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Chicago Bridge & Iron's Shrinking Backlog Is A Good Thing

2015-11-17 16:13:31| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

As a result of a major strategic move by management to rid the company of contract-related risks, backlog for Chicago Bridge & Iron is slated to fall by $7.8 billion. At first glance, this may seem like a big loss for the operator, especially since the amount it's due to receive is so small.

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Feed Grains Markets Grow in a Shrinking World

2015-10-29 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

ANALYSIS - Stable and, in some cases, even higher stocks and favourable harvests of maize, wheat and other cereals offer livestock producers the prospect of stable feed prices in the coming year, reports Jackie Linden from a recent grain market conference.

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Global Deforestation Slows But Forests Still Shrinking

2015-09-16 07:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: Over the past 25 years the rate of global deforestation has slowed by more than 50 percent, even though the world`s forests continue to shrink as populations increase and forested land is developed, the UN`s Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, reports. Some 129 million hectares of forest -- an area almost equivalent in size to South Africa -- have been lost since 1990, according to FAO`s most comprehensive forest review to date, "The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015." "Forests play...

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Climate Change Shrinking Uganda's Lakes and Fish

2015-08-22 19:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Climate change is reducing the size of several species of fish on lakes in Uganda and its neighbouring East African countries, with a negative impact on the livelihoods of millions people who depend on fishing for food and income. Studies conducted on inland lakes in Uganda, including Lake Victoria which is shared by three East African countries, indicate that indigenous fish species have shrunk in size due to an increase in temperatures in the water bodies. "What we are seeing in Lake Victoria...

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