Gas prices continue to drop in most areas compared to the week before. The national gasoline average is 6 cents above the price this time last year and about four cents below last week's price. Premium gas is $3.74, down two cents from last ...
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Only around 7 percent of plastic waste in the United States gets recycled, estimates the Environmental Protection Agency. Several attempts at turning plastic into oil have been made in the past with not much success, but a new start-up ...
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Gas prices continue to drop in most areas compared to the week before. The national gasoline average is one cent above the price this time last year and about four cents below last week's price. Premium gas is $3.76, down four cents from ...
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The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy hasn't affected gas prices on the East coast or around the country. In fact, they have dropped compared to the week before, which is welcomed news as many East coasters deal with long lines at the pump. The ...
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With gas prices on the rise many people have taken to public transportation and bicycles. Bicycles can offer a well rounded speedy way to zip through traffic and enjoy the sights, however they do not offer all of the conveniences that cars ...
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Commercial property owners are too slow to react to the rapidly advancing technology of LED lighting, according to one expert. Chris Gunn, of commercial property developer Acorn Limited, said that a number of commercial property owners - ...
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Farmers in California's agricultural heartland say record-high gas and diesel prices are putting pressure on their bottom lines, but economists say it's unlikely that will translate into significantly higher food prices across the U.S. ...
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You remember the iPod.The iPod created jobs,but a majority of those jobs were overseas.Electronics manufacturing jobs are mostly overseas,which helps to keep one million workers at China's Foxconn plants busy. In contrast,the majority of ...
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Much of Europe is now in the midst of an economic downturn,which is likely to plunge the region into its second recession in four years. But most of Europe's large and even medium-sized coating companies,as well as many of their raw ...
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Up and down the UK,wizened old women and haggard old men are trudging to the edge of cliffs,pointing vaguely out to sea,one ancient eye closed against the wind."W-winter is c-coming,"they warn,a blanket clutched around their eerie little ...
Gas prices are up across the country compared to the week before. The national gasoline average is 17 cents above the price this time last year. Diesel fuel is about 26 cents above this time last year. See our guide to fuel economy for ...
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Seattle -- Prices for woody biomass in the US, whether sawmill by-products, forestresidues or urban wood waste, have been sliding for most of the past three years, but werestill higher late in 2011 in most regions than they were five years ...
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(Reuters) - Railroad shipments of lumber are gaining momentum, signaling a construction upturn that should drive up shipping volume of consumer products from appliances to furniture. This mounting demand for construction and household goods ...
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In May, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 3.0 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 3.0 percent in cities and 2.9 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 6.4 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.4 ...
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David Seeger,President of JMC Steel Group,highlights why he thinks the future is bright for the US energy pipe market. David Seeger began his career in 1979 with UNR-Leavitt in the Sales&Marketing group,then moved to Welded Tube Company ...
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