PPG Industries reported fourth-quarter 2012 net sales of $3.6 billion. The company's annual sales for 2012 were $15.2 billion, an increase of 2 percent versus 2011, according to a Jan. 14 release. Despite the record fourth-quarter results, ...
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At the NRF 102nd Annual Convention & EXPO, Avery Dennison Retail Branding and Information Solutions (RBIS) introduced the world’s smartest markdown management solution including the Pathfinder 6140 Printer – the latest in its ...
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Taiwan’s National Chung Hsing University has used nitride semiconductor growth on gallium nitride nanocolumns and nanoporosity achieved with photoelectrochemical etching to boost the light output power of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) ...
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Vendor earnings, market research reports and the International CES in Las Vegas this week highlighted the hardware arena, which appears to be a tale of two sectors with very different fates: PCs and mobile devices. The PC market continues ...
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The board of Russia's X5 Retail Group has nominated interim CEO Stephan DuCharme to take the post permanently, as new figures show that store openings lifted the firm's sales in 2012. DuCharme, who's appointment is still subject to ...
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PCs were upstaged by tablets, smartphones and TVs at this year's International CES show, with some companies maintaining a smaller presence or holding back product announcements for a later date. There were fewer product announcements ...
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PPG Industries reported fourth quarter 2012 net sales of $3.6 billion. Net income for the quarter was $227 million, or $1.46 per diluted share, including nonrecurring charges. Adjusted net income for the quarter, excluding the nonrecurring ...
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Homeowners in the dozen or so states affected by Superstorm Sandy are starting to get their lives in order. Unfortunately, for many people that means cleaning up a property littered with myriad branches, sticks, and other detritus thrown ...
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It's becoming more common to buy major appliances online—roughly 10 percent of refrigerator sales now happen there, versus at a brick and mortar store, up from a blip 10 years ago. But for all the convenience of online appliance ...
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IDG News Service - SAP's flagship Business Suite enterprise resource planning (ERP) software can now run on top of the HANA in-memory database, in a move that stands to open new frontiers of competition with the likes of Oracle, IBM and ...
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Since Apple launched Siri, iPhone's exclusive voice-activated assistant, in 2010, no other smart phone has come close to the iPhone in understanding and executing complex voice commands. But my informal look at two Android-based voice ...
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One of the first choices to make when shopping for a full-size vacuum cleaner is between an upright or canister vac. Occasionally, though, you can buy both in one package. One of the latest models to hit our Ratings, the bagless Shark ...
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According to IDC, Windows 8 should shoulder part of the blame for a worse-than-expected dip in Q4 PC sales because it failed to spark a surge in PC buying by making completely clear the benefits of the new operating system. During the ...
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Sales of Skylanders Giants in the US more than doubled the sales of the original Skylanders year-on-year during Christmas. Analyst Liam Callahan from The NPD Group said:"Skylanders Giants continued to impress with its accessory sales,with ...
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The attraction of some single-serve coffeemakers, also called pod machines, can be more about convenience than great taste or cost savings. Equally handy, if you don't count drive time, is picking up your daily brew at the local Starbucks ...
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