Vitamin and supplement giant NBTY has acquired US energy bar brand Balance Bar from private-equity firm Brynwood Partners VI. Brynwood, which acquired the brand from Kraft Foods in 2009, announced the sale for an undisclosed sum yesterday ...
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10 October 2012 Electricity producer Verve Energy of Perth,Australia,GE Energy Financial Services of Stamford,CT,USA and First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA have opened the 10-megawatt Greenough River Solar Farm near Geraldton,Western ...
US organic retailer Whole Foods Market has snapped up leases to six Johnnie Foodmaster's stores in and around Boston. The six stores average 31,000 square feet in size. Whole Foods plans to remodel each location, with the goal of ...
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OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada says that its US affiliate OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT has produced an integrated laser device, achieving a key milestone in its Planar Optoelectronic Technology ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA)has granted 510(k)approval to Blue Belt Technologies'orthopedic surgical system for use in Unicondylar Knee Replacement(UKR)procedures. Using the company's patented technology,the CE-marked NavioPFS ...
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We've driven almost every electric car made, and tested most, but the Tesla Model S comes as a revelation. We've been taking turns driving a Signature Performance version on loan to us from Tesla for about a week now and everyone has come ...
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Carrefour has sold its stake in its venture in Indonesia, the latest move to refocus its attention on a smaller number of markets worldwide. The Carrefour banner will still be present in Indonesia but the chain will be run on a franchise ...
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If you are looking for a reliable car, don't assume that certain brands are always the best. Each manufacturer has models that offer a range of reliability, as identified in Consumer Reports' annual car reliability survey. When ...
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TranS1 has completed first head-to-head retrospective study, designed for comparing its proprietary AxiaLIF pre-sacral interbody fusion procedure to Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF). The trial has enrolled 48 patients in each arm ...
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OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada – which makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) panels and solar tracker systems through its subsidiary OPEL Solar Inc and develops III-V semiconductor devices through US ...
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Along with the in-depth implementation of new medical reform, the potential demand in central and western China and rural areas has been further released, and the medical diagnosis, monitoring and treatment equipment manufacturing industry ...
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MedQIA, a global Imaging CRO, has developed a new software toolkit of image analysis routines which employs a model-based engine to segment the lung, lobes, segments, and airways. The toolkit forms the basis of an Imaging Biomarker ...
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Lexus, a luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota, has unveiled its new 2013 CT 200h hybrid compact car. The new compact car is powered by a 1.8litre petrol engine, which is paired with an electric motor to generate a total ...
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Bracco Diagnostics (BDI) has recalled nine lots of Isovue PFS injector syringes, to be used in combination with stellant CT injection systems due to the presence of visible particles in syringes in the US. The particles were observed at ...
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RaySearch Laboratories has released version 3.0 of RaySearch's RayStation treatment planning system for clinical use in the European Union, US, Japan and Australia. RayStation allows the clinicians to monitor the impact of changes in ...
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