Post-it Notes and other office products helped 3M record a 3.9 per cent increase in fourth quarter profits. 3M said profits grew in its consumer and office business, which makes Scotch tape and Post-it notes, as well as in its health care ...
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Switzerland-based food group Huegli reported a 2% drop in sales for 2012, but added that it has recovered from a "slump" in the third-quarter of the year. Huegli said today (29 January) that net sales for the 12 months to the end of ...
New construction starts rose 23 percent in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $530.0 billion, according to the latest report from McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. Specifically, December saw ...
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When faced with baskets of wrinkled laundry what you really need is an iron that produces a lot of steam, or a family that wouldn't mind plenty of polyester. Consumer Reports' tests of 51 conventional irons found big differences in how much ...
Samsung's name for its upmarket Ativ tablet device - "Smart PC Pro" - is confusing. It is, after all, a tablet with an attachable keyboard, not a traditional PC as we know it. It is in the mould of the well-established ASUS transformer ...
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The boss of Britain’s biggest food manufacturer, Premier Foods, has quit the debt-laden company today (January 28) after only 18 months, in a move that surprised City analysts. Shock move: Michael Clarke is to quit Premier Foods. ...
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Samsung Electronics America Inc.today announced that a new Garnet Red Edition of the powerful Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 will be available for a limited time, beginning this week from participating retailers. The new Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, preloaded ...
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The AWEX Regional Indicators finished 0.5% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week when the US exchange rate rose by 0.1%. Overall, it was satisfactory market. The EMI finished down by 6¢ (5¢ ...
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The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to investigate whether Ericsson has infringed Samsung Electronics patents related to wireless communication equipment, the agency said Friday. Samsung filed the so-called section 337 ...
Microsoft will reap a windfall of revenue as soon as it introduces versions of its Office productivity suite for iOS and Android, but that window of opportunity is quickly closing, an analyst said today. "The day they introduce Office for ...
The new BlackBerry marketing theme could well be, “Not dead yet”, as the world prepares to hear about two new BlackBerry 10 smartphones, which are due to be announced on Wednesday. Days before the announcement, there is fairly ...
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Samsung has set its sights on selling 10 million Galaxy S4 units per month. Samsung is still weeks, maybe months away from launching the Galaxy S4 but is planning on selling a whopping 10 million per month, according to Money Today. If ...
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Because of struggling economy of developed countries, global demand for consumer electronic products declined in 2012. However, it is expected to rebound in 2013, growing by one trillion U.S. dollars. Although industry researchers said ...
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Editor's note: The following article appeared in the January 2013 issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News. OLNEY, IL (BRAIN) —Magura picked up so much new disc brake spec for 2013 it topped up the diesel in two Sprinter vans ...
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Editor's note: The following article appeared in the January 2013 issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News. WASHINGTON, D.C. (BRAIN) — While the industry’s three prominent advocacy groups decided to continue to work ...
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