TORONTO -- Registration for the 2013 edition of the Canadian Home Furnishings Market, Canada's only national trade event for the furniture and home furnishings industries, is open. The market will run Jan. 12-15 at the International ...
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TORONTO -- Canadian retailer The Hudson's Bay Co. will return to the stock market with an initial public offering of shares planned in the next few months, according to documents filed with securities regulators. HBC was last traded on ...
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It didn't get much attention, but this week marked the 50th anniversary of the invention of the first visible light-emitting diode, or LED, a technology that is well on its way to transforming the lighting industry. It was on Oct. 9, ...
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The Michigan Economic Development Corp.(MEDC)plans to invest$10.1 million in Magna Sealing and Glass Systems.The company plans to use the money to develop new sunroof technology as well as other new innovations for auto glass ...
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Ikea Canada has set Nov. 28 for the grand opening for its new store here, which will also mark the first time the Swedish-owned home furnishings giant has expanded the 11-unit Canadian chain in at least a decade. ...
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Ikea Canada has set Nov. 28 for the grand opening for its new store here, which will also mark the first time the Swedish-owned home furnishings giant has expanded the 11-unit Canadian chain in at least a decade. Over the past year, Ikea ...
Nordstrom Inc.announced it named veteran Nordstrom leader Karen McKibbin president of Nordstrom Canada.Nordstrom also announced its entry into the Canadian market with plans to begin serving customers with its first full-line stores in fall ...
Tags: Nordstrom, fashion specialty retailers, Karen McKibbin, President
DEARBORN, MICH. (Aug. 14, 2:30 p.m. ET) -- Plastics are prominent in multiple gold-winning entries in the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards. Medical equipment, smartphones, an infant warmer, a task light and headphones are among ...
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UK-Christie today announced its partnership with Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's(DFAIT)'Invest in Canada'.Christie has provided two striking digital displays featuring Christie MicroTiles and Christie Entero ...
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GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa,Ontario,Canada,which is a fabless provider of gallium nitride(GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications,and UK-based Converter Technology Ltd,which provides design ...
Even as Canada declares victory in a major softwood lumber dispute with the United States, the organization representing British Columbia’s forest industry doesn’t expect the persistent American lumber lobby to reduce its ...
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Swiss commodities trader Glencore International has announced that it has received approval from the Canadian government for C$6.1bn($6.01bn)acquisition of grain handler Viterra. Glencore,which has been in discussion with the ...
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At the IEEE Photonics Society Optical Interconnects Conference(OIC 2012)in Santa Fe,NM,USA,OneChip Photonics Inc of Ottawa,Canada,which develops and manufactures optical chips and transceivers based on monolithic photonic integrated ...
Usually the articles I write feature change of some sort. Most often it’s a statistical series that has moved up or down. Sideways is the exception. A series that is well-known for its volatility is construction costs. That’s ...
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Caterpillar Inc., (CAT) the largest construction and mining-equipment maker, plans to close a Canadian locomotive plant that employs about 800 people after failing to reach an agreement with locked-out union members. “The cost ...