Russia's rouble went into free-fall in Tuesday trading, falling repeatedly to hit record lows, despite the central bank's dramatic decision to raise interest rates from 10.5% to 17%. The rouble's slide this week was prompted by fears ...
Tags: Russia's rouble, durable goods
Occupancy and revenue figures for the 2014-15 ski and snowboard season continued their upward trajectory at 19 mountain resorts in six western states last month. As of Nov. 30, “on-the-books” occupancy is up a sharp 9.7 ...
Tags: Bookings, Sporting Goods
The worldwide solar market demand in 2014 was approximately at 44GW, even though the China market did not perform as well as expectations, due to the continuous growth in Japan and the U.S. market, the supply and demand remained stable. At ...
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Northwestern University’s Center for Quantum Devices in USA has developed a monolithic room-temperature terahertz (THz) source based on quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) [Q. Y. Lu et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol105, p201102, 2014]. The ...
Sony is taking dramatic measures in its response to a devastating hacker attack on its movie studio. Sony Pictures Entertainment has had a large proportion of its dirty laundry aired on the internet, with thousands of private emails ...
Tags: Sony, Consumer Electronics
SICO paint that has a launched a nre product in response to the growing trend of vibrant home decor The Sico MUSE paint-and-primer-in-one product features a TOUCH RESIST TECHNOLOGY paint innovation that gives color surfaces richness and ...
Tags: scratches, marks, stains, Construction
This was supposed to be the diamond decade. Back in 2010, De Beers executives were touting that the coming 10 years would bring unprecedented demand and growth to the industry. Almost halfway through, it feels anything but, especially for ...
Tags: Diamond Decade, diamond dealers
Ecolean, a company that develops and manufactures innovative packaging systems for the dairy and liquid food industry, has opened a new office in Dallas, Texas. The company said that the new facility is targeted at gaining foothold in ...
GfK’s UK Consumer Confidence Index has stayed at the same level this month at -2. Two of the five measures used to calculate the Index Score saw decreases this month, two of the five measures stayed at the same level and the remaining ...
Tags: Confidence Index, Furniture
Big Rock Brewery has launched its first international collaboration, Colaborador Espanol. When you think of Spain, Don Quixote, The Armada, Real Madrid, rich wines, and dramatic bullfights are a few things that likely come to mind before ...
Axalta Coating Systems, a global supplier of liquid and powder coatings and committed partner to the global refinish industry, was one of the sponsors of the International Bodyshop Industry Symposium (IBIS) Turkey, a regional conference ...
Tags: International Bodyshop Industry Symposium, Construction
Pete Selleck, left, and Ralph Dimenna hosted the grand opening of the Michelin Tweel plant in Piedmont, S.C., on Nov. 20. Michelin North America Inc. opened its $50 million Tweel Airless Radial Tire plant in Greenville, S.C., today. ...
Tags: Michelin Tweel plant, Auto
Shareholders owning 6.3 percent of Perry Ellis International, Inc.'s outstanding shares took their efforts to break up the apparel and brand management company public late Tuesday by publishing a letter they sent to the company's board of ...
Tags: Perry Ellis, Stockholder, Sporting Goods
Working in collaboration with Tom Dixon Design Research Studio, Chelsom created a dramatic custom lighting scheme for the guestrooms and lobby area of the first ever Mondrian branded boutique hotel outside the United States. Seductive and ...
Tags: custom lighting scheme, Furniture
Mannington Commercial has been honored a Nightingale Award for Teles, its new high-resiliency rubber plank and tile. Sponsored by The Center for Health Design, Contract and Healthcare Design, the awards showcase the best in product design ...