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January 31, 2023
A worker collects parts at SMC, a Japanese pneumatic engineering company factory in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2023. China's trade surplus swelled to a record $877.6 billion in 2022 as exports rose 7% despite weakening U.S. and European demand and anti-virus controls that temporarily shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers.
China's Trade Surplus Swells to $877.6B as Exports Grow
January 13, 2023
Shoppers carry shopping bags down Fifth Avenue, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, in New York. After a two-year hiatus, holiday procrastinators are back this year, during a holiday season when retailers need them even more. Shoppers have been pulling back on buying and waiting for the best deals as inflation weighs on their shopping habits.
Holiday Procrastinators Are Back in Force. Blame Inflation.
December 23, 2022
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Houchens Industries to Acquire Air Hydro Power
December 20, 2022
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In this June 15, 2018, file photo a variety of Procter & Gamble products rest on a counter in East Derry, N.H. Procter & Gamble Co., raised its full-year sales outlook though it cautioned that higher commodity prices continue to squeeze profits.
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Offshore
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Large Wind Farm Planned off Virginia Coast
The $7.8 billion project would be the largest offshore wind project in the United States.
September 20, 2019
Operations
Virginia Industrial Sites Sit Empty
Officials have poured about $25 million into the Mid-Atlantic Advanced Manufacturing Center with no success yet.
January 27, 2019
Pipelines
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Court Vacates Permit for Pipeline
Environmental groups that sued say all work must stop, but the developer said construction can continue on the $6.5 billion natural gas pipeline.
May 16, 2018
In this June 26, 2015 file photo a drain pipe sticks out of a coal ash retention pond at the Dominion Power's Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries, Va. A new report released Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, from Dominion Energy says it would be cheaper and quicker to close and cover coal ash ponds than to recycle the waste or move it to landfills.
Operations
Options for Coal Ash Ponds
Company says it would be cheaper to leave the coal ash ponds in place rather than recycling the ash or moving it to lined landfills.
December 4, 2017
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Elevated Pollutants at Army Plant
Drone found arsenic, lead and other pollutants at ammunition plant.
August 8, 2017
This Monday June 27, 2016 file photo shows a non-permeable cover tops Coal Ash Basin B along the banks of the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake, Va.A federal judge has ordered Virginia's largest utility to conduct two years of water, sediment and biological tissue sampling at the Chesapeake Energy Center, where he ruled earlier this year coal ash is polluting surrounding waters with arsenic.
Regulation
Judge: Utility Must Revise Plan for Leaking Coal Ash
But stakeholders continue to quibble over how the problem should be remedied.
July 18, 2017
In this Friday June 26, 2015 file photo, a drain pipe sticks out of a coal ash retention pond at the Dominion Power's Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries, Va. The company is moving coal ash from several ponds to one lined pond. As Virginia and its public utilities struggle to cope with the coal ash buried in pits and ponds across the state, tons more of the industrial byproduct is being imported each year.
Product Development
Coal Ash, From Trash to Cash
The nation's shift away from coal for electricity has reduced the supply of fresh coal ash.
March 24, 2017
The Starship Technologies delivery robot goes through it's paces during a demonstration at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. State lawmakers have partnered with European company Starship Technologies on bills that would allow Virginia cities to join two others in the U.S. and many across Europe where the company is testing the robots. Much like big-time retailers' attempts at drone deliveries, the robots aim to revolutionize the way people get their parcels.
Product Development
Robots May Soon Make Deliveries
These 'little R2-D2 talking mini-fridges' could make streets safer.
January 26, 2017
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe gestures during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. McAuliffe announced a proposed $50 million settlement to resolve claims stemming from the release of mercury from the former E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) facility in Waynesboro, Virginia.
Regulation
DuPont to Pay $50M Over Contamination
The deal is the eighth largest environmental settlement in the nation but, under the terms, DuPont will admit no fault.
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