At the 30th IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2015) in Charlotte, NC, USA (15-19 March), Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which designs and provides gallium nitride-based power conversion ...
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Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which provides nanomaterial technology for enhancing solar panels and other products, has demonstrated a 1-sun photovoltaic (PV) solar energy conversion efficiency of 15.3% using a gallium arsenide (GaAs) ...
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Net sales grow by $61 million in the fourth quarter, despite its restructuring push circling another $100 million upwards in spending cuts. Toys R Us has seen net sales grow by $61 million in the fourth quarter, despite its restructuring ...
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Funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Action Based Research programme, following a scoping exercise in 2014, Anthesis LRS is managing and coordinating trials, with cross-sector collaboration from ...
A series of 14 peer reviewed research papers have found that plain cigarette packaging in Australia has been a success as it has reduced the appeal of smoking among adolescents and also prompted smokers to quit. The findings of the ...
DSW Inc. reported earnings on an adjusted basis rose 13 percent to $30.9 million, or 35 cents a share, exceeding its guidance calling for earnings between 21 and 31 cents a share. Comparable sales increased 7.6 percent. Highlights: ...
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Quiksilver Inc. reported its losses narrowed on a 13.7 percent decline in sales for the first quarter ended Jan. 31, but of the "revenue cut-off issue" the company cited two weeks ago as the reason for postponing the release of the ...
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Foot Locker Inc. is targeting sales of $10 billion and sales per gross square foot of $600 by 2020, according to new financial targets laid out by the company Monday, March 16. The specialty retailer released its updated strategic goals ...
Meijer announced that it's continuing to up its fashion game with the spring launch of a Skechers concept shop inside the Knapp's Corner Meijer in Grand Rapids, MI, roughly one year after the retailer unveiled a fresh approach to lure ...
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Researchers from the Tyndall National Institute (TNI) and Teagasc in Ireland are developing a new sensor that could rapidly detect spore-forming bacteria in milk. Capable of surviving pasteurisation, the harmful bacteria causes food ...
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Molycorp, Inc. has announced financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year 2014. FOURTH QUARTER 2014 RESULTS The Company reported consolidated net revenues of $116.2 million, a 6% decrease over the third quarter ...
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Net income for the thirteen weeks ended January 31, 2015 at The Children's Place, Inc, a pure-play children's specialty apparel retailer in North America was up from same period of previous year. Net income for the reporting quarter stood ...
Net sales for the four months ended January 31, 2015 at Destination Maternity, a maternity apparel retailer were $165.6 million compared with $170.6 million for the four months ended January 31, 2014. “The decrease resulted from ...
The current measures being implemented to ensure coexistence of GM and non-GM crops in the EU are practically feasible, both at farm level and along the supply chain, a new study by UK researchers has revealed. The new study, conducted ...
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A bus fitted with a Kinetic Recovery System (KERS) has entered full service trial in Kent as part of a research and development project to explore fuel saving technologies. The Wrightbus vehicle is fitted with a flywheel KERS unit, which ...
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