Since 2020, intelligent automation (IA) technology has been quickly adopted by some Chinese companies as the owners view it as a weapon to recover their business and become more resilient. In the past, IA was considered as a ‘nice ...
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Plastic totes maker Newell Rubbermaid announced it was buying consumer and sporting goods maker Jarden in a cash and stock deal worth about $13.2 billion. The deal brings together two companies with numerous familiar consumer brands under ...
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Electric vehicle charging solution provider AeroVironment has unveiled TurboDock, an EV charging station for commercial space that can be managed through a smartphone app. TurboDock is easy to configure and a single entity like an ...
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Why did the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) determine, in its own words, "there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of certain ...
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Switzerland-based chocolate manufacturer Chocolat Frey has bought a majority stake in US candy maker SweetWorks, for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Buffalo, New York, SweetWorks runs a production facility in the region, and has a ...
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Yahoo, has acknowledged that its service sites were used by hackers to enslave massive numbers of ordinary PCs who did so to generate bitcoins, and by extension, real earnings. Ads were placed on Yahoo web sites that when clicked by users, ...
After a sharp downturn following the 2008 financial crisis, growth in coatings demand in the Gulf region of the Middle East is now surging forward again. This recovery was symbolized in late November by the announcement that Dubai, which ...
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While Microsoft's recent acquisition of Nokia's smartphone division is potentially good news for Microsoft, the company needs to work on its branding issues if it's to start seeing greater success in the mobile hardware industry, a Gartner ...
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Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) has partnered with Intertek Food Services to open a new Global Food Traceability Center. Based out of the US, the center comprises members from across the world and it will provide knowledgeable and ...
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The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Board of Directors approved the launch of a new food traceability center designed to protect and improve the global food supply. The Global Food Traceability Center will serve as an authoritative, ...
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With an update to its namesake configuration tool, Puppet Labs has introduced a programming language designed to give administrators more flexibility in scripting their deployment routines. Puppet 3.2.1, the first public release in the ...
Manuel Araoz, a 23-year-old developer in Argentina, has an idea for Bitcoin that doesn't focus on money. Araoz, who works in game development, launched a service this week called Proof of Existence. It's essentially a notary public ...
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The US Senate has passed the ‘Marketplace Fairness Act’ that would impose sales tax on online retailers by 69-27 vote. At present, only companies with brick-and-mortar stores in the US have to pay online sales tax. However, ...
The U.S. Department of Commerce has assigned a 234.51% duty to Chinese innerspring producer Tai Wa Hong Group. The DOC assigned the duty as part of its review of shipments of uncovered innerspring units, which are used in innerspring ...
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The world’s premier vehicle test track, and long-time racing icon, the Nurburgring in Germany, is up for sale. Following on from financial difficulties last year related to the racetrack’s two private investors and the ...
Tags: vehicle, vehicle test, car