BlackBerry's biggest shareholder is reportedly preparing a bid for the troubled smartphone maker. Fairfax Holdings, an insurer run by Toronto, Ontario-based investor Prem Watsa, holds a stake of around 9.9 per cent in BlackBerry, having ...
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Armstrong World Industries, Inc. has announced a secondary public offering of 10,057,382 common shares of the company held by The Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust (the "Trust") and Armor TPG ...
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Armstrong is now accepting entries for the third annual i2r (ideas 2 reality) Design Competition, offering architects, interior designers and specifiers the opportunity to showcase their creativity with sketches or actual projects using ...
Tags: flooring, ceilings, Construction
Canada's newest union—Unifor—has elected Jerry Dias as its first national president. Dias had been assistant to the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) national president since 2007. The Unifor founding convention got underway this ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
Following the TWU's threat of further protected strike action made on Monday, Toll spokesperson Christopher Whitefield said the company was hopeful the union would not take industrial action while negotiations were still ongoing. "[The] ...
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) is reminding members that the voting period for the 2013 TIA board election ends on Sept. 1, 2013. TIA members with voting rights are encouraged to vote. The elections will place six individuals onto ...
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Foton and State Ocean Administration (SOA) signed an agreement on "Strategic Partners for Scientific Investigation in South and North Poles". According to the agreement, Foton Auman, Tunland, AUV products will be the only appointed special ...
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Design Center at the Merchandise Mart and Luxe Interiors + Design magazine will present the third annual Interior Designer of the Year Award on Thursday, February 6, 2014. This premier Chicago design event recognizes and honors interior ...
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The High Point Market Authority is bringing back past competition participants for the latest edition of Style Spotters. In the fall 2013 program, Style Spotters - Rewind!, some Style Spotters from markets past will revisit their past ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
More than 40 years have passed since Sally Priesand was ordained as the first female rabbi in the U.S. Since then, more than 800 female rabbis — including 647 in the Reform movement — have graduated from several seminaries, ...
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Andina Acquisition Corporation ("Andina") and privately-held Tecnoglass S.A. and C.I. Energia Solar S.A. E.S. Windows (sister companies under common management, collectively, "Tecnoglass") today jointly announced the signing of a definitive ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Solar
Vacuum and exhaust- abatement equipment maker Edwards Ltd of Crawley, UK and Atlas Copco Group, a Sweden-based provider of industrial productivity solutions, have entered into a definitive merger agreement in a transaction valued at up to ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
The wait is over. After months of brainstorming, vetting and voting, the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) announced the winning name for its e-newsletter naming contest: IICRCToday. "After the launch ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Dell's board has struck down new shareholder voting guidelines for a buyout proposed by company founder Michael Dell and his associates, Silver Lake Partners, which are in a fight with investor Carl Icahn to take the PC maker private. ...
Tags: Dell, Computer Products
The improved offer came after talks in Leeds that finished in the early hours of the morning (Friday 9 August) between Unite, the country's largest union, the GMB union and the management under the auspices of the conciliation service Acas. ...
Tags: Packaging machinery, Packaging