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China's Latest Five-Year Plan Could Be Its Last
Feb 24, 2017The outline for China’s 13th five-year plan isn’t exactly summer beach reading: The 65,858-character document, which lays out in broad terms how China’s leaders want the country’s economy to develop between now and ...
Tags: five-year plan, political economy
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Analysts Expects Corn Planting to Have Reached Just Shy of The Halfway Point
May 8, 2015Most trade analysts expected corn planting to have reached just shy of the halfway point by Sunday, but USDA's Crop Progress report released Monday shows that point came and went quickly in the last week, with planting sitting at 55%. ...
Tags: Corn Planting, corn, Soybean prices
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The Diamond Decade Has Many difficulties
Dec 8, 2014This was supposed to be the diamond decade. Back in 2010, De Beers executives were touting that the coming 10 years would bring unprecedented demand and growth to the industry. Almost halfway through, it feels anything but, especially for ...
Tags: Diamond Decade, diamond dealers
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Corn Harvest Is Almost to The Halfway Point While Soybean Harvest Continues to Stain Pace
Oct 29, 2014Corn harvest is almost to the halfway point in what some farmers are starting to say will be a "long fall," while soybean harvest continues to progress closer to the average pace, according to Monday's USDA-NASS Crop Progres report. ...
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BMW is partnering on MAI Carbon Cluster Management GmbH
Oct 15, 2014BMW is partnering on MAI Carbon Cluster Management GmbH, a research effort backed by Germany's federal government, research and businesses institutions, which is working on a technology to reduce carbon-fiber production costs by 90%. The ...
Tags: Carbon-Fiber Production, BMW
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ZCHFP Hosted The Third Meeting of The Freefoam Consortium
Aug 29, 2014FreeFOAM project partner The Association of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry of the Slovak Republic (ZCHFP) generously hosted the third meeting of the FreeFOAM consortium at their facilities in Bratislava in June. The FreeFOAM project ...
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American Tire Distributors Holdings Posted a Net Loss of $49.5 Million on Net Sales
Aug 19, 2014American Tire Distributors Holdings Inc. posted a net loss of $49.5 million on net sales of more than $1.2 billion for its second quarter ended July 5, 2014. That compares to a loss of $5.8 million on sales of nearly $1 billion for the same ...
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Bugatti Continues to Roll-out Its Six-Strong 'Les Legendes De Bugatti' Series
Nov 7, 2013Bugatti continues to roll-out its six-strong ‘Les Legendes de Bugatti’ series, with the Bugatti Veyron Legend Meo Constantini marking the halfway point in the limited edition line. Only three of the Bugatti Veyron Legend Meo ...
Tags: Bugatti Veyron, Meo Constantini
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The Fiat Panda Has Taken More Than Three Decades to Get to Australia
Oct 25, 2013The Fiat Panda has taken more than three decades to get to Australia, but now it’s here it’s time to quickly get used to the word ‘squircle’. You don’t need a PhD in mathematical shapes to appreciate this is ...
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US Biomass-based Diesel Production in July Rose by 10.21% From June to 166.36 Million
Sep 2, 2013US biomass-based diesel production in July rose by 10.21% from June to 166.36 million gallons, according to data released Thursday through the US Environmental Protection Agency's Moderated Transaction System website. Monthly ...
Tags: Biodiesel Production, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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Bedding's Units Jumping 4.9% and The Dollar of Bedding Shipments Increasing 5.9% in July
Aug 26, 2013The bedding industry recorded solid gains in July, with units jumping 4.9% and the wholesale dollar value of bedding shipments increasing 5.9%. For the first seven months of the year, the industry solidified the tenuous gains it recorded ...
Tags: Bedding, Light Industry, Daily Use
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The 2014 Mazda 3 Is Entering a Segment That Has Never Been So Globally Competitive
Jul 15, 2013The 2014 Mazda 3 is entering a segment that has never been so globally competitive. With a worldwide trend of consumer downsizing, the third-generation Mazda 3 aims to offer the cutting-edge technology and refined driving dynamics ...
Tags: Mazda 3, cutting-edge technology
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Microsoft Will Ship Just Five Security Updates Next Week
Jun 10, 2013Microsoft today said it will ship just five security updates next week, the fewest in any month so far this year, to patch 23 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE), Windows and Office. The update for Office will address a bug that is ...
Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products, Office Bug
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The Company Has Reached The Halfway Point in Its Restructuring
Mar 5, 2013Hewlett-Packard (HP) CEO Meg Whitman said this week that the company has reached the halfway point in its restructuring, with 15,000 employees left to cut to meet its layoff target. HP last May announced plans to reduce its workforce by ...
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HP Reached The Halfway Point in Its Restructuring
Mar 5, 2013Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman said this week that the company has reached the halfway point in its restructuring, with 15,000 employees left to cut to meet its layoff target. HP last May announced plans to reduce its workforce by some ...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard, Meg Whitman, layoff target