Microsoft has joined the wearable health-monitoring fray with its new “Microsoft Band,” a wrist-worn device that will allow users to monitor their fitness and exercise regimens. The Microsoft Band, as shown on the company's ...
This year’s gradually improving business outlook looks set to continue into 2015, with the latest survey of Australian firms revealing that an increasing number expect to lift their sales and profits, sell their goods and services at ...
Netherlands based – Tanatex Chemicals, a producer of innovative textile processing solutions, has started production at its new plant in Thailand. Tanatex says with the opening of this new Thai plant, it will be able to better focus ...
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CA Nate’s Food Co announced today that it has begun discussions to have Nate’s Pancakes sold in grocery stores. Nate's Pancakes make ready-to-use, pre-mixed pancake and waffle batter delivered in a pressurized can. Our ...
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More Canadians will turn to the Internet for presents this holiday season, according to a report from Solutions Research Group. Based on 1,000 interviews with Canadians, the report found that 65 percent of Canadians have bought something ...
Tags: mobile phones, Online Shopping
Long before China became the go-to destination for foreign manufacturing, there was Hong Kong. During the 1960s and 1970s Hong Kong was a low-cost center for manufacturing and the electronics industry’s window into the vast market ...
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The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 0.6 percent in August from July, rising for the second consecutive month, according to the US ...
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Investment firm Larsen MacColl Partners has acquired packaging solution providers S Walter Packaging for an undisclosed amount. S Walter works on designing, sourcing and delivering coordinated packaging solutions to branded consumer ...
US-based bottling company Chicago Craft Bottling will open its first bottling facility in Indiana, creating about 35 jobs by 2017. The company will invest around $910,000 to construct the 10,000 ft2 building that will be used as a ...
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The Curve Group, one of the UK’s leading HR Services companies, is delighted to announce today that it is one of the finalists in the RPO category for the In-House Recruitment Awards. The In-House Recruitment Awards recognise ...
The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, a federally recognized Native American tribe located in northeastern Nebraska, and the Tribe’s Utilities Commission have reached a settlement with the United States to improve the Tribe’s drinking ...
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ARLINGTON, VA — The weight of the loads U.S. truckers haul is getting heavier, according to the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA). The ATA’s advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 1.3 percent ...
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The toy and children's gift division of Associated Independent Stores has welcomed Claire Collingridge to the Play-room team. Collingridge (pictured) takes on the role of product assistant and will be using her experience to help ...
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Two years ago, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced it made a commitment to hire 1,000 United States military veterans, and today the company has surpassed its three-year goal more than a year early, and has pledged to hire an ...
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U.S. Xpress is raising its base mileage pay for over-the-road, solo, non-dedicated truck drivers by an average of 13 percent, effective Aug. 25, 2014. "With more goods and services being shipped by trucks, we need to expand the workforce ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation, Auto