Moving day for crew at station – Florida Today
Shuttle and station crew members on Monday hoisted a cylindrical “moving van” from Discovery’s payload bay with a 58-foot crane arm and bolted it to a docking port. It holds more than 15,000 pounds of food, supplies and equipment crucial to the
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China Tightens Grip on Rare Minerals – Star News Online
HONG KONG — China is set to tighten its hammerlock on the market for some of the world’s most obscure but valuable minerals. China currently accounts for 93 percent of production of so-called rare earth elements — and more than 99 percent of
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Initial risk appetite gives way to aversion – FXStreet.com
- (SZ) Swiss Q2 GDP Q/Q: -0.3% v -1.0%e ; Y/Y: -2.0% v -3.0%e – (GE) German Retail Sales M/M: 0.7% v 0.7%e; Y/Y: -1.0% v -1.2%e; First MoM rise in 3 months – (SW) Swedbank Aug PMI Survey: 52.4 v 54.5e – (TU) Turkey Aug PMI Manufacturing: 53.7 v 54.0
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2008 Republican National Convention Exceeds Economic Impact – CNBC
MINNEAPOLIS and SAINT PAUL, Minn., Sept 01, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The 2008 Republican National Convention, held in Minneapolis Saint Paul last year, generated nearly $170 million in new money for the local economy – exceeding original
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