Archive for June, 2008

What’s the best-dressed sun seeker wearing this season? Ask a group of doctors who enjoy the summer sun — when they’re not removing skin cancers, or treating sunburn victims in the emergency room, that is. Dr. Richard Wagner wears a hat and continue

Airgas Inc. said Friday that it will buy the Oilind Safety business for an undisclosed price. Radnor, Pa.-based Airgas (NYSE:ARG) said Oilind is the marketing name for Energy Safety Services Inc., which rents safety equipment and had $21 million in continue

If high gas prices are driving you to drink, here’s something to ponder: It’s costing more to deliver beer, wine and liquor to your pub or grocery store. And your favorite microbrewery and winery are paying more for ingredients and supplies, due read more

U.S. Department of Energy officials have approved an extension of an export license that will allow ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil Corp. to continue shipping liquefied natural gas from its plant in Nikiski to Pacific Rim customers through 2011. “We read more

The new SKB-4812WS Deluxe Golf Travel Case is availabe - TransWorldNews (press release)

The new SKB-4812WS Deluxe Golf Travel Case is availabe
TransWorldNews (press release), GA - 16 hours ago
Made in North America to ATA 300 Category I specifications, which is the highest shipping container specification of the ATA, the 2SKB-4814 is molded from

Source: news.google.com

METTLER TOLEDO Solutions for the Specialty Chemical Industry - PR Web (press release)

METTLER TOLEDO Solutions for the Specialty Chemical Industry
PR Web (press release), WA - 14 hours ago
of manufacturing processes, covering virtually the entire material flow from receiving to shipping, in both normal and hazardous environments.

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Apple shipping boxes that are not to be opened until June 10th - iPhone Buzz


iPhone Buzz
Apple shipping boxes that are not to be opened until June 10th
iPhone Buzz, AZ - 8 hours ago
An interesting rumor has surfaced today, with certain retailers in Australia receiving this box. The box has an ominous warning on the front, which clearly

Source: news.google.com

Man slashed with Stanley knife in Morden - Epsom Guardian

Man slashed with Stanley knife in Morden
Epsom Guardian, UK - 8 hours ago
he may have been attacked with a Stanley knife. The attack is being investigated by PC Kevin Allison from Wimbledon police's community safety unit.

Source: news.google.com

Official: Recycling efforts get trashed - Daily Item
NEW BERLIN — Borough street supervisor Lester Hummel spends between 30 minutes to an hour each day pulling trash out of the borough’s recycle bins. “I have to go through the bins every day,” he said Tuesday. “It takes a lot of time to do
Source: www.dailyitem.com

Compared to moving boxes, moving people is not a good business. For one, people don’t like to get shipped out of remote airfields at 3 a.m., or packed in the back of tractor trailers for 15 hours if a thunderstorm grounds planes. The infrastructure read more

Borders Group Inc. on Tuesday started laying off 20 percent of its corporate staff, including 156 at its headquarters in Ann Arbor and 118 people elsewhere, as part of an effort to cut $60 million in expenses this year and $120 million annually read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The searchers dug for days, ignoring blisters and sore muscles to look for remains of Japanese soldiers buried in mass graves on the Aleutian island of Attu following one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. But old bullets read more

WASHINGTON - The hardest part about organizing an attic is, everyone agrees, getting started. Where and how to even begin? In my case, the place had become such a mess that I wanted to turn around, walk back downstairs and shut the door on the read more

‘MioMania’ Hits the Caribbean Islands - Forbes
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 2 /PRNewswire/ — Mobile phone technology has come a long way since the days of bulky devices and one-way phone calls. Robust mobile data technology has finally arrived, enabling a myriad of subscriber services. Hundreds
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Ace of Spuds - Salt Lake Tribune
J.R. Simplot, photographed in 1981, had a billionaire-sized desk and an office with a drop-dead view in the company’s executive suite in Boise’s One Capital Center building. In his later years, a special room there was reserved for his naps. Memorial
Source: www.sltrib.com

Safety reviews to delay Hillsborough school bus list - St. Petersburg Times
Story Tools TAMPA — With new bus routes and fewer bus stops on tap for the coming school year, Hillsborough parents want to know where their children will be waiting. For many, that information may not come until mid July. The Hillsborough School
Source: www.tampabay.com


Business Wire (press release)
UPS Offers New Shipping Options for Healthcare Customers
Business Wire (press release), CA - 12 hours ago
Targeted particularly to global clinical trials, UPS is facilitating the quick movement of test medicines, specimens, supplies, testing kits and

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Posted by Keith Johnson
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - May 31, 2008
But the double-whammy of pricey oil and green politics are having an even bigger impact on the global shipping industry—and that could have even bigger

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ConocoPhillips exec unsure on CFTC probe
Reuters - 10 hours ago
Gallogly said it would difficult to manipulate petroleum prices or supplies through shipping and transportation. "I suppose if somebody were to go out

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Rocky Mountain Tool's Pelican(TM) 1730 Dual Mode Shipping Case
SunHerald.com, MS - 13 hours ago
the Pelican 1730 — with almost 10000 cubic inches of space inside — is ideal for shipping such sensitive products as emergency medical supplies,

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Celtics’ success didn’t come overnight - Globe and Mail
BOSTON — This is not how the Boston Celtics planned to get back to the NBA finals. The league’s luckiest franchise saw its luck run out — again — in the draft lottery last year, coming up with the worst possible pick and no shot at the
Source: www.theglobeandmail.com

Bill star who slashed his wrists is set to return as Reg Hollis - but - Daily Mail
Actor Jeff Stewart is poised to make a sensational return to The Bill. The 52-year-old, who played PC Reg Hollis in the police drama for 23 years, slashed his wrists in January after being told that he was being written out of the show. He is now in
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk