Sherwood Ross, better known in the industry as Jerry Ross, passed away Tuesday at the age of 92. Ross was an engineer and former president of Ross Bicycles, one of the top U.S. bike manufacturers from the 1950s to late 1980s. Through the ...
Tags: Transportation, Engineer, Ross Bicycles
The unveiling of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's long-awaited growth strategy did little to stem the recent slide in Japanese stocks, with the Nikkei 225 closing down 3.8 per cent yesterday. And analysts warned that the measures announced -- ...
Tags: Abenomics, Growth Strategy
The US styrene to benzene spread remained above $300/mt for much of the last week, with the spread at $303.66/mt Monday, according to Platts data. US spot styrene lowered 0.05 cent/lb ($1.10/mt) day on day to a Monday assessment at 72.50 ...
Tags: Styrene-Benzene, Chemicals
Early Monday, a developer announced the release of the first porn app for Google Glass only to learn that Google had banned porn apps for its computerized eyeglasses. MiKandi, an adult app store, created a piece of Glassware that enables ...
Tags: Google Glass, Porn
Less than two weeks remain for Warren Getchell to see his dream of erecting a 155-foot stained glass billboard depicting the historic Market House become reality. A fundraising effort, spearheaded by Getchell, is taking place at ...
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The exclusive pre-release of Dan Single's newest boss streetwear fashion collection, DAAN, is available now, and General Pants Co. is pleased to be the only Australian retailer carrying the must-have looks online and in selected General ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
Apple CEO Tim Cook spent more than an hour answering questions at the AllThingsD conference yesterday, but said little that was newsworthy. Which everyone should have expected, argued Carolina Milanesi, an analyst at Gartner who covers ...
Atlas Copco has introduced a compressor that sets a new standard in energy efficiency. The new compressor can cut energy consumption roughly by half compared to traditional fixed-speed compressors. The new compressor gained immediate ...
Lilliputian Systems, Inc., a developer of portable power products for consumer electronics, announced today that Nectar, a revolutionary portable power system, won first place in the Mobile Consumer Electronics Accessories category at the ...
Tags: Nectar, Mobile Power System, CTIA
Google threw the gauntlet down before the software industry to clean up its mistakes faster than has been done in the past. Critical vulnerabilities in software programs being actively exploited by hackers should be made public seven days ...
The fact that Google Glass is months away from launch hasn't dimmed speculation about what the most-anticipated tech product of 2013 will be like to use when it actually lands in stores (late this year, a Google spokesperson confirmed to ...
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Dell has written to shareholders they are better off accepting a bid from Michael Dell and Silver Lake to acquire the company than holding on to their shares. The company's independent directors have unanimously agreed to recommend the ...
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The tug-of-war over Clearwire looks set to continue for at least another two weeks as the struggling mobile operator postponed a special shareholder meeting once again to consider Dish Network's latest bid. On Wednesday, Dish boosted its ...
Tags: Clearwire, Dish Network
Apple's lowest-priced MacBook Air was out of stock on Amazon.com as of Friday, hinting that rumors of a refresh in two weeks are on target. The 11.6-in. MacBook Air with 64GB of storage space -- Apple's least expensive laptop -- was ...
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Kuwait's government has accepted the resignation of the country's oil minister, Hani Hussein, the official KUNA news agency reported Monday. Sheikh Mohammed Abdulla, minister of state for cabinet affairs and for municipal affairs, issued ...
Tags: Kuwait, Oil, Hani Hussein