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NiSource begins tender offer for $326.9M in debt
November 14, 2011 9:50 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsEnergy company NiSource Inc. said Monday that it is offering to buy back some $326.9 million of its 10.75 percent notes due 2016.The company's cash tender offer for the notes is scheduled to end on Dec. 12.NiSource said that if the holders of at least $250 million of the notes do not accept its...
Codelco asks court to stop Anglo American sale
November 14, 2011 9:50 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsChile's state mining company Codelco is asking a court to keep British-based Anglo American PLC from selling more of its Chilean subsidiary to Mitsubishi Corp. of Japan.Lawyer Pedro Pablo Gutierrez says that Monday's motion with an appeals court in Chile's capital seeks to force the British...
Hamilton introduces New Behemoth Caster
November 14, 2011 9:24 am | by Hamilton Caster | Hamilton Caster & Mfg. Co. | Product Releases | CommentsHamilton Caster is excited to announce the new Ultra Maxi-Duty (UMD) Caster Series with a load rating up to 40,000 lbs. per caster.
Ark. firm to move 335 jobs to downtown Rochester
November 14, 2011 8:50 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsArkansas-based Windstream Corp. says it will move 335 workers from suburban Rochester to a new office to be built at the site of the city's downtown redevelopment project.Windstream Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Gardner didn't specify Monday where the workers will be coming from, but...
Hawaiian Telcom revenue, expenses decline
November 14, 2011 8:50 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsHawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc. is reporting net income of $7.4 million for the three months through September.The company said in a news release Monday its revenue fell 4 percent compared to the third quarter last year as it lost more telephone line customers.But the utility's operating expenses...
Express Scripts notes receive investment grades
November 14, 2011 8:50 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsPharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc. received investment-grade ratings from three firms on up to $10 billion in senior notes it plans to issue to help pay for its $29.1 billion acquisition of Medco Health Solutions Inc.Express Scripts, based in St. Louis, agreed in July to buy the...
QEP to boost oil production in 2012
November 14, 2011 8:50 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsQEP Resources Inc. said it expects to increase oil production and a key measure of profitability in 2012.The Denver oil and natural gas company said production should rise between 12 percent and 14 percent in 2012.But it expects to invest less in some of its natural gas fields because of low...
US says Pfizer Prevnar vaccine works in adults
November 14, 2011 8:50 am | by MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsFederal health scientists say Pfizer's best-selling vaccine, Prevnar 13, is at least as effective as rival Merck's at helping prevent sometimes deadly infections in adults.Prevnar 13 is intended to reduce the risk of infection by 13 strains of pneumococcal disease, which causes ear infections,...
Getting Life Back Under Control with Bionic, High-Tech Prostheses
November 14, 2011 8:42 am | by Medical University of Vienna | News | CommentsPinch grip, rough grip or key grip? Even if nobody can actually name them, for people with healthy hands, these are all perfectly everyday finger skills.
Converting 2D Patterns into 3D Objects with Light
November 14, 2011 8:36 am | by North Carolina State University | News | CommentsResearchers from North Carolina State University have developed a simple way to convert two-dimensional patterns into three-dimensional (3-D) objects using only light.
New Ways for Computerized Agents and Humans to Work Together
November 14, 2011 8:24 am | by University of Southampton | News | CommentsResearchers at the University of Southampton will present their work on the use of computerized agents for home energy management and disaster responses at TechWorld this week.
Audit Faults Air Force's Alaska Wind Turbines
November 14, 2011 8:19 am | by Dan Joling, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Defense Department's attempt to go green at remote radar locations in Alaska by replacing diesel generators with wind turbines was poorly planned and delays could cost millions, according to an audit by the department's inspector general.
Exploring the Last White Spot on Earth
November 14, 2011 8:12 am | by ESRF | News | CommentsScientists will soon be exploring matter at temperatures and pressures so extreme that the conditions can only be produced for microseconds using powerful pulsed lasers.
Pfizer/Bristol-Myers clotting drug fails in study
November 14, 2011 7:50 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsAn experimental anti-clotting drug under development by Pfizer and Bristol-Myers did not work better than an older drug, the pharmaceuticals said Monday.It was hoped that Eliquis a pill, would be more effective and a potential alternative to Lovenox, an injectable drug, for patients who had...
2 onshore Nigeria oil fields sold to local firms
November 14, 2011 7:50 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsNigeria's state-run oil company says two onshore oil fields once owned by Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Eni SpA and Total SA have been sold to local firms.The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. said in a statement Sunday the fields were once operated by Shell's Nigerian subsidiary. Local firm First...
