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U.S. Sanctions Taiwan Firm For N.Korea Dealings
May 10, 2013 2:13 pm | News | CommentsThe Treasury Department announced designation Friday of Trans Multi Mechanics Co. Ltd. and Chang Wen-Fu for links to a Taiwanese man, Alex Tsai, arrested in Estonia last week. Tsai and his son, a U.S. resident, were charged in Chicago with seeking to bypass a ban on export of weapons machinery.
NASA Mulls Spacewalk To Fix Space Station Leak
May 10, 2013 2:09 pm | by Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer | News | CommentsNASA says the six-member crew at the station is not in danger. The ammonia leak forced the shutdown of one of eight solar panels that power the station, but the outpost can operate fine with only seven, spokesman Kelly Humphries said. NASA will decide Friday evening whether the spacewalk is needed Saturday.
Fibrelite Covers Pass The Test
May 10, 2013 2:02 pm | by Fibrelite | Articles | CommentsFibrelite introduced the lightweight composite manhole cover for use at gasoline service stations in the early 1980s and has continued to develop innovative product designs to meet the needs of a changing industry. Fibrelite currently offers the retail petroleum industry’s leading watertight composite covers.
Texas Launches Criminal Probe Into Plant Explosion
May 10, 2013 1:47 pm | by Angela K. Brown and Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe announcement came the same day a paramedic who helped to evacuate residents the night of the explosion was arrested on a charge of possessing a destructive device, though it is not clear whether the charge is related to the April 17 blast at West Fertilizer Co.
North Dakota Tops Nation In Rate Of Worker Deaths
May 10, 2013 1:39 pm | News | CommentsThere were 44 worker deaths in North Dakota in 2011, for a rate of 12.4 deaths per 100,000 workers. That was well above the national rate of 3.5 fatalities per 100,000 workers, the report said. "The oil boom has come with a hefty price tag of a steep increase in deaths on the job," the labor union said in a statement.
Worker Rescued After 17 Days In Bangladesh Rubble
May 10, 2013 1:37 pm | by Julhas Alam, Associated Press | News | CommentsFor 17 days, the seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside climbed into the mid-90s F. She rationed food and water. She banged a pipe to attract attention. She was fast losing hope of ever making it out alive.
Cocaine Vaccine Passes Key Testing Hurdle
May 10, 2013 12:14 pm | by Weill Cornell Medical College | News | CommentsResearchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have successfully tested their novel anti-cocaine vaccine in primates, bringing them closer to launching human clinical trials. Their study, published online by the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, used a radiological technique to demonstrate that the anti-cocaine vaccine prevented the drug from reaching the brain and producing a dopamine-induced high.
AnythingIT Announces Continued Growth With New Tampa Facility
May 10, 2013 10:49 am | News | CommentsThe Fair Lawn, N.J.-based information electronics recycler and e-waste handler AnythingIT, Inc., has announced that its new 30,050 square-foot facility in Tampa, Florida is now on-line and fully operational. The facility was first opened at the end of March 2013 to process electronic waste and perform asset recovery for a growing number of customers.
New Twin-Wheel Caster With Bolt-on Directional Lock
May 10, 2013 10:24 am | Products | CommentsThe Revvo Caster Company, Inc. has announced the release of its new 2H Series twin-wheel casters, which feature a secure bolt-on, four-station direction lock. This feature helps convert swiveling casters into fixed casters for easier straight-line travel.
Officials Probe Corvette Headlamp Problem
May 10, 2013 8:44 am | News | CommentsU.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that the low-beam headlights can go dark without warning on some Chevrolet Corvettes. The probe by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers more than 103,000 Corvettes from the 2005 through 2007 model years.
Nations Agree To New Chemical Ban
May 10, 2013 8:42 am | News | CommentsU.N. officials and delegates say more than 120 nations agreed to tighter controls on several chemicals and hazardous waste, including a gradual ban on a flame retardant and some new export requirements for other substances. But they say an effort to rein in use of construction material Chrysotile asbestos and a powerful herbicide, Paraquat, fell short at a two-week summit of delegates to three main international treaties.
Post Buying Hearthside Food Business For $158M
May 10, 2013 8:37 am | News | CommentsCereal maker Post Holdings Inc. is buying the branded and private label cereal, granola and snacks business of Hearthside Food Solutions for $158 million, partly as a way to broaden its presence in the cereals category. Post's existing cereal brands include Honey Bunches of Oats, Post Raisin Bran and Grape-Nuts.
Van Maker Backed By DOE Loans Shuts Down
May 10, 2013 8:34 am | by Matthew Daly, Associated Press | News | CommentsA Michigan company that received a $50 million federal loan to make vans for the disabled has stopped production and laid off its 100 workers. Vehicle Production Group, or VPG, suspended operations in February after its finances dipped below a minimum level required as a condition of the federal loan.
Investors Challenge Dell Takeover Plan
May 10, 2013 8:08 am | by Tom Murphy, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsAn investment group led by Michael Dell is offering $13.65 per share in a deal that would take the company private. Southeastern and Icahn criticize that proposal in a scathing letter to Dell's board outlining their proposal. Icahn also has made a preliminary proposal to buy 58 percent of Dell stock for $15 per share.
Few Industrial Disasters Have Killed 1,000
May 10, 2013 8:01 am | News | CommentsThe 1,000th body has been pulled from the Bangladesh garment-factory building that collapsed last month. Very few other industrial accidents in world history have had such a high death toll. They include the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear plant and the lethal methyl isocyanate gas leaks from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India.
Should Engineers Be Licensed: A Process Improvement Perspective
May 10, 2013 7:56 am | by Alan Nicol, Executive Member, AlanNicolSolutions | Articles | CommentsLicensed practice is commonplace or mandatory in other fields, particularly construction, medicine and law, so should those individuals handily responsible for most every article we use every day also be given greater accountability for the science they practice?
Nissan Profit Up 46 Percent
May 10, 2013 7:50 am | by Yuri Kageyama, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsNissan's fiscal fourth quarter profit jumped 46 percent on stronger sales and a favorable exchange rate that offset declines in China over a bitter territorial dispute. Nissan Motor Co. reported Friday a January-March profit of 110 billion yen ($1.1 billion), up from 75.3 billion yen the same period the previous year.
UK Budget Airline To Test Ash Cloud Detector
May 10, 2013 7:47 am | by Sylvia Hui, ssociated Press | News | CommentsA U.K. budget airline will create an artificial volcanic ash cloud over Europe this summer to test ash detection technology. The experiment aims to avoid the kind of chaos that paralyzed air traffic during eruptions three years ago. The announcement was made by easyJet, which acquired a ton of ash collected in Iceland by scientists in the months after the 2010 eruptions for its test.
Ford Shareholders Reject Stock Proposal
May 10, 2013 7:41 am | News | CommentsFord Motor Co. shareholders are again rejecting a proposal to dilute the Ford family's control over the company.At its annual meeting in Wilmington Thursday, Ford said 67 percent of shareholders voted against the proposal to make each Ford share worth one vote. Thirty-three percent supported it.
State Pharmacy Boards Back More FDA Oversight
May 10, 2013 7:38 am | by Matthew Perrone, AP Health Writer | News | CommentsState pharmacy officials on Thursday threw their support behind a proposal giving the Food and Drug Administration authority over large compounding pharmacies, in an effort to head off more outbreaks tied to contaminated medications.
