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The US Will Set up Its First Gasoline Reserve, Creating 1m Barrels of Storage in Northeast
May 7, 2014The US will set up its first strategic gasoline reserve, creating 1 million barrels of storage in the Northeast to protect against storms like Hurricane Sandy, which wreaked havoc on fuel supplies in the region, officials said Friday. But ...
Tags: Gasoline, gasoline reserve
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The List of Natural and Man-Made Disasters Goes on and on
Apr 29, 2014Remember the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that crippled the electronics supply chain? Or the floods that swept through Thailand and hit the disk drive industry? Or how Hurricane Sandy brought much of the US East Coast to a standstill? ...
Tags: Risk Management, Tricky Game
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Risk Management Has Been a Common Topic for The Electronics Supply Chain
Mar 27, 2014Risk management has been a common topic for the electronics supply chain for a long time. Recently, though, supply chain risk management chatter has reached an all-time high. Perhaps the intense interest has been driven by extreme events ...
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Visits to National Parks Declined by 9.1 Million, or 3.3 Percent, in 2013
Mar 13, 2014Visits to national parks declined by 9.1 million, or 3.3 percent, in 2013 compared with 2012, due in large part to the government shutdown that took place during the first 16 days of October, according to a report released by the National ...
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Shermco Industries Says It Has Completed Its Acquisition of Magna Electric Corp
Jan 7, 2014Texas-based Shermco Industries says it has completed its acquisition of Magna Electric Corp. (MEC), a Canadian electrical power system engineering, testing, construction, manufacturing and commissioning service company based in ...
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Sales of Lakeland Worldwide Decreased 6.0% in Q3 of This Year
Dec 16, 2013Lakeland Industries, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of industrial protective clothing for industry, municipalities, healthcare and to first responders on the federal, state and local levels, announced financial results for its third ...
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Tomorrow's Data Centre Will Be Mobile,Flexible,Highly Efficient and Secure
Dec 11, 2013Tomorrow's data centre will be mobile, flexible, highly efficient and secure, says?David Cappuccio, Managing Vice President and Chief of Research for Gartner's infrastructure teams. Over the next five years, the data centre will continue ...
Tags: Gartner, Data Centre, computer, IT
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Emser Tile Made a Donation to The Red Cross Relief Fund for Victims of The Typhoon Haiyan
Nov 26, 2013Emser Tile has made a donation to the Red Cross Relief Fund for victims of the Typhoon Haiyan. "We encourage all to join us in helping those affected by this enormous disaster by making a donation to Red Cross Relief Fund," said Carl ...
Tags: Emser Tile, donate, Typhoon Haiyan, ictim
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Hard Working Americans Have Been Honoured in a Short-Form Documentary Series
Nov 18, 2013Hard working Americans from across the U.S. have been honoured in a short-form documentary series, Unsung, that tells the stories of the often overlooked labourer and how their work and lifestyles intertwine. Shell Rotella has debuted ...
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Great Lakes Dry-Bulk Cargo Increase 14.4 Percent Compared to a Year Ago
Nov 18, 2013According to a release from the Lake Carriers' Association, US-flag Great Lakes freighters (lakers) carried 9.8 million tons of dry-bulk cargo in October, an increase of 14.4 percent compared to a year ago. The total was also slightly ahead ...
Tags: Great Lakes, Mineral
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New York and Connecticut Depression Levels Affected Mostly Returned to Before Storm Levels
Nov 18, 2013A year after Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey, New York and Connecticut depression levels in areas affected mostly returned to before storm levels, a survey says. Gallup found there was a 25 percent increase in depression diagnoses among ...
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AAR Reported Increased Us Rail Traffic Totaled 1,317,601 Containers and Trailers
Nov 12, 2013The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday increased US rail traffic for October 2013.Intermodal traffic in October totaled 1,317,601 containers and trailers, up 6.8 percent (84,120 units) compared with October 2012. The ...
Tags: USA, rail traffic, boost
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Doug Miner Is Preparing to Launch an Independent Website in His Corner of St. Louis
Nov 9, 2013Doug Miner will lose his job as a Patch editor next week, but he's not giving up on hyperlocal journalism. Instead, he's preparing to launch an independent website in his corner of St. Louis. Although Miner's site will be a one-man ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
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The Specification for The NYMEX Futures Contract Changed From Heating Oil to ULSD
Sep 24, 2013The April switch in the NYMEX basis for distillates to ULSD from heating oil has led to decreased volatility in the Gulf Coast ULSD differential, the most liquid product Platts assesses in the Americas. The specification for the NYMEX ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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Ikea and UPS Help Refurnish 39 Childhood Development Centers Hit by Hurricane Sandy
Aug 30, 2013Ikea has teamed up with Save the Children and UPS to help refurnish 39 early childhood development centers in New York and New Jersey hit by Hurricane Sandy last year. The home furnishings giant said it will donate more than $100,000 ...
Tags: Ikea, Furniture, Furnishing