American Apparel, Inc. announced that it currently intends, subject to market and other conditions, to offer senior secured notes (the “Notes”) in a private offering. The Notes, if offered, will be offered only to ...
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CRAiLAR Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement offering (the "Offering") of 10.0% secured, subordinated convertible debentures (the "Debentures") of the Company ...
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A large group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced legislation that would require online retailers to collect sales tax for state and local governments, essentially raising the cost of many online purchases by 10 percent or more. ...
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LED lighting is increasingly being used in a number of different guises throughout the world as people are becoming more aware of their energy efficiency. Not long ago, the illuminations were thought to be too costly for consumers and ...
It is claimed that the industry’s collective bargaining structure is just a cosy club of big business, the union (SACTWU) and government, who deliberately manipulate wage levels to the detriment of small companies. The facts are ...
Google has issued a lawsuit against BT in both the US and the UK over what it claims is an infringement of its patents. In 2011, BT launched its own legal action against Google for infringing six of its patents in a US court in Delaware. ...
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Apple has been granted a service mark in the U.S. for the design and layout of its retail store, reflecting the company's interest to protect the design of its popular stores from copycat retailers. Service marks are used to identify ...
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UL has issued a warning to consumers, retailers, manufacturers, regulatory agencies and Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) that the communications cable identified below bears a counterfeit UL Mark for the United States, and may pose a ...
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During the fire-rated glazing council meeting last week at the Glass Association of North America’s (GANA) Annual Conference at the Coronado Island Marriott Resort and Spa in San Diego, Thomas Zaremba, GANA’s code consultant, ...
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A whole host of companies have called on the EU to deliver 2030 energy efficiency goals that would bring forward large scale investments that could slash fuel spending. Indeed, Siemens, Philips and Kingspan are among a group of major ...
From January to December 2012, the investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) reached 36,483.5 billion yuan, up by 20.6 percent year-on-year (actual increase was 19.3 percent after deducting price factors), decreased 0.1 ...
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The Kurdistan Regional Government is proud of the achievements of its oil and gas industry since the fall of the former regime in 2003. It expects the federal government of Iraq to be proud of them, too. Since oil exports from the ...
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Canada's life and health insurer, Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services is planning to add the new Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP) to its offerings as soon as it is launched by the federal government. Addition of PRPP ...
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Motorola Mobility has withdrawn its claims with regard to its standard-essential patents in its complaint against Microsoft's Xbox before the U.S. International Trade Commission. The move comes after Microsoft told the ITC in a filing ...
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Expropriation and resource nationalism will remain the main risks for miners in 2013, according to a report published Wednesday by UK-based risk consultancy Maplecroft. Since the appropriation of mining assets by governments continues to ...
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