Google is acquiring iProvo, a fiber-optic network owned by the city of Provo, Utah, as part of a plan to introduce its high-speed broadband network called Google Fiber there. As part of the acquisition, Google will upgrade the network to ...
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Brands Black & Decker Black & Decker is the leading manufacturer and marketer of corded electric and electric rechargeable mowers. Black & Decker mowers are available in only sub-20-inch cutting widths and in mulching and ...
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The $250 million expansion of DP World's container handling facilities in Brisbane has entered its next phase, with the first on-site delivery of equipment this week. DP World Brisbane general manager Mark Hulme said: "This major project ...
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Energized by a surge of shipments in Asia, the global PV inverter market in 2012 bucked weak worldwide solar industry conditions to expand by 5% and break the US$7 billion level for the first time. Global PV inverter market revenue last ...
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Verizon Wireless reportedly has offered $1 billion to $1.5 billion for some of Clearwire's spectrum leases, possibly complicating Sprint Nextel's attempt to buy out the company in conjunction with its acquisition by Softbank. Clearwire is ...
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Coca-Cola Bottling has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Coca-Cola to expand the company’s franchise territory. The LoI will provide additional distribution rights for the company in parts of Tennessee and Kentucky which include ...
A "perfect storm" of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC market into a free fall during the first quarter this year, IDC said. Worldwide PC shipments in the ...
The textile industry of Pakistan has urged the country’s central bank to reduce the interest rate to 8 percent from the current 9.5 percent. The request has been made ahead of the key policy rate announcement likely to be made ...
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In uncertain economic times, companies scrutinize purchases they would consider normal in times of financial certainty. At many woodworking companies, equipment expenditures are one of the first areas of examination when the specter of cost ...
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PITTSBURGH, April 11, 2013 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Deft Incorporated, a privately-owned specialty coatings company based in Irvine, Calif. ...
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A "perfect storm" of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC market into a free fall during the first quarter this year, according to the latest report from research ...
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Plessey announced that samples of its GaN on silicon LED products are available. These entry level products are the first LEDs manufactured on 6-inch GaN on silicon substrates to be commercially available anywhere in the world. Plessey is ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – is acquiring TetraSun of ...
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Plessey today announced that samples of its Gallium Nitride (GaN) on silicon LED products are today available. These entry level products are the first LEDs manufactured on 6-inch GaN on silicon substrates to be commercially available ...
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Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK says that samples of its PLW111010 gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon LED products are now available. Picture: Plessey's new MAGIC GaN-on-Si LED product. The entry-level products are claimed ...