ecoATM, the award-winning San Diego start-up known for its innovative kiosks that fully automate the buy-back of used consumer electronics, announced today that it has secured $40 million in mezzanine debt financing from Falcon Investment ...
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US natural and organic food group Annie's has booked a drop in net profit in its third quarter. Earnings in the three months to the end of December dropped to US$1.4m compared to $2.2m last year. Annie's blamed the decline on charges from ...
Researchers have created a way to store data in the form of DNA and retrieve it without errors. The researchers, from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Hinxton, England, claim to have used such a method to store versions ...
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Fairchild Semiconductor, will demonstrate LED driver applications, including the highly integrated PFC and PWM controllers, during Strategies in Light 2013, February 12-14, 2013, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, Calif., ...
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Guardian Industries DiamondGuard glass was recently installed on the102nd story of the Empire State Building in New York City as part of an extensive renovation to update this venerable landmark. The Empire State Building features two ...
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John A. Burch was elected the 2013 president of Cotton Council International (CCI). “CCI is the best in the world promoting cotton, and I am proud to be leading such an organization,” said Burch, vice president of sales for ...
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CULVER CITY, Calif. — Powell's Rug Division added three new area rug collections to its Bombay Heritage assortment at the recent Las Vegas Market. Powell’s new Bombay Heritage Luxe Shag line offers seven microfiber shag ...
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CALABASAS, Calif. — Comedian Howie Mandel getting sent to his room was a good thing for Abbyson Living. Comedian Howie Mandel endorses an Abbyson Living bedroom in this promotional ad. Abbyson, a furniture, rugs and accessories ...
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David Thomas PALM DESERT, Calif. — David Thomas, who spent more than 40 years as a furniture industry sales representative, died at his home here Dec. 22. He was 78. Thomas spent 25 years as a representative for Stanley Furniture, ...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's new proposed upholstered furniture flammability rule could give furniture manufacturers until mid-2014 to meet its requirements. The second draft of the new Technical Bulletin 117 rule, uses a ...
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This group is part of BrandSource’s new Majestic Home exclusive upholstery line from England Home Furnishings, which will debut at the buying group’s dealer Summit this month. ANAHEIM, Calif. — The BrandSource buying ...
A 22-year-old Dutch man who sold credit card details online was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in a U.S. prison in a fraud case that prosecutors alleged caused more than $63 million in damages, according to the Department of Justice. ...
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Massive Dynamics, Inc.'s President, Oscar Hines , announced today that the company is making arrangements to webcast the unveiling of the new WEB 4.0 computing tablet from Cupertino, Calif. on March 15. This first new breakthrough WEB 4.0 ...
Warwick, R.I.-based Biomedical Structures LLC (BMS) and Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Modified Polymer Components (MPC) have merged with the aim of providing a complete range of value-added offerings to medical device original equipment ...
The global law firm Fish & Richardson has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in a Virginia federal court on behalf of Rembrandt Social Media LP based on claims that Facebook Inc. and Add This Inc. used two Rembrandt patents without ...
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