Siemens AG (SIE) announced plans to eliminate an additional 4,700 jobs at its Osram lighting unit after it injected 699 million euros ($908 million) in capital at the subsidiary it is preparing to spin off next year The job cuts, ...
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US-based food company Kraft Foods is seeking to sell its Breakstone's sour cream and cottage cheese products unit,which is estimated to be worth$400m. Mexico-based Dairy firm Grupo Lala is planning to acquire Breakstone's ...
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NATRIUM-By early 2013,the$2.1 billion merger of the PPG Industries Natrium plant-along with other portions of the Pittsburgh-based company's chemical business-and Atlanta-based Georgia Gulf will be complete. "Going forward,we believe ...
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Matrix System Automotive Finishes has announced its continued sponsorship and support for season 2 of History's reality TV show, Counting Cars. Counting Cars, which is a spinoff of the hit TV show, Pawn Stars, is filmed in Las Vegas, ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that owners of Windows RT hardware,including the company's own Surface RT,must acquire a commercial license for Office 2013 to use those devices'bundled Office apps at and for work. The ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft has exhausted its initial supply of the lowest-priced Surface RT tablet,which now is backordered by three weeks. On Wednesday,the company's pre-order website noted,"Order now for shipment within 3 weeks"for the$499 ...
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Optical waveguide connects semiconductor chips 04 Oct 2012 Technique suits high-performance emitter-receiver systems for optical data transmission. KITted out:The novel optical wire bond is adapted to the position and orientation of ...
US-based Kraft Foods is split into two independent companies and both the firms will start trading on the Nasdaq as separate entities from today. Mondelez International will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker'MDLZ',while Kraft Foods ...
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Thanks to a solid order backlog and positive currency translation effects,revenue was up ten percent compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2011.On the other hand,new orders were down 23 percent due to a substantially lower volume from ...
Hybrid car technology was coming to the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race at the weekend as variants of the speed-boosting Kinetic Energy Recovery System(KERS)used in Formula 1 get their first serious workout in another type of ...
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Dow Electronic Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) today announced its bolt-on acquisition of Lightscape Materials, Inc., a spin-off of SRI International. Lightscape Materials is a private, US-based research ...
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Dow Electronic Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) today announced its bolt-on acquisition of Lightscape Materials, Inc., a spin-off of SRI International. Lightscape Materials is a private, US-based research ...
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Lexington-based QD Vision,Inc.,a spinoff of MIT,has developed Quantum LightTM Optic and the lamp is termed a quantum LED(QLED),to produce both lamps and downlighting fixtures that emulate the warm colors of an incandescent bulb but provide ...
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OAO Russian Machines, a Moscow-based manufacturer controlled by billionaire Oleg Deripaska, will seek as much as $3 billion by selling a minority stake in overseas markets, said Chairman Siegfried Wolf. The company plans to sell as much as ...
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Solid-state lighting company TerraLUX has closed a series B venture-capital funding round worth USD18.3 million, while quantum-dot developer Pacific Light Technologies has raised USD3.0 million in a series A round. TerraLUX closes ...
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