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42 min ago | Bloomberg

Marubeni to Set Up Floating Wind Turbine Off Fukushima

A group led by Marubeni Corp. is setting up a floating wind turbine off the coast of Fukushima, aiming to commercializing the unproven technology and create an industry in the region ravaged by the earthquake in 2011.

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Related Topix: Marubeni, Food, Grocery, World News, Japan, Asia, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

4 hrs ago | Seeking Alpha

Fear Of Chinese Urea Exports Dampens U.S. Nitrogen Equities

Many fertilizer stock investors are probably wondering why the US nitrogen producers have been weak, and whether this is a buy opportunity.

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Related Topix: Agrium, East Dubuque, IL, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

8 hrs ago | Daily Kos

Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' may need a new nickname after two fatal blasts

Not that there should be tighter oversight of the Louisiana chemical industry or anything, but there were fatal blasts at two different Louisiana chemical plants last week.

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Related Topix: Explosion, CF Industries, Environmental Law, Law, OSHA

13 hrs ago | AmericanBankingNews.com

Rogers Rating Lowered to Neutral at Sidoti

Separately, analysts at Zacks downgraded shares of Rogers from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating in a research note to investors on Monday, May 6th.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Manufacturing, Rogers

17 hrs ago | The News Journal

Creative destruction

As the world of big drug companies streamlines operations by shrinking research-and-development staffs and outsourcing tasks amid patent losses on key medicines, the benefit is two-fold for specialty firms contracted to take on the work.

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Related Topix: Outsourcing, Chemistry, Science, Delaware, Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Dupont E I Nemours , Bloomsbury Publishing, Bristol Myers Squibb, Publishing, Media, Pharmaceuticals

21 hrs ago | Go Local

Leonardo Angiulo: Two Supreme Court Rulings That Seem Like Sci-Fi

Two decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court in the past two months may have a bigger impact on the economy than you know.

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Related Topix: US News, Genetics, Medicine, US Supreme Court, Biotech, Myriad Genetics, Healthcare Industry, Monsanto

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Michigan Radio

Michigan's natural gas prices may rise, depending on decisions to allow more overseas exports

In Europe, the price is closer to $10 per thousand cubic feet. In Japan, the price is hovering over $15.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Midland, MI, Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Dow Chemical

Lansing State Journal

Genetically modified organisms labeling debate simmers in Michigan

The first time a seeds salesman offered genetically engineered seeds to Dave Cheney, the Mason farmer declined.

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Related Topix: Mason, MI, Agriculture, Science, Monsanto

Windsor Beacon

Health officials to join La. blast investigation

Federal investigators are expected in south Louisiana over the weekend at the site of an explosion that killed one worker a chemical plant in Donaldsville, La.

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Related Topix: Explosion, CF Industries, OSHA, Environmental Law, Law

The Hartford Courant

Analysis: Why bankrupt W.R. Grace is thriving

A company stuck in bankruptcy for 12 years may not seem like much of a catch, but investors have fallen in love with U.S. specialty chemical manufacturer W.R. Grace & Co and its surging sales to the energy sector.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Manufacturing, W R Grace , Libby, MT, Ansonia, CT

Fort Collins Coloradoan

Applause: Shotika Smith

Shotika Smith, an agricultural economics major at Colorado State University, is joining the incoming class of Monsanto summer interns this year, where she will participate in team and customer call projects and complete a county market analysis while making industry connections.

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Related Topix: Monsanto, Divergence, Colorado State University

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EQUATE Petrochemical Company has earned "The Best Contribution for Corporate Social Responsibility " award during the "Middle East Awards 2013" by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply .

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Dow Chemical

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Controversy over efforts to solve bee deaths

One of every three bites of food we consume depends on pollination by honeybees, but these overlooked contributors to our food system are continuing to die in stubbornly perplexing ways.

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Related Topix: Apiculture, Science, Agriculture, Monsanto, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Entomology, University of Minnesota

Sofia News Agency

2nd Deadly Blast Shakes Louisiana Chemical Plant

On Thursday, a blast happened at the Williams Olefins chemical plant in Geismar, south of Baton Rouge, LA, US.

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Related Topix: Geismar, LA, Baton Rouge, LA, Explosion, CF Industries, Donaldsonville, LA

The News Journal

Newtown marks six months since school massacre

The beauty of this easy, oven-baked, peel-and-eat shrimp recipe is you don't need a grill for big... DuPont expects its first-half operating earnings per share to drop about 10 percent below last year because of unseasonably cool, wet weather across Cromwell's Tavern has changed its name and concept.

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Related Topix: Newtown, CT, Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Dupont E I Nemours , Weather, Greenville (Charlotte, NC)

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Are Cars Now Borrowing Your iPhone's Glass?

Now that Corning Incorporated's durable Gorilla Glass has seen significant success in the tech industry, it's ready to expand its footprint in the jungle, and it's vying for automobiles next.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Telecom, Corning, Electronics, Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, Dow Corning, Corning Cable Systems

KEYC Television, Mankato, MN

Police: 1 dead, 7 hurt in 2nd La. plant blast

By The Associated Press DONALDSONVILLE, La. - A second blast in two days has killed a worker at a south Louisiana chemical plant, just miles from the site where two workers were killed a day earlier.

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Related Topix: Donaldsonville, LA, Explosion, CF Industries, Belle Rose, LA

WXOW-TV La Crosse

Police: 1 dead, others hurt in 2nd La. plant blast

Google is launching Internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons with the lofty goal of getting the entire planet online.

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Related Topix: Explosion, US Military, US Marine Corps, Donaldsonville, LA, CF Industries

Fri Jun 14, 2013

KUGN-AM Eugene

At Least One Dead, Several Injured in Second La. Chemical Plant Explosion

Police and emergency units responded Friday to the scene of a second chemical factory explosion in Louisiana in as many days, this time near Baton Rouge.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Louisiana, CF Industries

Seattle Times

Police: Several injured in another La. plant blast

Authorities say one person was killed and several injured in an explosion at a Louisiana chemical plant, only miles from where another blast killed two plant workers a day ago.

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Related Topix: Explosion, CF Industries, Donaldsonville, LA

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