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Is there still a bullish corn card to be played?
2015-08-28 21:17:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Corn continues to trade inside a tight 10 range. U.S. exporters were happy to see better than expected weekly corn sales, but there is still talk of traditional buyers like South Korea going to Brazil for supply. Grain Market Viewpoint read more
Jailed second car dealer's phone played Great Escape theme tune as he was sentenced
2015-08-08 23:31:02| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Court staff struggled to keep straight face as Kings Norton car dealer Neil Gaffney's phone went off as he was jailed for selling dangerous car Because moments after second hand car dealer Neil Gaffney was sentenced to five months at Birmingham Crown Court , with perfect timing, his phone started to play the theme to the Great Escape. Barristers and staff struggled to keep a straight face as, for a few seconds, the tune played from the dock before the 48-year-old was lead from the dock.
Qorvo components played critical role in Pluto exploration flight
2015-07-22 21:46:43| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Qorvo , the company formed from the merger between Greensboro-based RF Micro Devices Inc. and Hillsboro, Ore.-based TriQuint Semiconductor Inc., supplied components on the New Horizons spacecraft that recently flew past Pluto after traveling 3 billion miles since its launch in 2006. Roger Hall, general manager of defense and space products at Qorvo , said that components from both RF Micro and TriQuint supported the spacecraft's communication system.
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Spider-Man's new Aunt May to be played by Marisa Tomei
2015-07-09 01:46:38| Toys - Topix.net
Oscar Award-winning actress Marisa Tomei has been offered the role of Aunt May in the new Spider-Man franchise, reports Variety . According to Variety's sources, negotiations have been going on long enough that Tomei received an offer from Marvel Entertainment sometime last week.
Oil companies played hardball in bid to defeat climate outsiders
2015-06-29 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Petty legal filings. Diversionary ballot measures. Counting abstentions as no votes. These are just some of the tactics U.S. oil companies used this spring to quash efforts by investors to win the right to nominate climate experts for board seats. Led by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer and proposed at 75 U.S. companies in various industries this year, the so-called proxy access measure would give investor groups who own 3 percent of a company for more than three years the right to nominate...
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