Highlights: August 23, 2021 - August 27, 2021
Christian Fernsby ▼ | August 30, 2021
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Upper-level ridging weakens from the Ohio Valley to the Southeast on Friday, resulting in a reduced area of Heat Advisories over the east.
Latest Baker Hughes: U.S. oil rig count down by 6 to 432
Malaysia introduces new rules prohibiting all plastic waste imports from U.S.
Kazakh-German JV Skyhansa to build $500 mln airport near Chinese border
Ukrainian poultry products gained access to Oman market
U.S.: Severe thunderstorms in the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest
Former U.S. senator Bob Menendez begins serving 11-year bribery sentence
Russian-linked tanker crew accused in Finland-Estonia undersea cable sabotage probe
Croatia: Former minister sentenced to two years of imprisonment for abuse of office and authority
U.S.: Widespread showers across the eastern half, severe thunderstorms in Montana into the Plains
Vietnam encourages private businesses to invest in railway sector
Baker Hughes: U.S. oil rig count down by 1 to 438
AfDB to provide $184.1 million for Africa’s largest solar energy and battery storage project
EIB supports Bay of Biscay electricity interconnection between Spain and France
U.S., UK, and Congolese officials inaugurate Kiswishi City Special Economic Zone
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Cuban President begins official visit to Belarus
EU adopts new tariffs on Russian and Belarusian agricultural goods and fertilisers
EU proposes banning LNG gas imports from Russia by end of 2027
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LS Cable and unit join Korea-Japan submarine cable project
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CEVA Logistics renews contract to transport aeronautics parts between France, Morocco, Tunisia
Malian government takes over Canadian-owned Barrick Gold mine
Isomorphic Labs appoints Ben Wolf as chief medical officer
Vodacom names new international markets CEO
David Andreadakis joins Loyalty Juggernaut as chief commercial officer
Tom Montali joins CSL as business development director
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Russia's trade surplus falls 18.3% to $42.4 bln in January-April
U.S. economy in Q1 revised up to 0.2-pct contraction
Japan loses top creditor position for first time in 34 years
NZ exports to EU jump 28% in first year of trade deal
EU generated €39.2 billion surplus in trade in agricultural products
Lockton revenue $3.55 billion
Motorcar Parts of America Q4 sales $189.5 million
Limoneira Q2 revenue $44.6 million
Lululemon athletica Q1 revenue increased 10% to $2.2 billion
PVH Q1 GAAP EBIT $205 million
Niger set to monetize massive gas reserves through Saharan natural gas pipeline
Putting the brakes on EV folly that choked the market
Oil discovery in Kavango Basin may mean huge benefits for Namibians
Cape Town and Dubai battle over Africa's energy future
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FLI tests mobile One Health laboratory for diagnosing highly pathogenic pathogens
First vaccine against swine dysentery disease recommended for approval
USDA expands fruit pest quarantines in New York and California
Peru records 23.6% growth in agricultural export sales compared to 2024
China allows imports of rapeseed meal, soybean meal from Uruguay
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Study finds workers misjudge wage markets
Some organizations may need to expand their hierarchical structures earlier than others
Study finds there's right way and wrong way to deliver negative feedback in workplace
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EU fines carmakers €458 million for anti-recycling cartel
Commission fines Pierre Cardin and its licensee Ahlers €5.7 million for restricting cross-border sales of clothing
BHP, Vale agree to pay $30B damages for Brazil dam disaster
Commission fines České dráhy and Österreichische Bundesbahnen €48.7 million over collusion to exclude common compe
SEC charges Keurig with making inaccurate statements regarding recyclability of K-Cup beverage pod
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Hong Kong researchers develop needle-free flu vaccine with broad protection
World's first vaccines that don't need refrigeration entered trials
First patient enrolled in Phase 1 clinical trial of Akiram’s cancer drug candidate
FDA grants marketing authorization of first home test for chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis
Human cases of anthrax reported in western Mongolia
Mission to "weigh" all of Earth's forests from space launched
NASA's SPHEREx space telescope begins mapping entire sky
Russian academics, gas industry experts see undersea LNG transportation as feasible
India launches space docking experiment mission
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Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED is considering a $42 million investment to expand its bottling facility in Baton Rouge....
Woodgrain Inc. will invest nearly $9 million to expand its operations in Smyth County, Virginia and invest more than $8 million to purchase and expand the former Independence Lumber sawmill in Grayson County....
KBR plans to expand its operations in Huntsville with a new headquarters facility and more than 160 additional jobs as it taps the talent pool in Alabama's Rocket City....
Palo Alto Networks announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter 2021, ended July 31, 2021....
Santander Consumer USA Holdings announced that SC and its majority shareholder Santander Holdings USA have entered into a definitive agreement whereby SHUSA will acquire SC for $41.50 per share in cash, which represents a total equity value of $12.7 billion....
Pfizer will acquire Trillium Therapeutics, a clinical stage immuno-oncology company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of cancer....
Nucor announced that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Hannibal Industries, a national provider of steel racking solutions, for a cash purchase price of $370 million....
Best Buy said it recorded an operating income growth of 40% year-on-year, and comparable sales growth of 19.6% for the 13-week second quarter ended July 31, 2021....
A.P. Moller - Maersk has ordered eight new vessels, each costing $175 million, together $1.4 billion, that can be propelled by cleanly made methanol instead of an oil-based fuel....
Airbus secured another order in the U.S. as Delta Air Lines announced a deal for 30 A321neo narrow-body jets that's the European planemaker's second-biggest this year....
Governor Larry Hogan announced that Penguin Random House has expanded its presence in Maryland with the opening of a second distribution center in Carroll County....
For the second quarter of fiscal 2022, Guess? recorded GAAP net earnings of $61.1 million, a 141.1% increase from $25.3 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2020....
Syngenta reported strong financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021....
Williams-Sonoma announced results for the second fiscal quarter ended August 1, 2021 versus the second fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2020....
Coty reported that its fourth quarter net revenues were up 89.6% as reported and 80.7% LFL with strong improvement across all regions....
The Greenbrier Companies announced new orders totaling 5,500 units valued at more than $530 million received thus far during its fourth fiscal quarter that began on June 1, 2021....
Salesforce announced results for its second quarter of fiscal 2022 ended July 31, 2021.... ■