, on Wednesday at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Kentucky. “Today’s modern truck drivers are skilled ...
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Although China is the power of stationery exporting, most of the stationery enterprises are all OEM, no brand, no added value, and already appeared for a long time in the world.So the profits of products is very low, in recent years, due ...
The price of autocatalyst metal palladium hit its highest since August 2011 on Friday as a miners’ strike in South Africa ground on and concerns grew that the standoff between major producer Russia and the West over Ukraine could ...
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Toyota Financial Services (TFS) issued the auto industry’s first-ever Asset-Backed Green Bond in the amount of $1.75 billion. The offering was upsized from $1.25 billion to accommodate demand as institutional investors demonstrated ...
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