Before the invention of the refrigerator, icehouses were used to provide cool storage for most of the year. Placed near freshwater lakes or packed with snow and ice during the winter, they were once very common. Natural means are still used ...
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Dell founder Michael Dell and investor Silver Lake Management have had their proposed $24.9bn buyout of ailing PC maker Dell approved by holders of the voting shares. The buyout, which is the largest of its kind since 2007, has been ...
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A Mercedes-Benz S-Class has driven without driver input for a total of 125km through city streets and arterials in Germany. In order to highlight future self-driving technologies, Mercedes-Benz chose the route that that Bertha Benz (wife ...
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Rue La La, a leading online lifestyle shopping destination, announced a collaboration with North American color expert and paint manufacturer Benjamin Moore to inspire the young and the fabulous with curated color palettes to complement ...
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Water the commodity gold of 21st century? Bless the bats of agriculture Vile dog meat markets still thriving in China Danger is part and parcel of agriculture. Row crops or livestock, grain bins or cotton gins, tractor or trailer, ...
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Facing a slight downturn in the overall market, Medical technology provider Carl Zeiss Meditec AG raised its revenue by 2.9 percent to EUR 649 million (previous year: EUR 630.8 million) in the first nine months of financial year 2011/2012. ...
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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. ...
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US-based snack food company Snyder's-Lance has reported a 33% decline in net earnings to $12.9m for the second quarter of 2013, compared with $19.3m a year ago that included a $4.8m gain related to the sale of some businesses. The company ...
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Certification bodies that must perform annual verification testing on Energy Star luminaires would be able to reuse test data from an LED or other light source that is used in multiple products in lamp or modular form. The EPA is now ...
The bid by Michael Dell to take the eponymously titled company he founded private looks to be heading for failure after the special committee set up by the company to handle the buy-out rejected a request to change the voting rules. ...
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Carl Icahn, who is attempting to buy out technology company Dell in opposition to company founder Michael Dell, has sued the company and its board as the bidding war continues. Icahn asked the court to block changes in the rules of board ...
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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. ...
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Scottish milk supplier and distributor Müller Wiseman Dairies has confirmed plans to close its Keith and Whitburn facilities in Scotland, a move which will lead to a loss of about 140 jobs. The company stated that it will gradually ...
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Transportation, e-commerce and business services provider FedEx has announced the addition of a new ‘cold shipping’ packaging option to its temperature controlled packaging (TCP) portfolio. The new packaging option, which will ...
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If you've spent any time in the materials handling industry, it's hard not to fall in love with automation. Still, some great ideas are so simple, yet so effective, that in retrospect you wonder: Why didn't I think of that? The order ...
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