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China's steel product output rebounded 1.38 percent month-on-month in December to 71.07 million tons as mills ramped up production after prices recovered from their September slump, Umetal analyst Hu Yanping told Interfax. Output...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) on Thursday announced that it has released its investigation report into the risk of collision which happened in May 2010 at...

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) on Thursday announced that it has released its investigation report into the risk of collision which happened in May 2010 at...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The model of progress that many people keep in their heads looks something like the Victorian-era depiction of the ascent of Man. Just as nature progressed from fish and reptile to...

2011 was one of the most active on record for natural catastrophes, with 253 events generating an economic loss of $435 billion, according to Aon Benfield's Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report. At...

When John Fogerty musically asked "Who'll Stop the Rain?" 40 years ago, he was pondering the world's disquiet. But given the economic and insured damage from natural catastrophes that deluged the U.S. and...

Byline: Staff and wire reports Days remaining in session: 15 Sending a message to the U.S. Supreme Court: The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 38 to 29 to support a memorial opposing...

Byline: Steve Terrell A bill that would give the governor and local governments more power to restrict fireworks during times of high fire risk won praise from several fire chiefs and mayors from...

Byline: John W. Flores I am an honorably discharged U.S. military veteran, having served four years active duty as a search-and-rescue crewman in the U.S. Coast Guard. During that time as a SAR...

It's been exactly a year since a Kenner warehouse full of inflatable party attractions was destroyed in a fire. A crew working on the building's roof started the blaze that caused more than...

Tokyo, Jan 26, 2012 - (JCN) - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Musashino Co. have jointly developed the world's first portable liquid-level gauge for vessel fuel tanks, which reduces workload needed to measure a...

More than a year after the federal drilling ban in the Gulf of Mexico swayed many offshore service boat operators to send their fleets to more lucrative waters, those that stayed behind say...

The son of a nursing home patient who died after falling down a staircase while strapped in her wheelchair has been awarded $200 million against a Florida facility. 92-year-old Elvira Nunziata was able...

A 12-person jury in Texas has awarded almost $17.7 million to two women injured when the Greyhound bus they were riding flipped over while the driver was making calls on his cell phone....

Conformable GORE[R] TAG[R] Thoracic Endoprosthesis Designed for Endovascular Repair of the Descending Thoracic Aorta Provides Conformability without Compromise FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) announced that the US Food...

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited ("Aspen") (NYSE: AHL) today announces an initial estimate of losses of $54 million, net of applicable reinsurance, reinstatement premiums and tax, for the flooding in Thailand....

Highlights: GAAP Financials(1) * Q3 revenue of $117.2 million, down 23.2% from the corresponding quarter last year (primarily due to change in accounting for repair payments) (2 ) and flat sequentially * Q3...

Fourteen In-house Recipients Include 1,600 Degrees Celsius Class Gas Turbine And Forklift Truck with Radiation Shielded Cabin Tokyo, Jan 18, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has selected 14...

SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) reports that its subsidiary, Chevron Nigeria Limited, is working to contain a fire that ignited early this morning aboard the K.S. Endeavor, a drilling rig offshore...