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DELL on Tuesday Said Its XPS 10 Tablet with Windows RT Will Start at$499

Oct 23, 2012

IDG News Service-Dell on Tuesday said its XPS 10 tablet with Windows RT will start at$499,matching the price of Microsoft's Surface tablet that became available last week. The XPS 10 has a 10-inch screen,weighs 635 grams,and provides ...

Tags: Dell, XPS 10, Microsoft, Surface Tablet

Mattress Firm Will Help Restore The Iconic Big Tex Statue

Oct 23, 2012

HOUSTON --Mattress Firm will help restore the iconic Big Tex statue, which was damaged in a fire last week, the Houston Business Journal is reporting. The 52-foot Big Tex statue, which speaks and waves to fairgoers, is a symbol of the ...

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SEATTLE - Room & Board Will Open a 27,000-Square-Foot Showroom

Oct 23, 2012

SEATTLE - Room & Board will open a 27,000-square-foot showroom here today, according to Portland Business Journal report. The store at University Village is the Minneapolis-based Top 100 company's 16th showroom and first in the Seattle ...

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Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority Has Upgraded Its Storage Infrastructure

Oct 23, 2012

Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority has upgraded its storage infrastructure to support a web-based core database application. Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority (SCPHA) replaced its legacy information management system with a ...

Tags: Port, upgraded, database, SCPHA

Stoney Creek Furniture Joined Forces with Others to Provide Bicycles at Affordable Prices

Oct 23, 2012

STONEY CREEK, Ontario --Stoney Creek Furniture joined forces with nonprofit New Hope Community Bikes to provide dependable bicycles at affordable prices. Dwayne Lewis, left, and Ryan Clarke of Stoney Creek Furniture, Stoney Creek, ...

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A Workers'rights Group Has Slammed

Oct 23, 2012

IDG News Service-A workers'rights group has slammed what it called the"iPad mini manufacturer"for maintaining poor working conditions at a factory in China. On the eve of an Apple event at which the company is widely expected to launch a ...

Tags: iPad mini manufacturer, Labor Abuses, Workers Group, Apple'

Quebec Finished an Eight-Month Process of Certifying Its Adult and Youth Product Lines

Oct 23, 2012

LAURIER-STATION, Quebec -- Case goods manufacturer AP Inds. has finished an eight-month process of certifying its adult and youth product lines to the GreenGuard Indoor Air Quality standard. While other furniture companies have had their ...

Tags: Furniture

The Fifth Annual Ante 4 Autism Fundraiser Moves to a New Venue and New Date

Oct 23, 2012

LAS VEGAS --The fifth annual Ante 4 Autism fundraiser, which continues to gain home furnishings industry support, moves to a new venue and new date here next year. The event moves across the street from Binion's to the Golden Nugget, a ...

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Ceefax Will Cease to Exist on Wednesday

Oct 23, 2012

Ceefax, the original "information superhighway", will cease to exist on Wednesday when the last analogue television signal in the UK is switched off. Arising out of a brainstorming session at the BBC in the early 1970s, the pioneering ...

Tags: Ceefax, information superhighway, BBC, IBA

NID Would Soon Be Declared as an 'institute of Excellence'

Oct 23, 2012

The Ahmedabad, Gujarat-based National Institute of Design (NID), which is internationally acclaimed as one of the finest educational and research institutions for Industrial, Communication, Textile and IT Integrated (Experiential) Design, ...

Tags: NID, textiles minister, textile, handicraft

Hengli Petrochemical Claims That The Plant Is The World's Largest Monomer Production Plant

Oct 23, 2012

Hengli Petrochemical recently commissioned the first phase of a world-scale purified terephthalic acid (PTA) project in Changxing Island of Dalian, Liaoning Province – China, in a record time of just two years, from the time the ...

Tags: Hengli Petrochemical, PTA project, chemicals, PTA plant

Intensive Fabric Dyeing and Printing Sector Remains a Blind Spot for These Clothing Brands

Oct 23, 2012

Despite major global apparel brands making tall claims of following sustainable practices in production of garments,the resource intensive fabric dyeing and printing sector remains a blind spot for these clothing brands. A joint report ...

Tags: dyeing, printing, pollution, materials suppliers, Sustainable Supply Chain

A Portion of The Proceeds Would Be Donated to Rethink Breast Cancer in Canada

Oct 23, 2012

The new and expanded Pink Label Collection from the Harley-Davidson MotorClothes line offers more than 60 iconic items for riders intent on wearing their heart on their sleeves.A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each Pink Label item ...

Tags: Pink Label Collection, Harley-Davidson, MotorClothes, donation

D-OH Discussed a New Effort to Boost Domestic Apparel and Textile Manufacturing

Oct 23, 2012

During a visit to a Youngstown store that specializes in American-and Ohio-made products,U.S.Sen.Sherrod Brown(D-OH)discussed a new effort to boost domestic apparel and textile manufacturing. "Whenever possible,American tax dollars should ...

Tags: apparel, textile, Brown, manufacturing

Blackberrys Has Added Another Fashion Lay up in Connaught Place

Oct 23, 2012

Blackberrys,India's leading brand for men's casual and formal wear has added another fashion lay up in Connaught Place,Delhi's most heritage shopping hub situated in the heart of the city.After being settled with 17 successfully running ...

Tags: Blackberrys, formal wear, New Fashion Store, menswear