Despite PC giants HP and Dell reporting significant year-over-year sales declines, tech stocks, buoyed by signs of confidence from other IT vendors, began to rise again Friday after slumping for most of the week. Vendors in diverse ...
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AMS 3095A qualification aids airlines in selecting exterior paint for mixed fleets SYLMAR, Calif., Feb. 19, 2013 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace business has qualified nine coatings systems to SAE International’s ...
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PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG), a leading manufacturer of architectural glass, coatings and paint, will sponsor the 60th annual Progressive Architecture Awards (P/A Awards) Celebration, Feb. 21 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. For more ...
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Famed US investor Warren Buffett today (14 February) labelled Heinz as his "kind of company" after his Berkshire Hathaway fund struck a deal to pay US$28bn for the ketchup giant. Speaking to CNBC after Berkshire's offer was announced - ...
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Dean Foods' share price was down 9% today (13 February) after the US dairy giant issued a cautious outlook for the year. Shares in the group were down to US$16.73 in early morning US trading today, despite the firm booking earnings of ...
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Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics, commonly known as Philips) (Euronext: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) is a Dutch multinational electronics company headquartered in Amsterdam. It was founded in Eindhoven in 1891 by Gerard ...
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ST. LOUIS — Furniture Brands International has been notified that its stock is back in compliance with a New York Stock Exchange requirement and no longer faces delisting, the company said Tuesday. The NYSE had notified Furniture ...
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PPG Industries today announced the successful closing of the previously announced separation of its commodity chemicals business and merger of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Eagle Spinco, with a subsidiary of Georgia Gulf Corporation. ...
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Italian heavy-duty vehicles maker Fiat expects the revenue to rise 5% in 2013 with the acquisition of the US-based farm and construction equipment maker, CNH. The company invested EUR197m to acquire 25% of the CNH shares, following which ...
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PPG Industries announced the successful closing of the previously announced separation of its commodity chemicals business and merger of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Eagle Spinco Inc., with a subsidiary of Georgia Gulf Corporation. Pursuant ...
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21, 2013 – CLARVISTA(R) glass, a shower glass product made by PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG), was named among 2012 “Products of the Year” by editors of USGlass, Metal and Glazingmagazine. Clarvista glass is ...
Following Georgia Gulf Corporation's pending merger with PPG, the company will be known as Axiall Corporation, Georgia Gulf said Monday. "The new and distinctive brand represents a clear break from the legacy names of the two ...
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PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) received the CSR Award - Special Prize for the third consecutive year and was named one of the top 100 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) companies in China at the 2012 China Social Responsibility Annual Forum ...
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Shares of rare earth miner Molycorp Inc. (NYSE:MCP) were falling Thursday morning as the company’s president and chief executive, Mark Smith, left without explanation and the company revealed it was under investigation from the United ...
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The chairman and CEO of US retailer Safeway Inc, Steve Burd, has announced his intention to retire. Burd, who joined Safeway in 1992 as president, will step down at the company's annual stockholders meeting on 14 May. The group said it ...
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