Twenty years ago, a group of 12 individuals—11 installers and one retailer—who were concerned with the way the installation profession was being viewed and treated decided it was time to band together and change the image of ...
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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., the leading developer of advanced spider silk based fibers, announced the launching of the Company’s commercial production program with the recent hatching of its first batch of Monster Silk ...
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J. R. Harris, better known as "Junior" in the flooring industry with his big cowboy hat and boots, was honored as the second recipient of the Chris Davis Award for his numerous contributions to installation. Junior was instrumental in ...
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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. the leading developer of advanced spider silk based fibers, announced that the Company’s Monster Silk recombinant spider silk fibers are stronger than the comparable weight of traditional structural ...
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Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT) has inked an agreement to acquire Towers Watson's (TW) reinsurance brokerage business, in a cash transaction valued at approximately $250m. The acquisition is part of JLT's strategy to establish global ...
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Baltimore was the site of the 20th Anniversary Celebration for the International Certified Flooring Installers Association (CFI). A tour of the Armstrong residential sheet vinyl manufacturing plant in Lancaster, PA was enjoyed by the ...
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Goodyear is one of the world's largest tyre companies. It employs approximately 69,000 people and manufactures its products in more than 57 facilities in 23 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centres in Akron, Ohio and ...
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Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia was a defensive move to keep the Finnish phone maker from going under or falling into the hands of an Android-first rival, several analysts argued this week. “Had Nokia abandoned Windows Phone, ...
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Infinti Australia’s general manager has resigned with the Japanese luxury brand set to come under new leadership from October. Kevin Snell had been the driving force behind the launch of the brand in Australia, having been ...
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Google is ramping up plans to open an app store focused solely on Google Glass, the computerized eyeglasses expected to launch in 2014. The company confirmed to Marketing Land that the dedicated Glass app store will launch next year. ...
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"We must indeed all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall hang separately." Benjamin Franklin reportedly said this during the signing of the Declaration of Independence. But this quote can also be used to explain?the?Microsoft-Nokia ...
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The Resilient Floor Covering Institute released five industry average Environmental Product Declarations, making resilient flooring the first floorcovering category to offer industry average EPDs. Five types of resilient flooring were ...
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Resources Printing and Graphics (RP&G), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resource Ventures, has taken a new approach to package printing by offering its products in paper boxes. The company said it has streamlined its manufactured process and ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is to retire within 12 months, according to a statement just released by the company - "upon the completion of a process to choose his successor". In the meantime, "Ballmer will continue as CEO and will lead ...
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Drugstore chains Rite Aid Corporation (RAD) has announced the availability of seasonal flu shots across its pharmacies nationwide. Rite Aid pharmacy executive vice president Robert Thompson said that while it's too early to tell what the ...