Virginia Gov. Bob McConnell's office has announced that a Chinese furniture manufacturer is investing $2.1 million in a new subsidiary here that will create 125 jobs. Lioyang Ningfeng Woodenware Co. Ltd. is establishing a subsidiary ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
As wood products companies continue to come under scrutiny for the sourcing of their lumber, it becomes even more important for companies importing wood into the United States to participate in programs that support the use of legally ...
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Africa Oil Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AOI)(OMX:AOI) ("Africa Oil" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Agete-1 exploration well in Block 13T, onshore Northern Kenya, has discovered and sampled moveable oil with an estimated 100 metres ...
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Aker Solutions agreed today to sell its well-intervention services business area to EQT, a Swedish private equity fund, for an enterprise value of NOK 4 billion. The agreement includes an earn-out provision where Aker Solutions will ...
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The success of Mazda’s new range of Skyactiv-based models such as the CX-5 and Mazda 6 is helping to finance the company’s next-generation rotary engine. The Japanese brand has been missing a model utilising the distinctive ...
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Australian SME are primed and keen to invest overseas but are often restrained by difficulty in accessing finance and professional advice and support, new research from Australia’s export credit agency EFIC has found. Of over 2,000 ...
The Victorian Labor Opposition has released an ambitious transport revitalisation plan should it win government at the next election. The centrepiece of the plan is the scrapping of the East-West road tunnel project, the construction of ...
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) is asking the government to consider modal equality under the proposed Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) scheme. CEO of the ARA Bryan Nye said there were considerable synergies between the intent of ...
Gastar Exploration, Inc. ("Gastar") (NYSE MKT: GST) announced today that its subsidiary, Gastar Exploration USA, Inc. ("Gastar USA"), closed its acquisition of Mid-Continent assets from Lime Rock Resources II-A, L.P. and Lime Rock Resources ...
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Italian firm plans to build world's largest cellulosic ethanol plant in China Commercial manufacture of cellulosic bioethanol from agricultural residue is expected to be given further impetus after commercial production begins in China ...
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The vast majority (82 per cent) of NHS Trust heads are expecting additional funding from the government in order to become paperless, and over half (60 per cent) expect Whitehall to foot the entire bill. The Secretary of State for Health, ...
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New and newly expanded area rug showrooms, exclusive product introductions and the America's Magnificent Carpets Awards advance continuing growth for The Atlanta International Area Rug Market, featuring the National Oriental Rug Show ...
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On America Recycles Day, the non-alcoholic beverage industry reaffirms its longstanding commitment to further minimizing its environmental impact, and is making it easier for consumers to do the same. "From our 100 percent recyclable ...
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A group of scientists and experts requested by Congress to assess the total damage caused by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 have said the government's current methods of putting a price tag on the most sweeping ...
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Eight of the world's leading consumer brand companies and conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced November 19 the formation of the Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance (BFA) to support the responsible development of plastics made ...
Tags: Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance, plant material, bioplastics industry