There's a huge new distribution center for the National Retailer Children's Place, two new metal tube manufacturers, a high-tech label maker.

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Originally designed for an automotive parts manufacturer, Plex Online is being adopted by aerospace and defense, food and beverage, high tech and electronics, industrial machinery, and precision metal manufacturers.

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Or that Steve Cohen and Jim Simons, who flirted with the yellow metal, decided to bet on insurers and tech firms, while David Tepper and Carl Icahn placed their newest bets in tech and energy.

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