Barnes & Noble returned to a profit in the fiscal second quarter as it invested less in its Nook e-book reader and cost cuts offset lower sales. Its sales missed expectations, however, and its shares dropped more than 3 percent in ...
Sara Avant Stover, founder of The Way of the Happy Woman,has this to say about Premenstrual Syndrome: "PMS ... is the first domino that goes down before the rest of them tumble. Another way that you can think of PMS is as a warning bell." ...
Manulife Financial, a Canada-based life insurance provider, has swung to a profit of C$1.03bn ($989m), for the third quarter of 2013, compared with a loss of C$211m for the same period in 2012. The net earnings were driven by strong ...
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Prudential Financial, a life insurance provider, has reported net earnings of $1.04bn for the third quarter of 2013, compared with a loss of $584m for the same period in 2012. The net earnings were driven by retirement services and ...
BASF SE, the world's largest chemical company by sales, reported a sharp increase in profits in the third quarter on Friday, but warned that exchange-rate fluctuations will dent earnings growth in the fourth quarter. The Ludwigshafen, ...
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Polymer technology has advanced tremendously in the past decade and the number of applications of this technology has skyrocketed. One of the many avenues that have benefited from advanced polymer technology is gardening. By the use of high ...
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The Volkswagen Up! will not be dropped from the local line-up, Volkswagen Group Australia (VGA) managing director John White has explained, despite the sub-compact hatchback going into sales freefall. Asked directly whether Volkswagen is ...
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Volkswagen Group Australia (VGA) managing director John White has confirmed he is implementing a “new strategy” for the brand that aims at achieving a consistent sales performance though “trying to be more competitive ...
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For the past two years, over 80% of the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship field has trusted their 150 mph golf swings to HIRZL gloves, claiming 8 world titles, and establishing HIRZL as the winning glove at the championship by ...
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The new Luxeon Q family is based on the company's flip-chip die announced back in February that, combined with new light extraction and conversion features, delivers high efficacy especially at high drive currents. Philips Lumileds has ...
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The Knights of the Round Table gather for a strategy session over dinner. Legend has it that before going to battle, King Arthur would gather with his knights around a round table,?the shape of which prevented any of the king's barons ...
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Pinnacle Machine Tool Co., Ltd., founded in central Taiwan back in 1976, has released a series of feature-laden five-axis (X, Y, Z, plus B and C axes) CNC machining centers to cater to high-end manufacturers looking for machines that are ...
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The diversified logistics firm Stobart has announced "solid progress" in the first half of its financial year and the appointment of a new chairman in a pre-close trading statement, ahead of its interim results. Stobart's interim ...
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Yakima's 2014 line includes two new hitch-mast bike rack models, the FullSwing and the FullTilt. ? Both new models feature a function that puts?all controls for the arm, fold, and mast tilt on top of the unit, eliminating the need for the ...
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Metro LED Lighting is marketing a new LED lighting fixture for commercial parking garages that is now DesignLights Consortium (DLC) qualified. The GL-40SV, from IntenCity Lighting, is designed for effective lighting, with low glare, and ...
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