To celebrate the opening of its two newest New York City stores, Bob's Discount Furniture will donate $27,000 to 16 schools and two youth-focused charities. The stores, in Brooklyn and the Bronx, are the fourth and fifth Bob's locations ...
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Amsterdam-based ING group has reported 38.2% increase in its total underlying net profit for the first quarter of 2013, which stood at €800m compared to €579m during the same period earlier year. For the three months ended on 31 ...
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In the spirit of increasing awareness of the benefits of modern cloth diapers, Cutie Poops and Bottoms of Orland Park is helping children fighting cancer. The store recently participated in a worldwide event called The Great Cloth Diaper ...
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OKI Data Americas has introduced a new direct thermal receipt printer, the RT322SK, to the company's growing portfolio of Label and Point-Of-Sale (POS) products. According to the company, the RT322SK has been certified by MAXStick to ...
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Motorola Mobility abuses its dominant position in the E.U. by seeking and enforcing an injunction against Apple in Germany on the basis of its mobile phone standard-essential patents (SEPs), the European Commission said in a preliminary ...
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When Anita Mahaffey set out to make some of the coolest pajamas in the world, finding a great name for her company was the easy part. She called it Cool-jams. Mahaffey’s business plan was an immediate hit. Sales and profits have ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug exclusivity to Hyperion's Ravicti (glycerol phenylbutyrate) liquid. Hyperion Therapeutics president and CEO Donald Santel said that the orphan drug exclusivity further ...
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After 42 years serving Austin-area cyclists, retailer Freewheeling Bicycles will close its doors at the end of May. Freewheeling was founded in a garage apartment in 1971 by Frank B. Cook, who passed away in 1999. The shop quickly outgrew ...
The Grommet, an online shopping site and product launch platform for innovative and undiscovered products, is working with Interior Designer to feature Flotsam+Jetsam, silk newsprint apparel. The Grommet spotted this beautiful Kimono at the ...
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The Tillwig Spring 2013 Toy Award winners have been listed, including Brainstorm's Aqua Dragons (which picked up the Sterling Fun Award). In January, the British Toy and Hobby Association also awarded Aqua Dragons the Best New Hobby Toy ...
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With price tags of $300 or above, some high chairs can cost as much as a small sofa. But in Consumer Reports' recent high chair tests, we found that you don't have to spend a lot to buy peace of mind. Three of our top high chair picks, ...
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LED lighting control Control characteristics of LEDs The optimum switching and dimming behaviour of LEDs makes them ideal for integration in ...
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Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers (as well as III-V epiwafers through its Picogiga International division), has finalised the ZAR 1,000,000,000(more than $100m) solar ...
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San Francisco, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) April 26, 2013 -- It was the summer of 1991 when artist and creator Roger Bates ( age 25 ) published issue # 1 called The Beginning.The Black Savior character is a ...
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At €61.6m, turnover at the Finnish forestry-machinery manufacturer Ponsse showed a sharp year-on-year fall in turnover in the first quarter of 2013. This decline is mainly due to short-time working and related production cutbacks, ...
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