Family Dollar Stores, Inc. reported record earnings results for the fourth quarter and year ended August 31, 2013. Net income per diluted share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 increased 27.5% to $0.88. Included in the results for the ...
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ISTO Technologies has completed enrollment of its Phase II clinical trial of NuQu, a novel, cell-based therapy for the treatment of pain and disability associated with degenerated spinal discs. The company has completed enrollment of 44 ...
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Foster Wheeler AG announced that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Petrochemical Industries Company (K.S.C.) (PIC) for a pre-feasibility study and a market report for a proposed ...
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IBM is to acquire Dublin-based analytics software provider The Now Factory. Financial terms were not disclosed. Further reading IBM to splash $1bn on Linux for cloud computing and big data US government agency selects IBM in 10 year ...
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Cascade Microtech Inc of Beaverton, OR, USA, which provides equipment enabling precision contact, electrical measurement and test of wafers, ICs, IC packages, circuit boards and modules as well as MEMS, 3D TSV and LED devices, has acquired ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that the University of Oklahoma will receive the first shipment of Veeco’s new GENxplor R&D molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system early in ...
Vogue Tyre and Rubber Co. has seen a five percent boost in website traffic since the release of the music video "White Walls" by international hip-hop group Macklemore and Ryan Lewis on YouTube. “We saw an immediate spike in web ...
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LED chip maker Genesis Photonics expects to obtain certification from Japan-based smartphone vendors for flip chip (FC) LED chips used to make smartphone flashes in the fourth quarter of 2013 and begin shipments in the first quarter of ...
Global photovoltaic (PV) installations are forecast to rise at the fastest pace in three years in 2014, exceeding 40GW for the first time and generating installation revenue of more than US$86 billion, according to IHS. Annual solar ...
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With more and more smartphones and other portable devices adopting sapphire as cover glass, sapphire ingot vendor Sapphire Technology Company (STC) is looking to double its production capacity to meet the anticipated growth in demand, ...
During the third quarter of 2013, end-market demand from the global solar PV industry reached a new record of 9GW. This record demand is up 6% on quarter and almost 20% on year, according to Solarbuzz. Both mid-year quarters, ...
Kinetic Concepts (KCI), LifeCell and Systagenix have agreed to merge their operations to form one globally diversified wound care, biologics and regenerative medicine company. KCI and LifeCell will begin operating as one company with ...
Pinnacle Foods has completed the acquisition of Wish-Bone and Western dressings brands from Unilever for $575m in cash. Subject to a customary post-closing inventory adjustment, the deal was financed through a combination of cash on hand ...
Campbell Soup has agreed to sell European simple meals business to UK private equity firm CVC Capital Partners (CVC). The €400m deal includes Campbell's national brands of soups, sauces and simple meals, including Liebig and Royco in ...
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Cummins has announced it is launching a five-litre V8 diesel engine, designed for pickup-and-delivery applications and other light- and medium-duty trucks. The ISV5.0 will be assembled at Cummins' Columbus Engine Plant, which has received ...
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