Almost one in two Nintendo Switch owners in the US bought Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Friday. The Japanese gaming giant says a whopping 459,000 copies (physical and digital) were sold in the United States on the first day of release, making it ...
In Bentonville, Arkansas, there’s a building where delicious things are happening. It’s the Culinary & Innovation Center — just opened in June — where Walmart’s private brands team is developing new items, ...
Building on the new commitments to the Global Lighting Challenge announced in early June during the Clean Energy Ministerial, the US Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing funding for nine research and development projects that will ...
With oil product stocks at moderate levels, Shandong's teapot refineries have kept refinery run rates relatively high, which is supporting demand for feedstock crudes, sources said this week. Regular importer Beifang Asphalt Fuel in ...
Tags: oil product, bitumen
New Galaxy research has found that nine in 10 Australian shoppers are willing to switch supermarkets in order to save money. Commissioned by Aldi, it was discovered that on average a 38 per cent saving would be required before shoppers ...
Tags: fresh fruit, vegetables, fresh meat
China’s fast-growing market for LED lighting will more than double in value to be worth $7.4 billion in 2017, according a new market study. Analysts at Lux Research believe that a virtuous cycle of falling prices, policy support ...
China imported 1.98 million mt of natural gas via pipeline in March, 41.3% higher than the same month last year, detailed data from the General Administration of Customs showed Thursday. The customs department reports natural gas trade ...
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Kuwait-based Equate Petrochemical Company said it has successfully completed turnaround of its plants and also the first phase of the polyethylene plant debottlenecking project. As part of the exercise, all units were shutdown from ...
Tags: ethylene, polyethylene, ethylene glycol, Textile
VOXX Electronics Corporation a wholly-owned subsidiary of VOXX International Corporation announced today the spring 2015 launch of a new Do-it-Yourself (DIY), entry level Bluetooth OBD II device that allows smartphone users access to ...
Tags: driving zones, Bluetooth device, Auto
Retailers see boosts in sales as consumers show signs of favouring indie shops over big name stores. Christmas 2014 is looking to be the year of High Street resurgence, according to the UK’s independent toy retailers. Festive ...
Fourth-generation networking has only begun its slow global arrival, but Chinese network equipment maker Huawei and his partner plan to test a 5G network in 2018. Of course, nobody will actually will have 5G-capable phones then, but ...
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One of the biggest global PTA producers, BP said it plans to invest over $200 million to upgrade its PTA plants at Cooper River, South Carolina and Geel, Belgium. “Once completed, the investments will position these assets amongst ...
Dow Chemical, which wants to hive off its various stakes in Kuwait’s chemical and petrochemical sectors, will offer its shares to Kuwaiti citizens as an initial public offering (IPO). Kuwait's state news agency KUNA quoted Public ...
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Dow Chemical said it will reconfigure and reduce its equity base in the MEGlobal and Greater Equate joint ventures, including Kuwait Olefins Company (TKOC) and Kuwait Styrene Company (TKSC). This reduction, Dow said, will be done through ...
Tags: petrochemical products, Qurain Petrochemical Industries, Textile
December lost 131 points to close at 63.19 cents/lb, while March dropped 74 points to close at 62.28 cents/lb, which pulled down New York cotton futures this week. “It was another uneventful week in the cotton market, as values ...
Tags: cotton futures, Textile