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</div>Earlier today, on the heels of two volatile days of trading on Wall Street and other Stock Markets around the world, Standard & Poors delivers yet another blow to the already fragile economy of the United States. The S&P downgraded the credit rating of the […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>Dow opens up 170 points at the opening bell before falling back. After over a 500 point loss in the stock markets on Wall Street on Thursday, global markets also felt a ripple effect with the decline in stocks. While the London exchange was down […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>While gold prices had already reached high levels never before imagined, the recent speculation over the global economy and today’s crash of the U.S. Stock Market, with lows not seen since 2008, has driven the price of gold to another record high. While the price […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>With one of the worst drops since the crash of 2008, the stock market was off by more than 500 points today. The drops were felt across the markets on the DJIA the NYSE and the NASDAQ. The oil prices were also impacted by the […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>Representative Gabrielle Giffords made a surprise appearance in the House of Representatives earlier tonight to cast a vote on the bill to raise the U.S. debt limit. Casting her first vote since her shooting, Giffords was welcomed in the chamber with applause and hugs from […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>Despite his best efforts to control the congress, Speaker of the House John Boehner was not able to get the House to come together for a vote on legislation to raise the debt ceiling for the United States. In the eyes of many this hold […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>As the heat wave continues to spread 100 plus degree weather throughout the U.S. this summer, many are looking for alternatives to running the air conditioner, while other are embracing technology with a portable air conditioner. Estimates are that air conditioning accounts for about 60 […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>With the price of Gold breaking the $1600 per ounce mark, silver prices are continuing to make their predicted climb in price as well. Experts predict that as the gold price continues toward an anticipated plateau of around $2000 per oz, more investors will turn […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>With Blockbuster closing stores, and Netflix announcing a 60% increase in membership rates, video rental service Redbox gaining a lot of attention from consumers. Redbox, a relatively new alternative video rental service allows for more flexibility and a offers a much lower cost for DVD […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>When it comes to quality control testing and the development of new products, Botanical Reference Materials (BRMs), also known as Herbal References are critically important. To help companies ultimately obtain all-important FDA approval, the Food and Drug Administration provides in its guidance a recommendation that […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>A number of industries have, at their core, a need to frequent or even continuous analysis of biological media. These include the medical and pharmaceutical fields, biotech firms, and food and chemical companies. To maintain quality standards and develop new products, these industries rely heavily […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>Industrial drum mixers are normally applied to blend mixes of varying viscosities such as adhesive slurries or cement. Some of these mixers have the capability of blending mixes of very different particle sizes such as fruit and ice cream, and gravel and cement slurry. The […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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