Edmonton, Canada - Edmonton could save $50 million over two decades by speeding up the conversion of street lights to LED fixtures from conventional equipment, a new report says. The city began a 20-year program in 2011 to install LED ...
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A range of fully loaded action vehicle toys are screeching to retail this summer. ToyNews takes a look at some of the coolest R/C and die-cast products to command land, water and air. Mattel - 01628 500 000 Mattel unveils a ...
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ToyNews takes a look at some of the coolest R/C and die-cast products to command land, air and water. A range of fully loaded action vehicle toys are screeching into toy retailers this summer. The Revellutions R/C cars are aimed at ...
Tags: action vehicles, die-cast, r/c
Blue Wolf Capital Partners and Atlas have signed an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Twin Rivers Paper from Brookfield Asset Management for an undisclosed value. The US-based private investment firms will work with Twin ...
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Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today. "Beards, Birkenstocks, blue jeans, T-shirts," Metcalfe said earlier ...
Tags: Ethernet, Computer Products, Startup
Atlantic Canada’s independently-owned brokerage Archway Insurance has acquired SNC Insurance, which is one of Metro’s premier brokerages, for an undisclosed amount. Positioning Archway as a major brokerage in the Maritimes, ...
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Goldman Sachs, a global investment bank, has acquired 49% stake in India-based BPL Medical Technologies, a group company of BPL Limited, for INR1.1bn ($20.08m) The investment would help in expanding the business of BPL Medical ...
May 12, 2013 - The Canadian Utility Fleet Council’s 23rd annual Canadian Utility Fleet Forum (CUFF) is being co-hosted this year by Nova Scotia Power & EMERA in Halifax, N.S., May 27 and 28. There is also a reception for attendees and ...
BAE Systems has secured a contract to supply hybrid propulsion system for Nova LFS hybrid electric (HEV) buses in Quebec. Under the contract, the BAE Systems will deliver 475 units of the HybriDrive Series propulsion system for HEV buses ...
Tags: BAE Systems, Auto Parts, buses
a hard-hitting contender against better-known German rivals, yet the Lexus IS-F remains a leftfield choice for those in the market for a high-performance luxury four-door. It seems that a slew of luxury features, fiercely competitive ...
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Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings announces the launch of Nova-Plate 325, an extended lifecycle, 100 percent solids tank lining for high temperature crude oil, produced water and frac tank applications. Additionally, Nova-Plate ...
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Saint-Gobain received the “European Cleantech Corporation of the Year” award at the 9th European Cleantech Forum in Bilbao (Spain), organized by Cleantech Group, a global network that brings together investors, start-ups and ...
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Red Hat has launched a community version of its still-in-development OpenStack distribution, and it also released a preview of the enterprise edition of this distribution for those who sign up for an early adopter program. In much the ...
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Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that Canadian municipalities issued building permits worth $6 billion in February, a 1.7 percent increase from January. Higher construction intentions in the non-residential sector in eight provinces more ...
Canadian pharmaceutical company Apotex has issued an urgent recall of its birth-control pill Alysena 28 over packaging issue. The company found that instead of three tablets, one lot of the contraceptive may have been packed mistakenly ...
Tags: Packaging Issue, Packaging