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Prices Reflect Three Market Periods - Americas, Asia, Europe; More Forward-Dated U.S. Data LONDON, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Platts, a leading global energy, petrochemicals and metals information provider, has expanded its offering of forward-dated price assessments, known as forward curves, for crude oil and refined products. Just launched is a new Platts Follow-the-Sun series of global price curves and an extension of the time period captured in the Americas curves data. "The...
Local Non-profit Awarded $5,000 in CITGO Gift Cards HOUSTON and WEST HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CITGO Petroleum Corporation recently recognized the Haitian Students Parents Solidarity Association (HSPSA) of West Haven as one of its latest Fueling Good winners. The Connecticut non-profit received $5,000 in CITGO Gift Cards which will be used in the local collection of supplies, food, clothes and other donations that will be sent to the children of Haiti. (Logo:...
ACS has signed The Braley Company as a new Division 12 casework dealer for the Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama markets. Marion, Indiana (PRWEB) February 26, 2013 Advanced Cabinet Systems (ACS), a manufacturer of Division 12 Plastic Laminate Casework and Retail Store Fixtures, has expanded their dealer network by signing The Braley Company as their latest dealer of Division 12 casework in the Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama Markets. Darryl Braley, Founder and President of The Braley...
Wireless Industry go-to-market specialist prime addition to PCD executive team HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Personal Communications Devices, LLC (PCD) www.pcdphones.com, a leading provider of wireless devices to service providers in the Americas for more than 25 years, announced today that Donna Morrison has been named Vice President of Marketing. In her new role, Morrison will be responsible for guiding the development and execution of all go-to-market strategies...
La Quinta Joins with Grupo Santos to Open Eight Hotels - First in Tegucigalpa, the Capital City of Honduras FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At its 2013 La Quinta Conference here, La Quinta announced it is accelerating its international growth, through a series of agreements with an affiliate of Grupo Santos, a Honduran organization whose affiliates include a construction and development company. The agreements will bring La Quinta hotels to cities in Honduras,...
GE Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Proteus On-Demand and BD invest in Haiti's recovery PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The ribbon-cutting ceremonies for two new public health buildings in Haiti's capital city mark another milestone in the country's recovery and rebuilding since the 2010 earthquake. The buildings will be used by Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP or Ministere de la Sante Publique et de...
New supplements from CocoaWell® by Reserveage™ Organics launch at Whole Foods Market®. Gainesville, FL (PRWEB) February 22, 2013 Whole Foods Market® is unveiling the newest products from CocoaWell® by Reserveage™ Organics as a delicious way to enjoy cocoa’s benefits. These versatile cocoa supplements, unlike other products in the health food industry, give consumers more ways to experience the benefits of cocoa. The new CocoaWell supplement bars and mixable...
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ResMed Inc. (NYSE: RMD) announced today that effective March 1, 2013, Michael ("Mick") Farrell will succeed Dr. Peter C. Farrell as ResMed's chief executive officer (CEO) and be appointed to its board of directors. Robert ("Rob") Douglas will become ResMed's president and chief operating officer (COO). Current CEO, chairman of the board and founder, Dr. Farrell, will become executive chairman. Together, Mr. Farrell and Mr. Douglas will...
NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ConvergEx Group, a leading technology company, today announced that its award-winning order management system, the Eze OMS(TM),* has achieved a third consecutive year of record-setting growth. New Eze OMS customers that included ETF providers, institutional asset managers, endowments, hedge funds, and wealth advisory firms were added across Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. "This year, we have demonstrated tremendous growth on multiple...
CLEVELAND, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. (NYSE: HY) today announced net income of $32.4 million, or $1.93 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2012 and revenues of $652.0 million compared with net income of $23.6 million, or $1.40 per diluted share, and revenues of $677.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2011. Operating profit increased to $29.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2012 from $28.0 million in 2011. Operating margins...
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The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean that is located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It’s bordered by Mexico and Central America towards the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, to the east by the Lesser Antilles, and towards the south by South America. The whole area of the Caribbean Sea, the numerous islands of the West Indies, and neighboring coasts, are together known as the Caribbean. The sea is one of the largest seas and has an area of...
North America is a continent completely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost completely within the Western Hemisphere. It’s also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas. It’s bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. This continent covers an area of approximately 9,540,000 sq miles, about 4.8 percent of the plants surface or about...
The Colombian Journal of Statistics (Revista Colombiana de Estadistica) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal on statistics published biannually by the National University of Colombia. It was established in 1968. During its early years, the journal was published only in Spanish; since 1985, it includes English-published papers as well. The journal halted publication in 1969, being re-launched in 1979 by Luis Thorin. The journal covers research on statistics, including applications,...
The Amazon Rainforest (known as Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia in Portuguese, and Selva Amazónica or Amazonia in Spanish), also known as Amazonia, or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers almost all of the Amazon Basin in South America. The basin consists of 1.7 billion acres, of which 1.4 billion acres is rainforest. This rainforest covers nine nations (Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana). Brazil contains...
Commonly known as Cane Bluestem, Bothriochloa barbinodis is a grass species native to the Americas. It is indigenous to the southern United States as well as South and Central America and Mexico. Booming perennially, the species grows in tufts from 2 to 4 feet in height. The stems are similar in color to wheat and have intermittent nodules adorned with wispy hairs. The leaves are 8 to 11 inches in length and range in color from a bluish green to a rusty yellow depending on the dryness of...
