The U.S. Senate has delayed a vote on an Internet sales tax until May, after a handful of senators blocked lawmakers from voting on the legislation this week. The Senate will again take up debate on the Marketplace Fairness Act after May ...
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K•Swiss Inc. announced that, at a special meeting of stockholders held, its stockholders approved the adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 16, 2013, by and among K•Swiss Inc., E.Land World Limited, a ...
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NanoWave® from Hollingsworth & Vose has been selected as the winner of the Roll Goods IDEA13 Achievement Award. Three of the most innovative and successful new products in the nonwovens and engineered fabrics industries over the past ...
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Last fall I flew halfway across the country to go grocery shopping with Everly Macario. We set out from her second-story apartment in Hyde Park near the University of Chicago and walked to the supermarket to buy a couple of?rib?steaks?that ...
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On Thursday, US Steel Canada sent a letter to United SteelWorkers Local 8782, to advise that the company is giving union workers 72 hours' notice of its intention to lockout employees at 9:00am on April 28, 2013. On Tuesday, Local USW ...
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On Monday, The Timken Company announced that it sent another letter to its shareholders, urging them to support the company's proven strategy to create shareholder value and vote against Proxy Statement Item No. 6, the shareholder proposal ...
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FESPA Fabric 2013 is calling for budding creative designers, garment decorators and t-shirt printers to get involved to showcase their talents! Following its success at FESPA Fabric 2012, FESPA’s t-shirt design competition - ...
The widely anticipated 2014 GE Edison Awards Preliminaries has officially kicked off this week. Preliminaries are being held across Asia Pacific to encourage the participation of regional lighting designers and professionals in this ...
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A U.S. House of Representatives committee failed to make the changes necessary to allay fears about government surveillance in a controversial cyberthreat sharing bill that's moving toward a House vote, critics said. The House ...
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In honor of the 25th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, DuPont is asking the industry to vote on the past packaging breakthroughs that most impacted people's lives. You can vote by clicking here. From hundreds of past winners, DuPont ...
On Monday, Canton, Ohio-based The Timken Company announced that it filed an updated investor presentation with the Securities and Exchange Commission highlighting the flaws in the analysis behind the shareholder proposal from The California ...
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Agricultural nutrients maker Agrium Inc. (AGU, AGU.TO) Tuesday said that Glass, Lewis & Co. LLC has recommended that its clients vote for all 12 of Agrium's director nominees using only the white proxy. Glass Lewis is a leading ...
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The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association (PFMA) has appreciated the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for voting to pass House Bill 790, which will support to reform Pennsylvania's alcohol sales system. House Bill 790, as passed by ...
Nominations are open for the 2013 World of Wipes Innovation Award. The World of Wipes Innovation Award will recognize and reward innovation within the entire wipes value chain that utilizes nonwoven fabrics in a way that expands the usage ...
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The entry deadline is fast approaching—Friday, March 29—for the first round of Saris' 2013 Bike Corral Contest, in which one winner will get a car parking space converted to a 10-bike parking facility. Saris received more than ...
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