First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), has appointed Georges Antoun chief operating officer. Antoun will initially have responsibility for manufacturing, R&D, ...
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Microsoft has launched a tablet computer - dubbed the Surface - running on its Windows 8 operating system (OS). Microsoft announced the Windows 8 tablet last night in a bid to take on rival tablet manufacturers Apple, Samsung and Google. ...
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Winning Moves has hired David Ripley as its new chief operating officer to support the company's push into new products, licences and territories. The new role will cover general operations, supply chain capability, product sourcing and ...
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ATLANTA — Rent-to-own merchant Aaron's said that David L. Buck and Tristan J. Montanero have each been promoted to senior vice president of operations, effective Jan. 1. Buck was vice president, southwestern operations, and ...
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LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®) will expand its product presentation and increase its scale in 2013 with the addition of two high-profile categories occupying newly added Hall F space in Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Convention ...
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EMC is showing heavy interest in boosting its share of the data center market by moving from storage and related services to servers. Over the past two years, EMC has announced a number of partnerships and products that slipped its toe ...
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Malaysia's Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) has postponed granting a temporary rare earths mine operating license (TOL) to Australian miner Lynas Corp. (ASX:LYC) until an outstanding appeal by residents to the science, technology and ...
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IDG News Service - Oracle did the right thing this week when it pledged to resume porting its software to Hewlett-Packard's Itanium-based servers, but it should never have pulled that support from a critical platform as it did in March ...
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Flexible Stenting Solutions (FSS) has received CE Mark for 6 Fr Reconstrainable FlexStent self-expanding stent system and will now be able to market the stent delivery technology in the European Union. The new device, which integrates the ...
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Rio Tinto Alcan and the employees represented by the Canadian Auto Workers Union have ratified an agreement for the early renewal and extension of labour contracts in Saguenay, Quebec to 2018. The agreement also includes a clause for the ...
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Qualcomm has lowered its forecast of global cellular device shipments for 2012 due to a gloomy economic outlook, though it expects device sales to surge in the fourth quarter because of upcoming products, a likely reference to Apple's ...
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RealCapitalMarkets.com, LLC (RCM1) releases significant updates to the RCM1 commercial real estate marketing and transaction management platform. The platform now supports non-English characters throughout asset presentations, including ...
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Kelington Group Bhd (KGB), which dedicated in ultra-high purity gas and chemical infrastructure, has targeted to China's LED market. According to Group president and chief operating officer Ong Weng Leong, the company already had LED ...
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Red Level Networks announced it hired a key addition to its management team with the hiring of Randy Cummings as Chief Operating Officer. This position is responsible for driving positive change within the organization, establishing ...
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Microsoft today said it would open nearly three dozen 'pop-up' stores this fall in U.S. and Canadian malls and shopping centers to sell its own hardware and software. Although the company declined to confirm that those stores will sell ...
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