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Here’s to Fewer Worries in the Months Ahead

If you have held on to your investments over the past couple of years, either through sang froid, inertia or the paralysis of fear, there may be a little cheer this holiday season.
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How Safe Are We, Really?

The recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai should serve as a reminder that we are all under threat; a threat made more real, perhaps, by the recent report of a blue-ribbon commission to Congress that a devastating terror attack using biological or nuclear weapons is likely somewhere in the world within the next five years.

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Mixed Signals for Valve Industry

With all the gloom flying around it can be difficult to find anything encouraging to report, but it's there if you look for it.
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The ’08 Election Has Come and Gone…Where Do We Stand?

Barack Obama’s win over John McCain on Nov. 4 was the most lopsided victory for a presidential candidate since George H.W.
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Zogby Talks Politics with VMA

John Zogby, one of America’s most respected and accomplished pollsters, spoke to members of the Valve Manufacturers Association at its 70th Annual Meeting in Tucson, AZ.
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Industry, Government Strike Back at Metal Thieves

The theft of valves for their scrap metal value that began several years ago continues, although law enforcement, legislatures and industry associations are increasingly recognizing the seriousness of the problem.
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Understanding Differential Pressure Flow Transmitters

A differential pressure flow measurement system consists of a differential pressure primary flow element and a differential pressure flow transmitter.
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2009 Market Outlook: Riding Out The Storm

The atmosphere at VMA's Annual Market Outlook Workshop, held Aug. 14-15 in Boston, was more somber than in years' past as attendees-primarily manufacturers of valves, actuators, controls and pumps-listened to speaker after speaker predict continued, even worsening, troubles in the economy, in the United States and around the world.
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First Lean & Green Summit Helps Advance Industrial Efficiencies and Sustainability

For what some people are saying is the first time, “greens”—persons interested in greater movement to sustainable resources—and “leans”—those interested in manufacturing improvements—are making a point of talking together and sharing ideas.

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Feds Project Long-Term Energy Outlook

In its International Energy Outlook 2008 released in July, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects two very different futures for global energy markets.
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