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• For stocks, escaping bear hinges on oil, GE
GE, another Dow industrial and a bellwether for the U.S. economy, will report earnings on Friday. Aside from second-quarter results, investors are anxious to see the companies' forecasts for world economic growth and their own corporate sales ...
• Huge landowner gets a closed-door deal
Plum Creek's shift from logging to real estate reflects a broader shift in the Western economy, from one long grounded in the industrial-scale extraction of natural resources to one based on accommodating the new residents who have made the region ...
• GE credit rating cut is unlikely, analyst says
The analyst expects GE's portfolio to ultimately reflect a smaller contribution from financial services, the exit of its traditional industrial operations and a greater contribution from its infrastructure segment.
• Report: Biofuels blamed for food price crisis
Leaders of the G8 leading industrial countries meet next week in Japan, where they will discuss the food crisis and come under intense lobbying from campaigners calling for a moratorium on the use of plant-derived fuels.
• CDC fields the ‘No Go Team’
... got the task, it assigned it to a small group in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, in Morgantown, W.Va., which had previously been investigating farm accidents, construction accidents — even deaths by industrial ...

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» Ceylon Tea Exotica, Sri Lanka - Exporter of tea in bulk, packets, bags, and gift packs.
» CISCO Specialty Packaging - Manufacturer of plastic containers for carbonated soft drinks, chemicals, adhesive, edible oil and mineral water industries. Online catalogue available.
» Enine (Pvt) Ltd. - Exporters of coir dust and fiber related products.
» Jhh International (Pvt) Ltd - Garments sourcing and buying agents. Apparels buying house specializing in services from Indian and local garment producers and outsourcing casual and industrial garments. Online product catalog available.
» Lalan Group of Company - Producers and exporters of gloves for medical, industrial, household and agricultural use. Includes online catalog.
» Millennium Teas (Pvt) Ltd - Exporters and producers of tea in bulk, packets and bags. Product descriptions and a section on tea and health.
» Samson Rajarata Tiles (Pvt) Ltd - Manufacturer of floor tiles and roof tiles using natural clay, completely vitreous and available in several designs and colors.