ECONOMY & INDUSTRY SATURDAY IN-DEPTH: 100 Breaking News & Top Stories 8/9

• Fin24.com | Oliphant urges fix of bargaining structure
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Fin24 Economy
  Stability in the labour force and fair labour practices will attract investors and inspire economic growth, says Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant.
• Washington Stores Sell $3.8 Million Worth Of Marijuana In First Month
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from International Business Times
  

  
  Washington reported Friday that stores within the state sold a little less than $3.8 million worth of grass during the first month retail sales of marijuana were legal there and that it expects to rake in more than $1 million in taxes. J...
• Will RBI successfully break the financial logjam?
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Moneycontrol Top Headlines
  A panel consisting experts discuss with if RBI's two new rules will bring some relief to infrastructure builders by decreasing their load on old loans and giving them some money to finish the more recent incomplete projects thereby indic...
• Despite warning, Kicillof again defies and again accuses Griesa of 'partiality'
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from MercoPress
  Economy ministry Axel Kicillof once again defiantly insisted Argentina has made a required debt payment on restructured sovereign bonds on Friday night, just hours after a U.S. judge threatened a contempt-of-court order if Argentina did ...
• Griesa warns Argentina with 'contempt' if it continues with "false and deceiving statements"
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from MercoPress
  New York district judge Thomas Griesa on Friday threatened to declare Argentina in “contempt” of court if the Republic continues to make “false and deceiving statements,” following Argentina’s claim it has already paid exchange bondholde...
• RBI's tough inflation stance risks stand-off with Modi govt
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Moneycontrol Top Headlines
  Rajan, well known within the RBI for pragmatism, now must work with the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which understands the need for - and wants - lower inflation, but doesn't see the value in hard targets.
• ECB to make more transparent European banks quality and potential litigations
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from MercoPress
  The European Central Bank will consider the impact of future lawsuits and fines in its review of whether the Euro zone's 131 most important lenders have enough capital to withstand another recession.
• Bank of England inflation forecast, next week could give an idea on future hike
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from MercoPress
  The Bank of England opted this week to keep its main interest rate at a record-low level of 0.50% against a backdrop of solid British economic growth. The central bank's nine-member monetary policy committee decided also to maintain the ...
• Dragui 'pleased' with a weakened Euro exchange rate, which could decline further
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from MercoPress
  European Central Bank President Mario Dragui signaled he was pleased with the recent decline in the Euro's exchange rate and outlined a number of forces that may weaken it further, providing a potential boost to weak inflation in the reg...
• Obama’s Africa Summit: a Sign of Weakness Rather than Strength
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  Obama is meeting with a number of African leaders this week. But rather than a sign of strength, it’s a sign of weakness. The Guardian reported Sunday: Barack Obama is convening the largest ever gathering of African leaders in Wash...
• China Inflation Remains within Government Target Range Helping Consumption-Led Growth Model
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : Economy
  Consumer price index inflation remained unchanged at 2.3% year over year in July.
• White House Delays Proposal To Reclassify 'Factoryless Goods Producers'
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from International Business Times
  After an outcry by labor unions and consumer groups, the Obama administration announced Friday it would delay a controversial proposal to classify so-called factoryless goods producers as domestic manufacturers, even if the manufacturing...
• Order a burger, get a taste of Ford, all under the blue oval
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Automotive News Breaking News Feed
  Ford has agreed to license the blue oval to a Florida restaurant group that has begun opening a chain of Ford's Garage restaurants with a 1920's theme.
• Toyota joins Honda in cutting China prices amid antitrust probe
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Automotive News Breaking News Feed
  Toyota and Honda's Chinese ventures joined Mercedes-Benz and Audi in reducing prices of spare parts amid an antitrust investigation into the auto industry.
• Mercedes moves C class up and away from CLA
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Automotive News Breaking News Feed
  The new-generation C-class sedan moves up in price, size and features because it's no longer the entry car into the Mercedes-Benz lineup.
• Making the young less restless
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Automotive News Breaking News Feed
  For Rick Case Fiat, Cynthia Toro-Azicri's rise was another coup in a long effort to attract young people to the sales floor and keep them motivated enough to stick around.
• RBI revises guidelines on mortgage guarantee companies
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Moneycontrol Top Headlines
  The revision of guidelines on mortgage guarantee companies came after RBI received representations from the industry.
• China's consumer inflation at 2.3 percent in July as forecast
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Reuters: Economic News
  SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's consumer inflation came in as forecast at 2.3 percent rise, data showed, reinforcing bets that benign price pressures will give authorities room to relax monetary policy...
• Organized Community Defense Is America’s Last Hope
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  Submitted by Brandon Smith of Alt-Market.com , Not long ago, I felt compelled to address the idea of self defense as a moral imperative in an article titled “Violence In The Face Of Tyranny Is Often Necessary.” My intention w...
• HoW DoeS Joe BiDeN FiGHT TeRRoR?
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
• Ignorance Is Bliss
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  Presented with no comment...     Source: Investors.com
• Argentina threatened with contempt order by U.S. judge
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Economy News
• America’s Immune System Has Failed … So the Cancers of War and Corruption are Spreading
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  When someone is exposed to a germ, his immune system fights it off. If his immune system stops functioning, he can’t fight off even minor bugs … and he dies. Without an immune system, the body doesn’t know good guys fr...
• Guest Post: How The Destruction Of The Dollar Threatens The Global Economy
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  The following book excerpt is adapted from Chapter One of Money: How The Destruction of the Dollar Threatens The Global Economy – and What We Can Do About It, by Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames The failure to understand money is shared b...
• DealBook: Burned by Losses on Portuguese Bank Bonds, Funds Ponder Next Steps
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NYT > Economy
  Some investors are weighing a legal action against Portuguese regulators.
• Half a Ton of This, Half a Ton of That: Russia Is Calm Over Food Import Bans
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NYT > Economy
  Retaliatory sanctions against Western products have led to a “buy Russian” campaign and some signs that there were ways around the problem.
• Washington Opened The Gates Of Hell In Iraq: Now Come The Furies
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog , The late, great critic of the American Imperium, Chalmers Johnson, popularized the salient concept of “blowback”. That is, the notion that if you bomb, drone, invade, desecrate and sla...
• Sanctions Costs - Who Is Paying The Most?
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  We are told endlessly, by the PhDs in control, how 'efficient' stock markets are, always capable of discounting all the possibilities that the world faces. If that is the case, then what is the 'market' saying about costs that are being ...
• DealBook: Yields on 10-Year Treasuries Fall, Confounding the Experts
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NYT > Economy
  The 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.42 percent with some analysts contending the decline was a response to current events.
• Hacking group wants to play nice with automakers
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Automotive News Breaking News Feed
  A group of well-known hackers and security professionals are trying to build better ties with the auto industry and to enlist their help in improving vehicle security, one of the hottest areas of cyber research.
• Russia's Food Import Restrictions Will Create Mix Of Winners & Losers
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from International Business Times
  Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to punish countries that have imposed a series of sanctions on his country by banning the import of certain food and agricultural products may cause difficulties for Russian consumers, but expe...
• US Foreign Policy Is "A Combination Of Naive Denial & Incoherent Mumbling"
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  Excerpted from Paul Singer's Elliott Management letter to investors, AMERICA RETREATS FROM THE FIELD Another element of high risk stemming from developed-world policies in this second decade of the 21st century is national security. All ...
• U.S. Productivity Rose 2.5 Percent in the 2nd Quarter
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from NYT > Economy
  The productivity increase came after a first-quarter contraction of 4.5 percent.
• "By Printing Money," Marc Faber Warns "The Fed Has Delayed The Inevitable 'Cleaning' Process"
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  With credit markets beginning to creak, market internals flailing, and numerous sectors and individual stocks in a state of correction or bear market , it appears Marc Faber's calls for a big correction in stocks is more right than wrong...
• Ontario Hospital Treating Nigerian Passenger With Ebola-Like Symptoms
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  It appears - just as CDC Director Frieden feared - that an escalation of the Ebola virus in Nigeria would mean major risks. While it is too soon for results, City News is reporting that Brampton Civic hospital is taking precautionary mea...
• GM idling Michigan plant 3 weeks to trim Cadillac ATS, CTS supplies
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Automotive News Breaking News Feed
  General Motors plans to idle the Michigan plant that produces the Cadillac ATS and CTS for three weeks amid a glut of inventory. The move comes as U.S. sales of the ATS and CTS sag, pushing inventories to unusually high levels.
• Visualizing The Costs Of Drug Addiction
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  Drug addiction ravages the health of the body and mind, but it can also be ruinous to the wallet. Here is a look at the financial costs associated with drug addiction and treatment, which for most people includes counseling.   Sourc...
• How Canada’s globe-trotting trade minister went from off-the-radar to front-and-centre
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Financial Post | Business » Economy
  Trade Minister Ed Fast has been front-and-centre in the federal government’s push into international markets — a policy that has not been without controversy
• Obama Wines & Dines Some Of The World's Most Brutal Dictators At US-Africa Summit
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  Submitted by Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog , Last month, I wrote an article highlighting the fact that President Barack Obama apparently had become so tired of being President that he decided to just hang ou...
• Gold Breaks Out As Tensions In Middle East, With Russia Intensify - Technicals and Fundamentals Positive
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  Today’s AM fix was USD 1,317.50, EUR 984.02 and GBP 784.23 per ounce. Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,302.00, EUR  973.53 and GBP 772.98 per ounce. Gold climbed $5.20 or 1.42% yesterday to $1,311.60/oz and silver fell $0.08 or 1.16% to...
• This Is How Putin's Advisor Sees The Ukraine Crisis Playing Out
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  Vladimir Putin's chief "integration" advisor, Sergei Glazyev, has been regularly featured on these pages in the past (see Putin Advisor Threatens With Dumping US Treasurys, Abandoning Dollar If US Proceeds With Sanctions and Putin Adviso...
• UPDATE 2-After Verizon, U.S. FCC quizzing other carriers on data management
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Reuters: Telecommunications Services
  WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The top U.S. communications regulator on Friday said he is asking all large U.S. wireless carriers to explain how they decide when to slow download speeds for some customers, after questioning Verizon Wirele...
• Are Central Banks Out of Options?
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  The Central Bank interventions of the last five years can be broken into two categories: actual monetary policy changes and verbal interventions.   The period from 2009-2012 largely saw Central Banks engaging in the former. The only...
• 5 Things To Ponder: Buy The Dip Or Market Correction
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  Submitted by Lance Roberts of STA Wealth Management , Obviously, this weekend's reading list is focused on what to do now.  Is this just another "dip" that investors should buy into? OR, is this the beginning of the lo...
• GM issues 5 more recalls covering 269,000 vehicles
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Automotive News Breaking News Feed
  General Motors issued five recalls covering about 269,000 U.S. vehicles, from 2013 Cadillac ATS sedans for a seat belt glitch to older-model Saturn Vue crossovers for a problem with the key coming out when the ignition is not turned off.
• Dow Surges To Best Friday Since January Amid Geopolitical Chaos
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
  NATO threats to Russia - storm in a teacup. ISIS and Iraq airstrikes - transitory. Israel-Hamas un-cease-fire - fuggetabaadit. This was the week to buy stocks... the riskiest, most overvalued growth-oriented stocks. GDP downgrades - no s...
• Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Reuters: Telecommunications Services
  Aug 8 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday:
• You Could Be Paying $1,000 More For Your Plane Ticket Than The Person Sitting Next To You
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Transportation
  If you had to pay $600 for a flight from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, you might be disappointed. But what if you knew the person sitting next to you had paid $1,600? According to Hopper, a site that analyzes airfare data, p lane ticket pric...
• $11 Billion Later, High-Speed Rail Is Inching Along
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from NYT > Economy
  Although Republican opposition and community protests have slowed efforts to upgrade passenger service, policy experts and members of both parties also blame missteps by the Obama administration.
• Fin24.com | Gauteng gears up for e-toll hearings
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Fin24 Economy
  A panel appointed to assess the impact of e-tolling in Gauteng is set to hear representations from various affected groups.
• Not a Bad Stalk in Sight
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Agriculture News
  Jerry Gulke of The Gulke Group considers how the markets will react to Tuesday’s USDA crop report.
• Southern's new coal retirements a blow for Alabama and … Colombia?
  Saturday, August 9, 2014 from MINING.com
  Through April 2014, Colombia supplied about 13.4% of the coal delivered to the Southern plants with units slated to retire or be converted. The post Southern's new coal retirements a blow for Alabama and … Colombia? appeared first on MIN...
• Imperial Metals was a miner in best-practices at time of breach
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from MINING.com
  'It's confounding' The post Imperial Metals was a miner in best-practices at time of breach appeared first on MINING.com .
• African Potash secures $3.75M for Lac Dinga
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from MINING.com
  CEO says company "well set" to advance project. The post African Potash secures $3.75M for Lac Dinga appeared first on MINING.com .
• 5 Levels of Manufacturing Collaboration
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Manufacturing.net All
  How to plan and build an effective collaboration platform for the stringent demands of manufacturing. Learn how business collaboration is different from social media and how integrated collaborative tools serve as a knowledge management ...
• 5 Key Factors in Optimizing Complex Manufacturing Business
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Manufacturing.net All
  As products, customer demands and global market pressures increase, manufacturing processes are also becoming more complex. In a recent survey, nearly 90 percent of manufacturing executives named complexity as one of the top three issues...
• From Why to Why Not: Top 5 Risks of Delaying a Move to the Cloud
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Manufacturing.net All
  Attitudes toward cloud are rapidly changing, and discussions about the potential downsides of cloud deployment are quickly evolving into evaluations of the risks associated with not making the move. Take a look at 5 risks you face by not...
• Annies focused on frozen snacks
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Food Business News Latest News
  Pizza poppers and bagels among items launching this month at Target stores
• PDVSA Offers 240MB Jet Fuel Parcel
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Maritime News - Maritime & Shipbuilding News
  Venezuela's state-run PDVSA has launched a tender to sell a 240,000 barrel cargo of jet fuel to be loaded on August 26-28 at the Caribbean island of Curacao, according
• SnydersLance reaches key turning point
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Food Business News Latest News
  Acquisition of Baptistas Bakery especially is paying dividends
• Boulder Brands Hughes expects nonGMO transformation
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Food Business News Latest News
  Steve Hughes chief executive officer says larger retailers may turn away from legacy brands to nonbioengineered items
• As depressing as Bre-X: a week of Imperial Metals commentary
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from MINING.com
  A chilling effect. The post As depressing as Bre-X: a week of Imperial Metals commentary appeared first on MINING.com .
• Massive Mine Tailings Spill Triggers Water Ban In BC
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Water Online News
  A massive spill of toxic waste from a mine tailings pond in central British Columbia has triggered a widespread "do not drink water" order.
• Bimba's Versatile Series of Rotary Actuators
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Manufacturing.net All
  Bimba Manufacturing Company, a provider of pneumatic, hydraulic, and electric solutions, and its subsidiary Mead Fluid Dynamics (MFD), an innovative manufacturer of pneumatic components, has added extruded pneumatic rotary actuators to i...
• Slideshow New products from Smuckers Larabar Digiorno
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Food Business News Latest News
  Digiorno custom frozen pizzas Larabar grainfree bars and Smuckers ice cream toppings hit the market
• Officials: Corporate Tax Case Could Cost Michigan
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Manufacturing.net All
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A recent Michigan Supreme Court ruling in favor of IBM in a corporate tax case could cost the state more than $1 billion — an amount that could have a "budget-busting" impact, according to the state's attorney gene...
• Port Authority Lists Subpoenas over Bridge Closure
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Maritime News - Maritime & Shipbuilding News
  The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has disclosed a list of federal and state subpoenas it has received linked to investigations into a scandal over deliberate
• Stevens Selected as Maritime Research Center of Excellence
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Maritime News - Maritime & Shipbuilding News
  Stevens Institute of Technology announced it has been selected as the lead institution for a new Center of Excellence for Maritime Research (CMR). The selection, announced by the U.
• Center of Iselle Lashes Hawaii
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Maritime News - Maritime & Shipbuilding News
  Iselle weakens to tropical storm from hurricane; More than 1,200 people head to shelters. Some 5,000 without power. Hurricane Julio set to reach Hawaii on Monday.
• Allianz Reports Strong 2Q 2014 Results
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Maritime News - Maritime & Shipbuilding News
    Allianz Group achieved strong results in the second quarter of 2014. Total quarterly revenues increased 10.0 percent to 29.46 (second quarter of 2013: 26.
• DEKRA Acquires NDT, PI & Microscopic Operations of DNV GL
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Maritime News - Maritime & Shipbuilding News
    The international expert organisation DEKRA has taken over the Plant Integrity (PI), Non Destructive Testing (NDT) and Microsopy operations from DNV GL
• NOL Cuts Losses Despite Difficult Trading Conditions
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Maritime News - Maritime & Shipbuilding News
    NOL Group today posted a 2Q 2014 net loss of US$54 million. Nevertheless, the Group has continued to make gains at the operating level, bringing its 2Q
• Gerhard Furø Joins Havyard
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Maritime News - Maritime & Shipbuilding News
    On 4 August, Gerhard Furø took up the position of Vice President technical and commercial for Havyard Design & Solutions AS. Gerhard Furø
• Australia's NWS awards LNG Cargoes to Shell, Statoil
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Maritime News - Maritime & Shipbuilding News
  Australia's North West Shelf liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project awarded at least one cargo each to Shell and Norway's Statoil following a tender, sources with knowledge of the matter said.
• PSV for Atlantic Offshore to be Named
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Maritime News - Maritime & Shipbuilding News
    A naming ceremony is to be held for the PSV built by Kleven shipyard recently. Built at Kleven Shipyard, the PSV no. 368 was delivered from Myklebust Verft
• The Next Generation of All-In-One Industrial Computers
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Manufacturing.net All
  Teguar Computers has released the TP-3010-19AIO and TP-3010-22AIO . Both All-In-One touch screen computers are fanless with core i3/i5/i7 processors.
• Poor resources to check food industry worker abuse
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from FoodManufacture RSS
  Resources are scarce to police employee abuse in the food industry and the rise of zero-hour contracts has made workers more vulnerable, according to a senior employment lawyer.
• Enrichment value affirmed in rare study on topic
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Food Business News Latest News
  Leading position of grainbased foods as micronutrient source also affirmed
• Mining tycoon, Calgary Flames co-owner, also Imperial Metals’ largest shareholder
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from MINING.com
  N. Murray Edwards has a 36% stake in Imperial Metals, owner of Mount Polley mine. The post Mining tycoon, Calgary Flames co-owner, also Imperial Metals’ largest shareholder appeared first on MINING.com .
• Monster to roll out noncaffeinated energy drink
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Food Business News Latest News
  Monster Unleaded is among new products developed to attract a broader consumer base
• Multi-Channel Automatic Bar Loading Magazine
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Manufacturing.net All
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• Imperial Metals: Here come the protests
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from MINING.com
  Both in Vancouver. The post Imperial Metals: Here come the protests appeared first on MINING.com .
• Dispelling the US diet soda dirge: Moody’s says Coke best-placed to profit
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from BeverageDaily RSS
  Moody’s Investor Service believes Coke is better placed than PepsiCo and Dr Pepper Snapple to ride out the US diet soda storm, due to its strong position in international markets where the category is growing.
• Judge Won't Block Utah 'Ag-Gag' Challenge
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Manufacturing.net All
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A federal judge has refused to toss out the country's first lawsuit challenging an "ag-gag" law that criminalizes undercover investigations of slaughterhouses and factory farms. U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby ru...
• Alaskans uneasy over another Imperial Metals mine nearing end of construction
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from MINING.com
  The Red Chris copper and gold project, in northwest B.C., is located near the Iskut River, a major tributary of the Stikine River, which ends in southeast Alaska. The post Alaskans uneasy over another Imperial Metals mine nearing end of ...
• Golden Peanut buys assets of South African company
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Food Business News Latest News
  A facility in a peanut growing region will add to the global capacity for the ADM subsidiary
• Euronext to Mull Quality Requirements for Paris Wheat Contract
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Agriculture News
  Euronext to Mull Quality Requirements for Paris Wheat Contract
• Chilis making moves on millennials
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Food Business News Latest News
  Menu innovation and mobile technology is on tap for the casual dining chain in the coming year
• Wholesale Inventories Rise In June
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Manufacturing.net All
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. wholesalers restocked their warehouses at a modest pace in June for a second straight month, a sign they may anticipate slower growth ahead. The Commerce Department said Friday that wholesale inventories rose 0.3 ...
• UK opens robotics laboratory
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from World Nuclear News
  A new centre for developing technologies for remote handling in extreme conditions has opened at the Culham Science Centre in the UK. A £15.6 million ($26.2 million) purpose-built facility is to be constructed at the site by 2016.
• August appointments
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from The Manufacturer » Articles
  Ian Bartholomew, Monarch Aircraft Engineering The Monarch Group has announced Ian Bartholomew as its new Interim managing director of its aircraft maintenance division. He succeeds Mick Adams, who is leaving the business to take up a
• KazAtomProm chief to lead new energy ministry
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from World Nuclear News
  KazAtomProm president Vladimir Shkolnik has been appointed head of the country’s new energy ministry, which puts four previously separate government departments under one person’s control.
• Cool Summer Sets Expectations For a Record Harvest
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Agriculture News
  A mild summer across much of the nation's heartland has provided optimum growing conditions for the nation's corn and soybean crops. Pair that with high-yield seeds and other new farming technologies, and the U.S. is looking at busting r...
• Toll road made from an English field eases driver frustrations
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Construction Dive - Latest News
  When construction closed a road between Bath and Bristol, a businessman and a farmer built a 500-yard toll road through fields to offer a paid alternative to the free 14-mile detour.
• England’s seven new University Technical Colleges
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from The Manufacturer » Articles
  The seven new institutions will take the number of UTCs in England to 57 within the next two years. Serving more than 35,000 pupils aged 14-19, the centres will specialise in subjects experiencing skills shortages,
• PSEG plans site for new reactor
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from World Nuclear News
  Public Service Enterprise Group is in the process of negotiating a land swap with the US Army Corp of Engineers to acquire land adjacent to its existing Salem and Hope Creek nuclear power plants along the Delaware River.
• The IoT Uplink
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Manufacturing.net All
  The IoT Uplink  is a new video series examining all the factors driving, influencing, and adding to the complexity of the Internet of Things movement, and the advantages and challenges that this technology brings to the manufacturing spa...
• AgWeb Radio: Weekly Dairy Market Wrap 8-8-14
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from Agriculture News
  Robin Schmahl, Hedge and Marketing Specialist with AgDairy says we saw a decline in futures this week. Grade A dropped 11cents this week. Russia put a ban on milk products which could affect the US competition with other countries. World...
• Scottish referendum uncertainty hits jobs and investment
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from FoodManufacture RSS
  Uncertainty over the Scottish independence referendum had damaged the nation’s economy by stalling “hundreds of thousands of pounds of investment”, a food industry source has told the Food Manufacture Group.
• Plenty of US ethane still available for crackers
  Friday, August 8, 2014 from The Barrel Blog
  The US petrochemical market has seen a flood of investments over the past few years on the heels of a production boom in unconventional North American hydrocarbons. The flow of capital has been welcomed as it transforms the North America...