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Governor Asa Hutchinson, State and Local Leaders Participate in Groundbreaking Ceremony and Solar Facility Dedication Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE:AJRD) today hosted a groundbreaking ceremony attended by nearly 200 people including Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, other state and local dignitaries, company leaders and employees, to celebrate the company’s planned expansion that will bring...

Normally I don’t pay much attention to warnings of potential financial woes on the horizon, largely because there is always someone prophesying global gloom and doom. But when Citigroup’s chief economist warns, it is not only something I regard as newsworthy, it is something I regard as significant. Willem Buiter doesn’t do this sort of […]

Joint Industry Project supported by BG, Royal Dutch Shell, Wintershall, Maersk, TOTAL, Tullow Oil, eni, Senergy, and Oil States Industries Inc. Plexus Holdings, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has launched the POS-GRIP Python Subsea Wellhead at a launch ceremony attended […]

Operational Update Goldplat, the AIM listed African gold producer, has announced significant progress on capital projects and new contracts aimed at improving the production and efficiency of its gold recovery operation in South Africa, Goldplat Recovery (Pty) Limited, which processes by-products from the mining process to recover gold. Capital projects – A new electric boiler […]

What are the details? NewStar Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq:NEWS) announced today that it has commenced an offer to exchange all of its outstanding 7.25% Senior Notes due 2020, which are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for an equal principal amount of newly issued 7.25% Senior Notes due 2020 that have been […]

The State-of-the-Art Port Facility Will Be Instrumental in Supporting Maine Port Authority’s Growth The Maine Port Authority has awarded Americold, the global leader in temperature-controlled supply chain solutions for the food industry, the bid to build a 150,000 sq. ft. facility on 6.3 acres of land adjacent to the International Marine Terminal in Portland, ME. […]

What are the details? Educational Development Corporation has announced record net revenues for the month of August 2015 of $5,042,200 compared to $2,454,800 for August last year, an increase of 205%. Both divisions of EDC posted significant increases in net revenues with Usborne Books & More (UBAM) leading the way with $3,893,000 compared to $1,339,900 […]

Q2 2015 Production from Sugarloaf AMI, Texas Empyrean Energy, the profitable US onshore oil, gas and condensate exploration, development and production company with assets in Texas and California, has issued an update from its flagship Sugarloaf AMI Project in the prolific Eagle Ford Shale, Texas, for the three month period to the end of June […]

CONSTRUCTION COMMENCES AT KIZILTEPE Ariana Resources, the Anglo-Turkish gold exploration and development company focused on Turkey, has announced that mine construction has commenced at the Kiziltepe Sector of the Red Rabbit Gold Project in western Turkey, which is being developed in partnership with Proccea Construction Co., to deliver its first gold pour in H2 2016. […]

What are the details? BP and OMAN INTERNATIONAL PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES COMPANY (OMPET) (a joint venture between Oman Oil Company, LG International Corp and Takamul Investment Company) have entered into a licensing agreement for BP’s latest generation purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology. OMPET intends to build a 1.1 million tonnes per annum (tpa) unit at Sohar, […]