Today (Monday) is the first full day of PACRIM 10. The meeting was kicked off with the welcome address from H.T. Lin, the chairman of the conference. He briefly reviewed the history of PACRIM and introduced the technical programs held in ...
Tags: Ceramic Materials, Construction
The top 200 companies enjoy more than 50 percent of the global industrial pump business. Another 5,000 companies average less than $4 million in sales each. According to the McIlvaine Company in Pumps: World Markets the concentration of the ...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — A 72.7% jump in furniture and mattress sales helped power retailer Conn's to a total first-quarter revenue gain of 25%, with earnings nearly doubling to $22.2 million. The company said furniture and mattress ...
MAD AVE GLOBAL, owned by Axxess Unlimited, has announced that Jim Beam brand has appointed it as sales and marketing agency for Jim Beam Nut Snacks, a new product in the flavored nut snack category. Axxess Unlimited chief operating ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
IT services and solutions provider Discoverture Solutions has partnered with MphasiS to jointly provide property & casualty (P&C) implementation services to customers in North America and worldwide. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, ...
A tour early this spring to the U.S.-Mexico border for the Arizona agricultural leadership group Project CENTRL at the San Luis, Ariz., Port of Entry was truly an eye-opening experience. This journalist was invited to participate and ...
Tags: Border Tour, Farm Worker
When Larry Goodwin was stung to death by thousands of Africanized honey bees on June 1, the story had a near-fiction quality for many Americans. Goodwin, 62 years old, who farmed near Waco, Texas, was killed when he disturbed a hive while ...
Electric carmaker Tesla Motors has expanded its Supercharger network in the US that allows faster charging for the Tesla Model S vehicles. The expansion follows the success of the Tesla Supercharger network in the areas including ...
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A three-year-old Pennsylvania brand is offering custom U.S.-made cargo bikes and electric bikes, bringing utilitarian options to consumers with specific needs. Lance Portnoff launched Design Logic Bikes in 2010. An early prototype ...
Tags: Cargo Bikes, Transportation
Croda International Plc has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the specialty products business of Arizona Chemical of Jacksonville, FL, US. The acquisition brings Croda a portfolio of leading oil gelling polymers, further ...
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A former member of a band of hackers faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to a single computer hacking charge. Jeremy Hammond, 28, of Chicago admitted to participating in more than a half dozen attacks perpetrated ...
Tags: Stratfor Hack, Computer Hacking
Sport Chalet Inc. posted fourth-quarter earnings Thursday, reporting a 6.8 percent increase in comparable store sales for the quarter ended March 31 compared with the same period in 2012. The company also reported a net loss of $2.3 ...
Tags: Transportation
Apple will build Macs in Texas using some parts made in the U.S., CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday, putting a little flesh on a pledge from last December. In a prepared statement Cook read before a Senate subcommittee yesterday, the chief ...
Tags: Apple, Macs, Computer Products
Apple pays a fair share of the taxes it owes the U.S. and other nations, its CEO said Tuesday, despite criticism from U.S. senators that the company is ducking taxes by shifting profits to subsidiaries that the company does not consider tax ...
Tags: Computer Products, Apple
Las Vegas, Nevada-based Roadrunner Steel, Inc., a sister company of Performance Steel, Inc. announced Wednesday that it is constructing an approximately 100,000-square-foot rail served, slitting, leveling, and distribution warehouse on over ...