Obesity increases the risk of developing kidney disease, a new study suggests. Moreover, declines in kidney function can be detected long before people develop other obesity-related diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure, the ...
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High flying Apple Australia, the company that tried to sell a 3G tablet with a 4G name, has been brought down a notch today, having been forced to make court enforceable undertakings to the ACCC that it will improve its consumer practices ...
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LINN Energy, LLC (Nasdaq:LINE) and LinnCo, LLC (Nasdaq:LNCO) announced today the successful completion of the previously announced merger between LinnCo and Berry Petroleum Company (NYSE:BRY). Under the terms of the agreement, LinnCo has ...
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Aerovox Corp. is encouraging use of dual-level bi-level HID lighting in parking and other exterior applications as well as indoor warehousing to enhance performance and reduce energy consumption. HID lighting systems are a significant ...
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This week’s edition of IT hiccups, snarls, and general foul-ups begins with the surprising announcement last Thursday by U.S. District Judge James V. Selna who, according to Bloomberg News, issued an order stopping lawsuits into ...
Helene Herman, director of global marketing for New York-based Lee Spring, which has a distribution center and sales offices in China, was one of more than 100 business and trade group representatives at a conference on the importance of ...
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Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc. announced that its Seesmart brand has been selected by the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command to supply Lewis and Clark class T-AKE dry cargo/ammunition ships with 17,000 Seesmart two and four foot ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED tube lamps, LED, Lights, Lighting
Natera, a genetic testing company, has announced that DiagCor, a manufacturer of in-vitro diagnostic products and service provider of clinical diagnostic tests, has signed an agreement to launch Natera’s Panorama non-invasive prenatal ...
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The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its third annual "Best of Green Schools" list, which recognizes top educational institutions, individuals and initiatives across the country for environmental ...
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LDI Corp. — a Portsmouth, N.H.-based manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-free, faux leathers — has introduced an EnviroLeather by LDI line of faux leather upholstery featuring design patterns from New York City fashion and ...
XsunX Inc of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA, which is developing hybrid copper indium gallium (di)selenide thin-film (CIGS) photovoltaic (TFPV) cell technologies and 'CIGSolar' manufacturing processes, says that it has added 50kW in signed projects ...
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Mice pups raised without a father had abnormal social interactions and were more aggressive than those raised with both parents, Canadian researchers say. Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, a researcher at the Mental Illness and Addiction Axis at the ...
Nature's Reward, a new line of compostable bags manufactured and marketed by Lindamar Industries, an ISO 9001-2008 certified, California-based plastic packaging manufacturer, recently received the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) ...
US-based food-grade recycled PET or rPET producer CarbonLite has installed Buhler's SORTEX Sorting Technology to increase its output quality to near-perfect purity. Bühler's technology has the ability to conduct simultaneous, ...
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BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. (the "Partnership") (NASDAQ:BBEP) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire additional oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin in Texas for approximately $282 million, subject ...
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