Oil prices went up Thursday as unrest in Egypt bolstered concerns that oil supplies from Middle East may be disrupted. The Middle East accounted for 35 percent of global oil output, according to the International Energy Agency. Egypt ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Improved LED luminous efficacy and lowered LED product prices contributed to higher consumer acceptance levels and rising penetration rates in 2012, with Japan ranking as the largest LED residential lighting market in 2012, followed by ...
An advertisement circulating on Facebook and Twitter for a desktop version of the photo-sharing application Instagram is a scam, according to security vendor Symantec. Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, is only available for mobile ...
Tags: PC, Computer Products
As most of know that roof is the most exposed part of a buildingâEUR(TM)s structure, these surfaces get affected the most during the monsoons or various other weather conditions throughout the year. Any sort of excess moisture ...
Tags: Construction, Roof
Alpine Glass of Minneapolis, Minn., has been awarded an arbitration award against AAA Insurance Co. for $149,500.57. The award represents 100 percent of the amount sought through arbitration for short pays from the insurer. Mike Reid, ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Alpine Glass
TECSYS, a leading supply chain management software company, announced today that it has partnered with WERC (Warehousing Education and Research Council) to leverage the metrics of high performers in WERC's DC Measure's industry study, and ...
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Retail cosmetics sales are affected by market trends in Poland. Report analyses distribution, consumer preferences and ranks top sellers. As ...
Tags: Cosmetics, Light Industry, Daily Use
The Southern California Remodelers Council is conducting a course on Business Management for Building Professionals, October 29 at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green Street, Pasadena CA from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. The course has ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Furniture West and the Canadian Home Furnishings Alliance, two of this country's three regional associations of furniture and bedding manufacturers, importers and associate members, are merging effective immediately. The new organization ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Light Industry
Office manufacturers are starting to respond to the demand for collaborative workspaces by tearing down cubicle walls and offering innovative new visions for workspace, like Herman Miller's Public Office Landscape. With the economy picking ...
Tags: Office Furniture, Furniture, Furnishing
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose three points to 59 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for August, released recently. This fourth consecutive monthly ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Builder
The Nation's Top 25 furniture and bedding retailers posted a double-digit sales gain last year, bolstered by strong bedding specialty and rental store sectors and a big comeback by Walmart. The combined companies on the list grew 2012 ...
Tags: Furniture, Bedding, Furnishing, Walmart
Expenditures on insect control in cotton are essentially unchanged at about 16 or 17 cents per kilogram of cotton over the last decade, despite inflation in chemical prices. However, as a percent of total production costs, insecticides are ...
Tags: Cotton, Insect Control Costs
According to USDA’s first survey-based forecast of the 2013 crop, U.S. cotton production is projected at 13.1 million bales, 447,000 bales below July’s estimate and nearly 4.3 million bales below last season’s crop. The ...
Tags: Cotton Crop, cotton production
BASF has unveiled its annual automotive color trend report, which looks 2-3 years out, based on research efforts by its team of global color design experts. The theme of the forecast, "Making Headway" indicates a movement towards more color ...