Lighting makes up about 18% of the total electricity consumed in the U.S. and energy efficient lighting plays a major role in conservation efforts. Switching from fluorescent to LED has benefits including energy savings and longer life, ...
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Asian solvent-grade mixed xylenes prices surged $22/mt week on week to a 53-month high of $1,260/mt CFR China Friday on firm demand and low inventory in China over the past three weeks, according to Platts data. The last time the marker ...
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Anthem Worldwide, brand development division of Schawk (NYSE: SGK), said that its Anthem Toronto office has redesigned the cookie packaging for the Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada, for celebrating and inspiring ‘Girl ...
Citigroup is cutting 11,000 jobs,many in IT,as part of a restructuring announced Wednesday. The job cuts are part of a plan to save about$900 million through a variety of actions,including"increasing standardization and the use of ...
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New Zealand's High Court ruled Wednesday that Kim Dotcom and a Megaupload colleague can pursue damages against police and one of the country's spy services for illegally intercepting their communications. In her judgment,Justice Helen ...
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The Australian Patent Office and the patent office of Mexico, Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial, have granted new patents to Quick-Med Technologies' polyurethane-modified polycation, a new product of the NIMBUS technology family ...
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American International Group's (AIG) life and retirement business has purchased Woodbury Financial Services from The Hartford, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition follows a definitive agreement that was signed on 31 July 2012. On ...
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Hatenboer-Water, the provider of integral water management on board ships and platforms, has opened a branch in Singapore. Guy Heijnen will be managing director of the branch. He has fulfilled several functions at the head office in the ...
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Furniture, electronics and appliance retailer Conn's posted net income of $11.8 million or 35 cents per share in its fiscal third quarter as higher margins and a strong furniture and bedding business continued ...
Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, is to supply solar modules for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's (PWR's) $2.3m award from the Environmental Security Technology ...
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O2 and IT partner IBM have revealed a back-up tape potentially containing customers'personal data has been lost,more than a year after it went missing in Ireland. The telecoms provider says IBM only informed it the tape,used for routine ...
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Wake Forest University professor David Carroll (right) works with student Greg Smith. Credit: Ken Bennett, Wake Forest University photographer A US academic has announced the creation of a flicker-free, shatterproof, alternative light ...
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Bendheim Wall Systems, Inc. is launching a new continuing education program titled "Designing Safe and Sustainable Buildings with Channel Glass Wall Systems." The free, self-study online program qualifies for one AIA HSW/SD learning unit ...
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SCG s vice president for corporate affairs, Tanawong Areeratchakul, said the company had signed a contract with SAP (Thailand) to upgrade its ERP project to boost growth domestically and in countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia. Under ...
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Smith&Smith has sold its building glass company to focus on its core business of fixing car windows. Managing director Wayne Carter said Building Glass Limited had bought its building glass installation and repair business for an ...
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