BRISTOL, England, U.K. (BRAIN) — Lazer has appointed Saddleback Ltd. as exclusive U.K. distributor if its helmets and eyewear, effective Wednesday. The Lazer product line has been distributed by Bob Elliot & Co. Ltd. since 2009. ...
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CLOPPENBURG, Germany (BRAIN) — Pon Holding’s German subsidiary is now the sole owner of Derby Cycle and has moved to de-list the company from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Pon Holding Germany GmbH paid Derby’s minority ...
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NEW YORK, NY (BRAIN) — Interbike owner Nielsen Holdings has acquired The Sports Licensing & Tailgate Show and the Tailgating Industry Association. The six-year-old annual trade show is holding its next show January 17-19 in Las Vegas. ...
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SIMI VALLEY, CA (BRAIN) —Currie Technologies has appointed David Cabanban as the new Midwest territory manager for the IZIP Road Show. Currie has five territory managers throughout the country, each with a Nissan NV high-top van for ...
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (BRAIN) — Shimano Latin America announced a new UCI Continental team on Wednesday to be based on Buenos Aires and led by Walter Perez, gold medalist in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a prolific Argentine ...
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BOULDER, CO(BRAIN) — An article about a pair of Colorado cyclists who video recorded a driver allegedly harassing them was the most viewed story on bicycleretailer.com in 2012. One of the riders was an industry insider — ...
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NEWBURY PARK, CA (BRAIN) — Sharp-eyed TV viewers might be able to spot a few Giant bikes in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, on New Year's Day. Giant is supplying ten bikes and riders to complement the China Airlines ...
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The path from birth to death is filled with choices about where to work and what kind of work to do. Sometimes the world is nice enough to allow us some input. These days, developers have a lot more say in their employment, thanks to rising ...
IDG News Service - At the CEATEC show that opens in Japan this week, the country's electronics manufacturers will show a host of products that are probably a few years from catching on, as well as a few design concepts that will need a bit ...
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (BRAIN) — Strava has added more advanced power and heart rate analysis features to its premium subscription service. While Strava offers a free version of its ride tracking app, it also offers a premium version ...
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LANCASTER, PA (BRAIN) — Seatsleev is a minimalist way for riders to carry essentials on the bike. The saddle pack is made of heavy gauge elastic bands and a grippy fabric to hold a tube, CO2 cartridges, tire levers and a ...
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RENO, NV (BRAIN) — Corsair Bikes is seeking a U.S. distribution partner as the premium freeride mountain bike brand rolls out an international relaunch. The brand’s complex linkage frames were perhaps most famously ridden by ...
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Computerworld - SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Human brains will someday extend into the cloud, futurist and computer pioneer Ray Kurzweil predicted at the DEMO conference here on Tuesday. Moreover, he said, it will become possible to selectively ...
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Pay rates for software engineers are defying the downturn amid concerns that the UK faces a growing shortage of skilled programming professionals. Over a quarter of in-house software engineers have seen pay rises of 10%or more during the ...
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SCOTTS VALLEY, CA?(BRAIN) — Giro Sports Design is buying about 1,500 helmets that were diverted into Costco stores in the West recently. The company said an unauthorized dealer sold the lids to Costco, which had distributed them to ...
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