The US Department of Justice announced that a Detroit federal grand jury has indicted an executive of Takata on one-count for conspiring and price fixing of seat belts sold to car makers. Hiromu Usuda, the accused executive allegedly ...
Tags: seatbelts, car makers, Auto
Cornell Dubilier Electronics (CDE) has released the type HZC hybrid polymer-aluminium electrolytic capacitors. Rated for 125C, type HZC combines the advantages of aluminium electrolytic and aluminium polymer technology. The hybrid ...
Tags: polymer technology, aluminium electrolytic, Electrical
Not all tobacco smokers are into combustible cigarettes. Some smokers prefer using cigars because of the distinctive flavor and the longer smoking enjoyment that cigars offer. If standard electronic cigarettes or cigalikes are viable ...
Tags: regular cigarettes, electronic cigars, combustible cigars
Update: Apple has increased the price of apps and games for iPhone and iPad on the iOS App Store to 79p. The cheapest price you can now pay for an app or game on the iOS App Store is now 79p, up from the previous 69p. That cost ...
Tags: APP, Store, Consumer Electronics
Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis inched up as the import-related loss has turned into a profit, while the import interest has generally stayed thin after the New Year ...
Tags: Copper Import, Copper
BMW is planning to unveil BMW i Home Charging Services at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show, which will enable customers to charge their vehicles using solar power. i Home Charging Services is a part of the BMW's 360° ELECTRIC ...
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Gerber Legendary Blades, a division of Fiskars Brands Inc., of Madison, Wis., has agreed to pay a $2.6 million civil penalty and abide by a permanent injunction. In a ...
Tags: mechanical hazard, federal law, Security
Swedish vehicle maker Scania and Stockholm based Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) are planning to test wirelessly charged electric-hybrid city bus in Sdertlje, Sweden. The company aims to replace combustion engines with different types ...
Tags: electrification technologies, electric-hybrid city bus, Auto
In order to curb environmental pollution and upgrade local industry, from 2015 to 2020 China's Hebei Province will gradually increase its pollution discharge fees in three steps, as announced by the provincial authorities. During the ...
Tags: steel, oil, chemical, ferrous metal, Metallurgy
Scania is undertaking intensive research into various types of electrification technologies that could replace or complement combustion engines. Induction is among the options being investigated and would involve vehicles wirelessly ...
Tags: electrification technologies, combustion engines, Auto
In a major fraud indictment, Cedar Rapids based halal food brand Midamar has been booked by federal prosecutors for supplying $4.9m worth of beef without following the halal practices promised in its labelling and advertising. Citing the ...
Tags: Misbranded Meat, labelling, advertising, Agriculture
LED packaging service provider Harvatek will cooperate with affiliated equipment maker YoungTek Electronics to adopt the latter's automation equipment to start automated production of LED light bulbs for reducing production cost in 2015, ...
Tags: LED Light Bulbs, Lights
The US-China anti-dumping and countervailing final determination is expected to be announced on December 17th and the whole investigation procedures will be completed by January 30th, 2015. This is a trade war initiated by SolarWorld as ...
Tags: Anti-Dumping, PV
$2.8 million of non-recurring charges drove net loss higher from a year ago quarter at speciality apparel retailer, New York & Company, in the third quarter ended November 1, 2014. New York & Company said GAAP net loss for the third ...
Tags: GAAP, Non-Recurring Charges, Apparel
Six men have been charged by the Joint Organised Crime Group (JOCG) for their involvement in the attempted importation of almost three tonnes of MDMA and crystal methamphetamine (ice) into Sydney. This seizure is estimated to be worth up ...
Tags: Drug Trade, crystal methamphetamine, Service