5th January 2009
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!We told you so. Back when Detroit started wailing for a public bailout, we warned how that domino would start falling in four directions at once, leading to bailout cries from just about everybody for everything. Big Steel appears […]
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4th January 2009
Genealogy is all about names. We find most records through surnames, and then narrow the search with given names. But too many of us search only for the perfect match. Close counts not only in horseshoes but also in heritage hunting. When I was a …
Source:Close Spellings Count Toward Matches - Tampa Bay Online
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3rd January 2009
Atlantic Marine Holding Co.’s recent purchase of Moss Point-based Millennium Industrial and Marine Solutions should help the Mississippi business capture more work contracts, company officials said. Millennium is a steel and pipe fabrication company …
Source:Millennium bought - Mississippi Press
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2nd January 2009
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. is secretly developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car, a top business daily reported today. The Nikkei newspaper …
Source:Report: Toyota developing solar-powered green car - Detroit Free Press
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1st January 2009
After turning in a robust performance through June, most mining companies stumbled as automobile, housing and other manufacturers who use their metals cut back sharply amid the global recession. Investors who watched mining stocks fall by half this …
Source:Mining firms squeezed by lower demand - Arizona Daily Star
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31st December 2008
Kuala Lumpur : The demand for steel is expected to pick up gradually early next year, despite expectations of local mills facing possible losses in the fourth quarter, said OSK Research Tuesday. OSK Research, in its research report, said the average …
Source:Local steel demand may recover early next year - Sabah Daily Express
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30th December 2008
SHANGHAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Tangshan Iron & Steel Co , a mid-sized Chinese steel maker, said on Tuesday it had agreed to merge with two firms to form one of the country’s biggest listed steel makers. The company said it would conduct share swaps to …
Source:China's Tangshan Steel to merge with two firms - […]
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29th December 2008
HOBART, Australia (AP) - Overcoming an encounter with a 2-meter (7-foot) shark and sailing most of the race with flotsam stuck on its keel, Wild Oats XI won its fourth consecutive Sydney to Hobart on Sunday, with skipper Mark Richards saying this …
Source:Wild Oats XI wins fourth straight Sydney to Hobart - PR Inside
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28th December 2008
Vincennes residents will ring in the New Year by watching a glowing 550-pound steel and foam watermelon soar into the sky and drop nine real watermelons at the clock strikes midnight. Volunteers who came up with the idea for the New Year’s Eve party …
Source:Vincennes, IN - WNDU
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27th December 2008
VINCENNES, Ind. - Residents in southwestern Indiana’s melon-growing country will ring in the New Year by watching a glowing 550-pound steel and foam watermelon soar into the sky and drop nine real watermelons at the clock strikes midnight. Volunteers …
Source:Vincennes builds giant melon for New Year's bash - AZCentral.com
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