Pacific Vector Holdings Inc., which owns actions sports brands and retail stores, is liquidating its three subsidiaries through voluntary petitions for Chapter 7 bankruptcy as a result of its financial losses, defaults by certain lenders ...
Car Charging Group, Inc., the leading owner, operator, and provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, announced that the company has formed a partnership with Legends at Sparks Marina and Outlets at Sparks, and now offers EV ...
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High-performance tire manufacturer Nitto Tire U.S.A. Inc. announced it is returning as presenting sponsor of the 2014 Griffin King of the Hammers off-road race. The company has also increased its sponsorship of drivers in the event and will ...
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Eliminating grazing won't reduce the impact of climate change on rangeland, according to nearly 30 scientists in the western United States. The researchers, who work for nine universities and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, made this ...
Washoe one of nine winners nationwide The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today is presenting the 2014 Clean Air Excellence Award to the Washoe County Health District's Air Quality Management Division for their innovative work ...
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As smartphones, tablets and other gadgets become smaller and more sophisticated, the heat they generate while in use increases. This is a growing problem because it can cause the electronics inside the gadgets to fail. Conventional wisdom ...
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At the annual Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) meeting Hamilton Robotics has announced a partnership with Coastal Genomics to launch the new Microlab® NIMBUS® Select workstation with Ranger Technology. The new ...
Lower corn prices in 2014 will likely keep a lid on Western hay prices, predicted Seth Hoyt, hay market analyst and keynote speaker at last week's Western Alfalfa & Forage Symposium in Reno, NV. Supreme alfalfa hay prices, he added, should ...
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The Cultured Kitchen of West Sacramento, Calif., is recalling all flavors of its non-dairy cashew cheese product due to a risk of Salmonella contamination. The non-dairy cashew cheese was distributed in Northern California and Nevada at ...
The Steel Bridge Task Force of the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), announced Wednesday that new research has yielded design examples for steel plate girder bridges ...
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It is reported that Nevada Power of Reno and Las Vegas is offering substantial rebates ($12 per lamp, based on 0.30/Watt) on Soraa's gallium-nitride on gallium-nitride (GaN on GaN), full visible spectrum LED MR16 lamps, in order to speed up ...
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) has selected the recipients of the AIA National Healthcare Design Awards program. The AIA Healthcare Awards program showcases the best of healthcare ...
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Green packaging manufacturer Cascades has acquired 9% stake in Italian recycled boxboard producer Reno De Medici from Industria e Innovazione. The Canadian firm now owns 217,474,385 common shares of Reno De Medici or 57.6% of the ...
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Rakuten, Japan's largest online retailer, is acquiring a U.S. logistics firm as it continues to build out its infrastructure to compete with foreign rivals like Amazon.com. The company said Thursday it will acquire Webgistix, which ...
USA BMX/BMX Canada has awarded $31,000 in scholarships to 25 students as part of its Bob Warnicke Scholarship Program. Founded in 1996, the program honors the memory of Warnicke, an instrumental figure in organizing and promoting BMX in ...
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