Whether she’s approaching a farm cottage or a beach house, interior designer Cortney Bishop, who works in Charleston, South Carolina, strives for a distinct spectrum of colorâ€imbued with a sense of both place and timelessness. Completed by Stitch Design Co., Bishop’s business identity reflects her passion for color’s potential. The color range is warm and [...]
It isn’t often that one can compare a political issue around boilers (of all things) to the billionaire businessman Mortimer Zuckerman’s frustration with the Obama administration. (Zuckerman voted for and supported Obama until a couple of policies caused him to have some regrets about his choice). Specifically, Zuckerman had supported the notion of stimulus spending, [...]
It seems that Virgin CEO and billionaire playboy Richard Branson cannot resist being flashy. Source: BBC, Agence France Presse From this BBC story about Branson’s new spaceport (the headline of which was truncated on my smartphone, and I must admit, after I read it my first thought was that a spaceport had opened in Branson, [...]
Source: wii.ign.com MetalMiner welcomes guest contributor Alex Burns, who studies biology at Cardiff University in the UK. Scientific discoveries these days are proceeding at a rate of knots, focusing a lot on how to do things more efficiently or with less pollution. Now it appears science will overtake even the metal industry. Well, possibly not [...]
Sixpoint Brewing of Brooklyn, NY, shows off its aluminum cans. Source: PSFK.com It may not be too much of an overstatement to say that our MetalMiner/Spend Matters/Spend Matters UK team is beer-obsessed. Not just beer, mind you. Craft beer. Here in our Chicago office, we highly anticipate the monthly arrival of the latest Beer-of-the-Month selection [...]
One of the things I love about this job — if job it can be called — is the variety of information you come across. A fascinating piece by Rachel Cooper in the Telegraph newspaper caught my eye the other day and prompted me to contact the manufacturers. The article detailed the development of a [...]
MetalMiner recently interviewed Andrew Browning, executive vice president of Consumer Energy Alliance, on the importance of the Marcellus shale for natural gas production in the eastern half of the United States. (The segment can be viewed here.) Among other things, Browning mentioned the potential of the Marcellus shale to boost jobs in the US steel [...]
Check out the details below on this new survey by MetalMiner’s sister site, Spend Matters. This survey aims to examine the potential demand for supplier information and enrichment content primarily on the item/material level, including products/components/chemicals that may be subject to regulation or restriction based on their base components, inherent hazards, or intended usage. This [...]
