Law360, New York July 22, 2014, 7:26 PM ET — Panasonic Corp. and a slew of other companies were hit with yet another class action in California federal court on Tuesday accusing them of conspiring to fix prices on a key component of ...
Tags: Panasonic, Samsung, Electrical, Electronics
Kinderhook Industries, a private equity firm based in New York, has purchased The Schawbel Corporation, maker of the zone mosquito defense brand, Thermacell. William Schawbel, founder and owner of The Schawbel Corporation, will continue to ...
Tags: Kinderhook Industries, Schawbel Corporation, Sporting Goods
National Bureau of Statistics data show that China paper & paperboard production was 10.1 million tons in May 2013, decease by 1.1% compared to the last year. January-May cumulative production of 48.7 million tons, with an increase of 0.5%. ...
Tags: Office Paper Industry, China Paper&Paperboard Production
Majestic has launched its new Summer Trade Bummer Buster promotion. Now through July 31, Majestic will offer any customer who has purchased the jersey of a traded player through majesticathletic.com a coupon for 50 percent off toward ...
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SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area plaintiffs attorney Joseph Saveri has launched price-fixing allegations against more than a dozen electronics manufacturers over tiny electrical components found in nearly all household technology. Among the ...
Tags: Suit, Price-Fixing, Electrical, Electronics
US-based food company Hormel Foods has completed the acquisition of CytoSport Holdings, for $450m. CytoSport, which is based in Benicia of California, produces muscle milk products. It has been purchased from the Pickett family and TSG ...
Tags: Hormel, acquisition, Food
McCarthy Tire Service Co. Inc. purchased Terry-Haggerty Tire Co. from Jim and Tom Terry in a transaction that closed Aug. 11, 2014. The acquisition gives McCarthy a combined commercial-retail location and a stand-alone retread shop in ...
Tags: McCarthy Tire, Terry-Haggerty, Auto Parts
The US-based Sigma Plastics Group plans to restore the former Excelsior Rosman plant in Brevard, North Carolina, and invest $5.5m over the next three years to expand its manufacturing operations. This project will create 80 new jobs under ...
Tags: Sigma Plastics, Operations, Packaging
Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), a Government of India undertaking under the Ministry of Textiles, is planning to set up its first ginning and pressing factory in Adoni, located at the border of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, in Kurnool ...
Tags: CCI, First Ginning Factory, Textile
According to the Cotton Incorporated Lifestyle Monitor Survey, which has monitored consumer shopping habits and preferences for two decades, 62% of consumers agree that cotton clothing tends to be of better quality than apparel made from ...
Tags: Cotton, Manmade Fibers, Textile
In the week from July 14 to July 20, on the Orbis Steel Index the scrap indexes moved upwards. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index increased slightly, while the Turkish flat rolled product indexes showed either upward or sideways ...
Tags: Orbis, data, Metallurgy, Mineral
Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. announced plans to open a Nordstrom Rack at The Center at Rancho Niguel in Laguna Niguel, Calif. The approximately 29,500-square-foot store is scheduled to open in spring 2015. The property is owned and managed ...
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In the week from July 21 to July 27, on the Orbis Steel Index the Turkish scrap index moved upwards, while the US (East Coast) HMS I/II scrap export index switched to sideways movement. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index continued ...
Tags: Orbis Steel Index, Turkish.Move
Cabela’s Incorporated announced that Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust successfully completed the sale of $400 million of Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2014-II. The securitization transaction included the issuance of $340 ...
Tags: Cabela, Apparel, Accessories
When it hit the market in the late 1970s, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) equipment started a mechanical revolution in the woodworking industry. From the time of its invention through the decades leading up to today, computer-controlled ...