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Crude Exports Boon Or Bust?
2015-12-30 12:56:33| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
On December 23, Enterprise Products Partners announced that the first cargo of US domestic light sweet was contracted to be loaded in January by Vitol taking 600,000 barrels of crude oil from the US to destinations yet unknown but rumored to be Europe. Within days of the end of the export ban, producers found a new market and now the Brent to WTI spread has shifted with WTI a premium to Brent for the 4th time this year .
Real estate market growth boon for realty companies as well as consumers
2015-12-13 06:22:32| Real Estate - Topix.net
When towns see a boom in population, its not just businesses and residential developments that see growth, but the real estate agencies facilitating moves as well. Windsor is no exception with over a dozen corporate and private real estate offices and related firms working in the market.
Baby boon: mini-vans the next big thing as China eases one-child policy
2015-11-29 23:25:36| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Automakers are betting that Chinese families will embrace the mini-van, hoping the larger, unsexy sibling of the bestselling SUV will become the next big thing just as Beijing relaxes the one-child policy. Mini-vans, or multi-purpose vehicles , were front and center at the Guangzhou auto show, where Volkswagen AG presented a supersized version of its Touran and Guangzhou Automobile Group subsidiary GAC Motor showcased a prototype mini-van.
Tiny genetically modified 'micropigs' from China could be boon for science and pet sellers
2015-10-19 06:32:36| Biotech - Topix.net
Have you been pining for a "teacup" pig but worried that the supposedly petite porcine pet might grow as big as your bathtub? A Chinese biotech firm says it now has the answer: a genetically modified swine that tops out around 15 kilograms. BGI, a company based in the southern city of Shenzhen that is known for its work sequencing human, plant and animal DNA, recently announced that it intends to start selling $US1600 miniature pigs that it initially created as laboratory models for studying human ailments.
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Climate-linked insurance a boon for poor farmers
2015-10-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Poor farmers the world over are increasingly falling prey to natural disasters, droughts and torrential rain largely due to climate change. But there is some good news as well. Thanks to new technologies, the widespread use of satellites, and more powerful computers such events can largely be predicted in advance, thus making possible novel and more efficient insurance schemes for those at risk. In earlier times, a natural disaster or sustained inclement weather would be followed by a tedious and...
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