General Electric Co. will pay $7.95 million to settle part of a federal lawsuit filed in 2009 by several Saratoga County municipal agencies that shut down or moved their water supplies when the company began dredging PCBs from the Hudson ...
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Edwards' Sapien XT transcatheter aortic heart valve (Courtesy Edwards Lifesciences) Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, CA) has announced both the FDA approval and the U.S. launch of its next-generation Sapien XT transcatheter aortic ...
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Intematix brought legal action in the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Korean Intellectual Property Office on September 7, 2012 to invalidate the patent, but on April 30, 2013, the Tribunal dismissed the claim and ruled that the ...
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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. VSH +0.26% , one of the world's largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components, today announced the acquisition of Holy Stone Polytech Co., Ltd. ("Holy Stone Polytech"), a ...
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The electronic cigarette has already won the heart of a very large number of smokers in France but it also creates a huge controversy. Currently , the status of this innovative product is not yet determined. The electronic cigarette is not ...
Recently, the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association (TVECA) were asked to participate in VapeWorld in Chicago. In a roundtable Q & A There are a lot of confused as to why electronic cigarettes are and will continue to increase as a ...
Companies will not have to explicitly declare whether their products contain minerals that originated in mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo or its neighboring countries, according to the SEC. The SEC issued an order Friday staying ...
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AK Steel reported Tuesday a net loss of $86.1 million, or $0.63 per diluted share of common stock, for the first quarter of 2014, compared to a net loss of $9.9 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2013 and net ...
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GaN-on-Si technology has emerged naturally as an alternative to GaN-on-sapphire — the mainstream technology for LED applications. But today, despite potential cost benefits, the mass adoption of GaN-on-Si technology for LED ...
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PPG Industries reported record first quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.6 billion, up $528 million, or 17 percent, versus the prior year. First quarter 2014 reported net income from continuing operations was $277 ...
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Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) announced today that it has reached an agreement to settle a civil, class action lawsuit filed against PCA and eight other North American manufacturers of containerboard. Under the terms of the ...
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Ardagh Group announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Verallia North America (“VNA”), following approval of a consent order by the Commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission. Following the acquisition of VNA ...
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Gevo, Inc. announced its financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and provided an update on recent corporate highlights. Highlights: -Optimizing utilization and cash flows of Luverne plant by producing both ...
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The Wet Seal, Inc., a leading specialty retailer to young women, announced results for its fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended February 1, 2014. The Company noted that fiscal 2013 had 52 weeks versus 53 weeks in fiscal 2012; results ...
Kronos Worldwide, Inc. reported net income for the fourth quarter of 2013 of $2.9 million, or $.03 per share, compared to a net loss of $18.1 million, or $.16 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2012. For the full year of 2013, Kronos ...