LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA says that Anne Whitaker, president, North American Pharmaceuticals, of Sanofi S.A., has been appointed to its board of directors. “Anne has proven herself to be a ...
Tags: electrical, LED
Millions of Americans logged on to e-commerce sites Monday to take advantage of deals ranging from free shipping to hundreds of dollars off electronics and half-price clothing on what was expected to be the busiest Internet shopping day of ...
Tags: Cyber Monday, Mobile, e-commerce
Tumblr is where the Internet's cool kids hang out. That's why Yahoo paid $1.1 billion to buy the blogging site in one of this year's most buzzed-about deals. Now, Tumblr is flaunting its hipster credentials with a first-ever breakdown of ...
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Concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system maker Soitec of Bernin, France says that a group of investors – including a large European energy supplier, the largest Portuguese installer of electrical grid infrastructure, and the largest ...
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Penetration rate in 2013 for low priced direct-view type LED TVs has already increased to around 50 percent. As 2013 comes to a close, various large brand TV manufacturers are already preparing to launch new models in 2014. Large Korean ...
Tags: LED, LED TV, TV, Consumer Electronics
Australia-based miner Rio Tinto has announced that it expects its capital expenditure to be down by 20 percent in 2013 compared to the previous year, amounting to less than $14 billion. Total capital expenditure is forecast to be reduced to ...
Tags: mineral, capital expenditure
Apple has bought Topsy Labs in a deal that will provide the iPhone maker with more insights about the chatter on Twitter. Topsy pores through the stream of conversations occurring on Twitter to identify trends and people influencing ...
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) made its preliminary injury determination Monday in the antidumping (AD) investigations of non-oriented electrical steel from China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan and the ...
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Vale announced Monday that it plans to invest $14.8 billion next year, the third consecutive decline as the company focuses on lower-risk projects. The $18 billion spent on investment in 2011 was a budgetary peak. According to a company ...
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According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending November 30, 2013, domestic raw steel production was 1,812,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 75.6 percent. Production was 1,744,000 net tons in the ...
Tags: raw steel, metallurgy
Pearl Izumi will have a grand opening and ribbon cutting event at its new headquarters here on Sunday. The new 55,000-square-foot facility is adjacent to the brand's previous location in Louisville. The company said it features a ...
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American Medical Systems, a subsidiary of Endo Health Solutions, has obtained CE Mark approval for its RetroArc retropubic sling system, designed to treat female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). In collaboration with leading physicians, ...
International credit ratings agency Moody's has stated that the acquisition of German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp's Alabama, US-based steel mill by the joint venture partnership between ArcelorMittal and Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal ...
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Eisai has filed an application for the proton pump inhibitor Pariet in Japan looking for a further indication expansion for use in the prevention of recurrent gastric or duodenal ulcer caused by low-dose aspirin therapy as well as the ...
Canada-based CAM Packaging Systems has unveiled an automatic side sealer that offers single solution system for vegetable and fruit packaging needs. According to the company, the food packaging equipment has the ability to both shrink ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Packaging, Printing