Amazon.com made a net loss in the third quarter, its first loss in nine years, even as revenue increased by 27 percent year on year. The US$274 million third-quarter loss compared with a net profit of $63 million a year earlier. Net sales ...
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HTC filed a counterclaim before a court in Florida stating that Apple infringed on two of its patents originally assigned to Hewlett-Packard and Electronic Data Systems, a company that HP acquired in 2008. The Taiwanese phone maker is ...
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Microsoft will support its Surface RT tablet with updates, including security patches, until April 2017, or nearly four-and-a-half years after its launch. The support lifecycle for the Surface with Windows RT tablet is less than half the ...
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Max India has announced the sale of its biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film unit Max Speciality Films (MSF) to Treofan, a German global developer of BOPP film for Rs5.4bn ($97m). Max India managing director Rahul Khosla said the ...
InfiniLED, a portfolio company of ScienceWorks Ventures plc and a Tyndall National Institute (UCC) spin-out, is delighted to announce an access agreement with Tyndall National Institute, Cork. This access agreement allows InfiniLED's ...
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Repairing exterior moisture seals with easy-to-use kits helps extend windshield life ORLANDO,Fla.,Oct.29,2012-PPG Industries'(NYSE:PPG)aerospace transparencies group is introducing kits for repairing exterior moisture seals,or hump ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are collaborating in a worldwide research effort to assess any potential impacts of nanomaterials on people's health and the environment. ...
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Disney has appointed Simon Philips as general manager of consumer products EMEA. In his previous role, as president of Marvel Entertainment International, Philips was responsible for targeting new businesses, and growing and increasing ...
In 23 Sep. 2011, the German Bundestag established a reformulated version on the Equipment and Product Safety Act (GPSG) and that is the new Product Safety Law (ProdSG). The new ProdSG came into force on 1 Dec 2011 and replaced the previous ...
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Glass packaging production volumes in Europe grew by 1.9% in the first half 2012 according to data published today by the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) (1). The growth is in response to the increasing demand on the domestic and ...
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Our bright, shiny technology future is getting a bright, shiny new fuel cell to go with it. Yale University engineers have developed a process to create micro fuel cells made of glass. The tiny gizmos hold the potential ...
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PPG Industries announced that it has entered into a technology license agreement with China-based Henan Billions Chemicals Joint Stock Co., Ltd., that will provide Henan Billions the right to use PPG’s technology for the manufacture ...
The Safety Glazing Certification Council (SGCC) is a non-profit corporation, established in 1971 by manufacturers of safety glazing products, building code officials, and others concerned with public safety. SGCC maintains a program which ...
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Canadian private equity firm Onex has agreed to acquire SGS International, a global company that provides packaging graphics services to consumer products companies, for $813m. The deal, expected to close in the fourth quarter, calls for ...
US-based SGS International, a provider of design-to-print graphics services to the consumer products packaging industry, has acquired Stevenson Color through its wholly owned subsidiary, Southern Graphic Systems, for an undisclosed sum. ...
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