Manufacturing News

A general view shows the annual general meeting of Bayer AG in Cologne April 27, 2012.

With the U.S. spring planting season off to a historically slow start, an increasing number of farmers are counting on powerful tools to catch up: Monster machines that sow 36 rows of corn at once and feature high-tech innovations like computer-guided directional equipment.

Don't confuse those with numerous other conference and training rooms sprinkled around the 639,000-square-foot, seven-story structure.

Roger Carr, Chairman of Centrica and outgoing president of the Confederation of British Industry, is the front runner to become the next chairman of Europe's largest defence contractor BAE Systems.

Investigators at the Arms Commission of Inquiry, probing the controversial R70 billion arms deal, are awaiting crucial evidence from German law enforcement agencies that could shed light on bribes that several high profile ANC politicians allegedly received.

On guard: The threat of cyber attacks has become a greater concern than terrorism, says top US intelligence official James Clapper.

Bruce Prabel and his wife, Marianne, crossed Brandywine Creek from their northern Delaware home in 1979 to what was then Birmingham Township, Delaware County, and came upon The Lake.

Republican candidate for governor Ken Cuccinelli and his wife, Tiero Cuccinelli , are joined on stage with the other members of the ticket, lieutenant governor candidate E.W. Jackson and his wife, Theadora ; attorney general candidate Mark Obenshain and his wife, Suzanne , at the end of the Virginia Republican convention in Richmond on Saturday.

The company was welcomed as an official sponsor at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., underscoring its support of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.

It may have been premature "endorsements", and not thousands of votes, that decided the lieutenant governor nominee for Virginia Republicans.

DUPONT PIONEER LAUNCHES NEW SEED PROGRAM IN ETHIOPIA May 17, 2013 Source: DuPont Pioneer news release To view video, click here .

Kenneth K. Christopher, 86, of Newton Falls, entered into rest Thursday, May 16, 2013, in the Washington Square Healthcare Center.

Sir Roger Carr, the President of the CBI, has emerged as the leading candidate to chair defence contractor BAE Systems.

THE PUBLIC are being asked to comment on a project to build a renewable energy park in Puriton - which could create thousands of jobs.

Terry Hogle, left, president of Local 158 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, talks with Mayor Stephanie Miner today as striking members of Local 158 picket outside the Milton CAT heavy equipment dealership in Syracuse.

This undated photo provided by the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium shows the new Amur tiger cub in a restricted area at the zoo.

Caterpillar Inc. has reached a deal to cut $135 million from the price owed for a Chinese mining equipment maker, after accounting irregularities were discovered at the acquired company that forced Caterpillar to take a $580 million impairment charge.

Two U.S. lawmakers urged Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to ensure that the Air Force complied with a law requiring the service to buy three high-altitude Global Hawk unmanned planes built by Northrop Grumman Corp that it had tried to cancel.

** U.S.-insurer New York Life is in exclusive negotiations with Yuanta Financial to sell its Taiwan assets, two sources with close knowledge of the deal told Reuters on Friday.

May 16, 2013 - ATLANTA -- - The one thing that sets greatness apart from the ordinary is longevity and last night Shanti Das and Marlon Nichols proved once again why they produce Atlanta's #1 monthly music series.