U.S. Motorcycle Retail Sales Improve Dramatically

April 19, 2012 - (Various Sources, Edited by webBikeWorld) - ADP Lightspeed, a dealer retail information network, is reporting dramatic improvements in Q1 2012 retail sales at the dealer level in the U.S.A.

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Knee support

Wrapping up and covering the knee joint helps the ligament to increase stability. Because the injured ligament will let the knee joint be unstable have to wrap up and cover to help of knee joint to support. Knee support has not strengthened protecting to the special injury of knee joint only by the support of the whole area of it. Knee support can not support the serious ligament injury only suitable for protecting the slight injury.

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STUDY DOCUMENTING ENGINE FAILURES REQUESTS EPA TO RECONSIDER INCREASING ETHANOL IN GASOLINE

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 -- American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement in response to a Coordinating Research Council report issued today on the organization's extensive testing of higher ethanol blends in vehicles that the Environmental Protection Agency says can handle.

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Losses felt throughout China's steel industry chain.

The once-robust Chinese steel industry is grinding to a halt as the country's economy slows amid the European debt crisis and slow recovery in the United States. Piles of iron ore have been left idle at the country's ports while steel factories have dismantled their bulk carriers to make up for their losses.

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Our rubber department has purchased a state-of-the art hardness tester : Bareiss is the leading brand in testing hardness and elasticity on rubber, thus making our raw material control that much more trustworthy. All in all making our clients satisfied in our products.

Manufacturers generally group knee braces into three main classifications, namely, a prophylactic brace, a functional brace or a rehabilitative brace. 

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BRIGGS AND STRATTON CORPORATION ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC ACTIONS AND COST REDUCTIONS 

MILWAUKEE, April 26 -- Briggs and Stratton announced today several additional actions being taken to execute the Company's strategy. Beginning in fiscal 2013, the Company will no longer pursue placement of lawn and garden products at national mass retailers.

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Metal stocks down on China inflation worries.

Manisha Jha

Sector index slips 391 points on the BSE

Mumbai, April 09:

Metal stocks were hammered at the bourses on Monday. This was because of disappointing inflation data from China, the biggest buyer of base metals in the world.

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Japanese Showa Denko K.K.(a very big material supplier) has decided to increase its chloroprene rubber price in markets outside Japan as from shipments on April 1, 2012.

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The knee joint is mainly with four ligaments. The function is to keep knee stability. It is PCL, ACL, MCL & LAL respectively. PCL & ACL joins the thigh and shinbone and the form of crossing. The purpose is to keep the stability of the front and rear of knee joint. MCL joins the thigh and shinbone inside. LAL joins thigh and fibula. MCL & LAL helps the stability of horizontal displacement of knee joint. MCL & LAL helps the stability of horizontal displacement of knee joint.

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OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT GOES GAS-FREE: MAKES WAY TO WIND ENERGY 

February 9 -- You know the drill. The familiar buzzing sound of a weed wacker combined with either the smell of gasoline or that super long power cable that’s covered in grass shavings. Not any more.

A father and son team, Matt Jore and Lincoln Jore, Core Outdoor Power, created new gas-free motor technology, called Conductor Optimized Rotary (CORE™) combined with a hybrid power cell to go in their new line of gas-free emission-free outdoor power equipment – a hedge trimmer, lawn mower, blower and back pack blower. They call it intelligent technology to replace gas.

What does the new gas-free motor technology mean for portable outdoor power equipment?

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Disparity in steel prices may boost imports.

Mumbai, March 27, 2012: The recent hike in steel prices has led to domestic rates overtaking import rates. The disparity of $40 a tonne (Rs 2,000 a tonne) is set to revive imports, which were lagging due to volatile currency exchange rates, according to dealers.

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Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is to increase its prices worldwide for its Baypren branded chloroprene rubbers by up to EUR160/USD210 per metric ton effective March 1, 2012, in response to steeply rising raw material and energy costs. From Fushing’s perspective, this new development comes as difficult news for us because this may influence our quotes going forward.