Howler Brothers, an outdoor apparel startup in Austin, Texas, has named former Yeti Cooler marketing chief Rick Wittenbraker as its chief marketing officer. ADVERTISEMENT "We have known Rick for a long time both as a friend and as a ...
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Shaped like a lopsided headband, Google Glass is an unassuming piece of technology when you're holding it in your hands. You feel as if you can almost break it, testing its flexibility. Putting it on, though, is another story. Once you ...
Bitcoin, 3-D printed candy and George Takei, the Star Trek-actor-turned-Facebook-phenomenon, are among the attractions this week at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, where the geek set is slowly filing out to make room for ...
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Samsung's new 13.3-inch Chromebook 2 ($399 suggested retail) was designed for faster performance and a lighter build. Related samsung Boost, Virgin To Offer Galaxy S5 samsung Samsung Plans April Launch For Galaxy S5, Fitness Band samsung ...
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Highway traffic congestion in the United States grew 6% in 2013 compared with the previous year, more than three times the rate of inflation, according to traffic tracking firm Inrix Inc. The rate compared with the gross domestic product ...
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Upstream Commerce, the leader in real-time pricing intelligence and analytics for online and multi-channel retailers, announced several recent milestones tied to its mission to provide retailers with a best-in-class Cloud platform to drive ...
HIGH POINT — High Point's Premarket will take place here March 3-4 with 24 exhibitor sponsors, the High Point Market Authority has announced. Premarket takes place about a month before the spring and fall High Point Market and gives ...
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Tubal ligation - commonly referred to as having one's "tubes tied" - is widely used to prevent unintended pregnancies. However, current Medicaid policies create roadblocks for low-income women trying to obtain the procedure, according to a ...
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February 10, 2014 Sophie Langley Retail food sales and manufacturing growth strengthening in Australia Year-on-year growth in retail food sales is at its strongest since early 2010, according to a report from food manufacturing industry ...
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Markets in 58 out of the approximately 350 metro areas nationwide returned to or exceeded their last normal levels of economic and housing activity, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Leading Markets Index ...
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The US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin have co-developed inexpensive material that has the potential to capture and convert solar energy — particularly from the bluer part ...
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Wanxiang America, an affiliate of Chinese automotive parts maker Wanxiang Group, has received an approval from the US bankruptcy court to acquire the assets of American electric car maker Fisker Automotive for $149.2m. The company has won ...
Smith & Nephew plc (London) announced on February 3 the "execution of a definitive agreement" to acquire the U.S. medical device company ArthroCare Corp. (Austin, TX) for a cash price of $48.25 per ArthroCare share, a total of about $1.7 ...
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Belk announced that it will invest$6.1 million to expand and remodel its fashion flagship store at Columbiana Centre in Columbia,S.C. The current store's men's apparel and shoe departments will be relocated to a completely renovated ...
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The 12th edition of the AFGC CHEP Retail Index shows year-on-year growth in retail sales at its strongest since early 2010. The index was 4.2 per cent higher in December 2013 compared with December 2012, up from an increase of 1.9 per ...
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