Vaccine-producing 'Plant-factories' Science Daily
A research team has discovered a new route for the transport of proteins in plant cells, a discovery that will enable the biotechnological design of plant factories.
Duke gas plans worth $28.3M Calgary Sun
Questions about the future of energy trusts isn't stopping Duke Energy Income Fund from pushing ahead on its growth strategy. CEO Doug Haughey said yesterday the fund will spend $28.3 million on a new sour gas plant and pipeline in northern Alberta and B.C.
Dobake's plans on the rise for old cookie plant Oakland Tribune
The iconic Mother's Cookies plant in Oakland, which produced cookies for decades before shutting its doors earlier this year, will have a new life — and look — as a bakery producing
Dow Advances Strategy in Asia Pacific, Asset Light Investment in Thailand to Spur Performance Business Growth ChemPoint
MIDLAND, October 20, 2006 -- The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) announced today that it plans to move ahead with a joint venture liquids cracker in Thailand; an asset light project in a key emerging geography that will provide propylene and other building blocks to help drive the growth of the Company's Performance businesses across Asia Pacific.
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Pulse crops, such as peas, faba beans, beans, and lentils - need plenty of potassium during plant growth. In fact, they often take up twice as much potassium as cereals. A 40-bushel crop of peas requires about 110 pounds of K2O, while a yield of 40 bushels of faba beans needs over 200 pounds.
Business Headlines The Prague Post
PLANT Myllykoski of Finland abandoned plans to build a paper mill in Opatovice nad Labem, east Bohemia, worth nearly 13 billion Kč ($577 million), a spokesman announced Oct. 30. The company chose Germany because of delays and uncertainty in the Czech approval process.
Toyota speeding up growth on Southern Edge San Antonio Express News
There has been tremendous growth north of downtown, but for the first time, there's optimism about growth on the South Side — and the focus is 30 years down the road.
Lonza to Buy Genentech Plant for $150 Million Update2 Bloomberg.com
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Lonza Group AG agreed to pay $150 million for a Genentech Inc. factory in Spain to help become the world's largest maker of drug ingredients and expand its ability to make the cancer treatment Avastin and other medicines.
Tuas Power's new S$8m trigeneration plant save 17% in fuel Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: Tuas Power is building a new S$8-million power generation plant for pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer. This will be the first trigeneration plant in Singapore, using a single integrated system to produce three separate energy products – electricity, steam and chilled water.
Stressed hosta not at its best The Star-Ledger
I have a beautiful hosta plant, but this year it only had two flowering stems. The previous years, I had more. The plant had nice full green leaves. What could be wrong ?

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