Sandy slammed into the mid-Atlantic region. A new Consumer Reports survey documents the deep disruption and devastation Sandy wrought, along with highlighting the steps that helped victims cope in its aftermath. The Consumer Reports ...
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Six months ago Superstorm Sandy knocked out power to millions in the Northeast and the homes of Consumer Reports readers were no exception. When we spoke to 8,389 of our subscribers who live in the affected areas of New York, New Jersey and ...
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Superstorm Sandy devastated not just homes and property, but people's ability to get needed health care, too. A quarter of the people in our survey of online subscribers in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York said Sandy caused medical ...
The IBEW and Edison Electric Institute (EEI) recently saluted the men and women who keep electricity flowing to our homes and businesses. Electrical lineworkers construct and maintain electric transmission and distribution facilities and, ...
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Property and casualty insurer ACE has reported net income of $953m during the first quarter of 2013, with a decrease of 2% compared to $973m during the corresponding period earlier year. For the latest quarter period ended on 31 March ...
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Lighting Science Group Corporation® announced that in honor of Earth Day 2013, it has partnered with Rebuilding Together®, a national non-profit charity, to support the organization's rebuilding of homes that were affected by ...
Superstorm Sandy blew down more trees in New York and New Jersey than any previous storm on record, experts say. And since then there have been several damaging storms across the nation, including one yesterday that knocked down many trees ...
The latest developments in live mobile TV broadcasting, which brings local news, sports and popular TV programing to mobile devices, will be highlighted April 8 - 11 in the Mobile TV Pavilion (North Hall 2536 - 2638) at NAB Show in Las ...
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Tower Group has reported a net loss attributable to common shareholders of $28.2m or $0.73 per share for 2012, compared to a net income of $60.5m or $1.48 per diluted share, during the same period last year. The operating loss stood at ...
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Startup Pertino -- backed by former executives from Packeteer and Apple -- has what one analyst calls the most advanced networking as a service (NaaS) product on the market, available starting today as a public beta. To spin up a ...
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US personal lines insurer Allstate has registered 44.7% decrease in net income for the fourth quarter of 2012, which stood at $394m, or $0.81 per diluted share, against $712m, or $1.4, during the same period last fiscal. For the quarter ...
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Value City Furniture here donated about $78,000 worth of furniture last weekend to residents of Union City, N.J., whose homes were severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy. Working with the Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest New Jersey, ...
Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is making a foray into politics next month by hosting a fundraiser for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, reports said Thursday. The event to take place in Zuckerberg's home in the California city of ...
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The White House on Tuesday offered no specifics on how President Barack Obama plans to tackle climate change, a day after his inaugural speech included a pointed call to action. But a key Democrat in the House of Representatives said ...
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Homeowners in the dozen or so states affected by Superstorm Sandy are starting to get their lives in order. Unfortunately, for many people that means cleaning up a property littered with myriad branches, sticks, and other detritus thrown ...
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