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Google To Open New Operations Center In Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Michigan EDC approved a High-Tech Single Business Tax credit valued at more than $38 million over 20 years. Read more

Merged Company To Hold 22% Of Global Industrial Gases Market
Germany's Linde AG announced that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission approved its proposed $14 billion acquisition of the BOC Group plc on condition that several divestitures are made. Both companies supply industrial gases, including hydrogen, oxygen, argon and helium, to a wide range of industries such as chemicals, food, electronics, and healthcare. Read more

Packing Machinery Continuing Market Growth Forecast
In a recent study by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI, Arlington, Va.), sales of packaging machinery are forecast to increase three percent in the coming year. That would mean sales should hit $5.854 billion. Read more

Producer Prices Increase More Than Expected
The glaring, and surprising, fact is that U.S. Labor Department's producer price index (PPI) for finished goods jumped half a percentage point in June, more than their two-tenths percent increase in June and significantly more than the three-tenths percent increase many economists expected. Read more


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The Power Of Chocolate: An Energy Solution?
"...one scientist has suggested incinerating the chocolate -- calculating that it could power a moderate sized town for entire week."
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Mike Evans' Financial Market Outlook -- Pioneers Are The Ones With Arrows In Their Backs
"I finally removed the sell signal after over 5 months and the very next day, the S&P 500 drops 1.1% and the Nasdaq composite falls 1.8%. What is going on here?..."
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