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Boyd Group Issued $4,200,000 Aggregate Principal Amount

Dec 31, 2012

Boyd Group Income Fund (the Boyd Group), owner of Gerber Collision and Glass, has issued $4,200,000 aggregate principal amount of five year 5.75 percent convertible unsecured subordinated debentures due December 31, 2017 pursuant to an ...

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Ford Motor to Create 2,350 New Jobs as Part of a Plan to Invest $6.2 Billion

Dec 31, 2012

Ford Motor says it will spend more than $773 million on expanding its manufacturing facilities and create 2,350 new jobs in its home state of Michigan as part of a plan to invest $6.2 billion and add 12,000 new positions by 2015. "Even as ...

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EPG of Houston-Based Quanex Reported Its Net Sales 5.2 Percent Increase

Dec 31, 2012

The Engineered Products Group (EPG) of Houston-based Quanex has reported its net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal-year 2012 as $136.4 million, compared with $129.6 million a year ago—a 5.2-percent increase. The company ...

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Brussels Revised Its Guidance for 2012 and 2013

Dec 31, 2012

Brussels, Belgium-based D'Ieteren, owner of the Belron® Group and Belron's U.S. subsidiary, Safelite Group, has revised its "Guidance for 2012 and 2013," reporting it anticipates declines in the coming year. In addition to owning Belron ...

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DELL Will Continue Offering Windows 7 Even After The Release of Windows 8

Dec 31, 2012

Dell will continue offering Windows 7 even after the release of Windows 8 at the end of October, the company said. The Windows 7 OS, which reached PCs in October of 2009, will be offered as an option to commercial and gaming customers, ...

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Amazon.COM Has Opened Its Maps API to All Kindle Developers

Dec 31, 2012

Amazon.com has opened its Maps API to all Kindle developers, who can now use it to integrate maps in their applications for the Kindle Fire family of tablets. The Maps API is the latest addition to Amazon's Mobile App SDK, to which the ...

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Alcatel-Lucent's Enterprise Division This Week Jumped Into The SDN Market

Dec 31, 2012

Alcatel-Lucent's enterprise division this week jumped into the SDN market with a strategy to fortify products to enhance network programmability and virtualization. The company is augmenting its Application Fluent Network strategy with a ...

Tags: SDN market, network programmability, Cisco, VMware

Printers Manufactured by Samsung Have a Backdoor Administrator Account Hard Coded

Dec 31, 2012

Printers manufactured by Samsung have a backdoor administrator account hard coded in their firmware that could enable attackers to change their configuration, read their network information or stored credentials and access sensitive ...

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Sharp Will Start Selling The Industry's Thinnest 4k Monitor

Dec 31, 2012

Sharp will start selling the industry's thinnest 4K monitor, a 32-inch LCD screen that is just 3.5mm thick, in February. The company said the new monitor will go on sale for about 450,000 yen (US$5,500) in Japan. It uses Sharp's new IGZO ...

Tags: Sharp, monitor, February, IGZO technology

Microsoft Plans to Issue an Over-The-Air Fix Next Month for a Problem

Dec 31, 2012

Microsoft plans to issue an over-the-air fix next month for a problem that has caused some Windows Phone 8 handsets to reboot themselves unexpectedly. Hundreds of users of the Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC 8X smartphones have reported on ...

Tags: Microsoft, Windows Phone 8, handsets, smartphones

Premier Foods Helped to Boost Sales Figures Growth of Food and Drink Manufacturer Princes

Dec 31, 2012

The acquisition of Premier Foods’ East Anglian canning business has helped to boost the sales figures growth of food and drink manufacturer Princes by 28%, according to figures filed at Companies House last week (December 12). ...

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Nokia Has Asked a Federal Court in California to Enforce an Arbitration Award

Dec 31, 2012

Nokia has asked a federal court in California to enforce an arbitration award that would prevent Research In Motion from selling products with wireless LAN capabilities until the companies can agree on patent royalty rates. Nokia and RIM ...

Tags: Nokia, federal court, wireless LAN capabilities, RIM Products

Google Has Added Indoor Floor Plans to The Web Version of Its Maps Service

Dec 31, 2012

Google has added indoor floor plans to the Web version of its Maps service, allowing any device with a browser to show the way in airports, rail stations, shopping malls and museums in nine countries. The indoor maps have previously been ...

Tags: Google, Web version, its Maps service, iPhone, iPad, Web Users

The Best in Designer Kids Clothing Is Offered by Kids Closet

Dec 31, 2012

Originally, it was a small store, which was essentially focused on making designer baby wear for kids in the family. In due course, the owner Caroline Mckain decided to progress further with a new line of business. The business ...

Tags: baby wear, Caroline Mckain, children's designer clothes, company news

Distinctive Line of Children Apparel Is Offered by Robeskids

Dec 31, 2012

New online retailer Robes Kids has just launched to offer a wide range of precious and distinctive products for kids. Whether a shopper is interested in purchasing a cute birthday gift for a niece or nephew or is looking for the perfect ...

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