IDG News Service-Is Sprint preparing a bid for prepaid wireless carrier MetroPCS?Whatever the rumors and whatever the company's plans,its chief financial officer didn't offer any clues when speaking Wednesday morning at a conference in ...
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There is no single rare earth element market. Instead, the rare earth universe is made up of four or five distinct "critical rare earth" markets that should be the focus for investors today. Even with new mine supply and refining capacity ...
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Sales of medium cars surged beyond those of large cars in Australia for the first time in 2012,with the locally produced Toyota Camry leading the charge. After coming up just short of the large-car segment in 2011(75,984 versus ...
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IDG News Service-Workday on Monday unveiled a new set of enhancements to its cloud-based ERP software aimed at winning business from large multinational companies. The announcement,made as Workday begins its Workday Rising user ...
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Halt Medical has obtained $15m finance from American Capital to support the commercialization of its Acessa system, designed for treating uterine fibroids. Using a slender Handpiece, the CE-marked system delivers radiofrequency energy to ...
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DJO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DJO Finance (DJOFL), has acquired Exos, a US-based medical device company, for an undisclosed sum. Exos' commercial products include a thermoformable bracing system, which is comprised of a waterproof, ...
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The deal, which was first announced in November, will see four Contego facilities – in Leeds and Gillingham in the UK, Hoogerheide in the Netherlands and Portlaiose in Ireland – transfer to the US-based cartons giant. It then ...
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Inspectrology LLC of Sudbury, MA, USA, which manufactures the IVS optical overlay metrology product line, has signed agreements to be represented in Asia by Excellis Pte Ltd of Singapore and in Europe by Eumetrys SAS of Gaillac, France. ...
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American Capital,Ltd.announced that in December 2012 its portfolio company Potpourri Group,Inc.acquired Cuddledown,Inc.,a leading multi-channel retailer of high-end bedding related products.PGI is a multi-brand direct marketer offering a ...
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Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Punjab Shahzad Ali Khan has said that a delegation of APTMA leadership called on the Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to apprise him of the problems faced by the textile industry in ...
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It was a jittery session for stocks, with shares falling more than 1 percent after Senate Majority Harry Reid warned a deal was unlikely before the deadline, only to rebound merely on the news that the House would reconvene Sunday, ...
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PhotonStar LED Group plc (AIM: PSL, "PhotonStar" or “the Group”), the British designer and manufacturer of smart LED lighting solutions, has raised approximately £1.57m through a placing with institutional investors to ...
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Computerworld - Burlington, Wash. officials have notified hundreds of employees and residents that their bank account information was compromised last week when hackers broke into city systems and stole more than $400,000 from a city ...
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Future Lighting Solutions has signed a global LED distribution deal with LG Innotek, PhotonStar has raised funds and signed a licensing deal, Nichia has received a favorable patent-infringement judgment, and Martin Professional has been ...
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Japan imported 6.66 million mt of LNG in November, almost stable from October, when imports were recorded at 6.67 million mt, customs data released Thursday by the Ministry of Finance showed. However, LNG imports were down 4.5% from ...
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