IRVINE, Calif. - Tropitone Furniture Company opened the Preview Market at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago last month by announcing the expansion of its table program with the introduction of fire pits. "For the past few years, end user ...
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For full-year fiscal 2012 (ended 24 June), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $1.16bn, up 18% on $988m for fiscal 2011. This consisted of $757m for LED products (components, chips and materials), $335m for lighting products ...
Wajax Corporation, Toronto, Ontario, announced a 12 percent increase in 2012 second quarter earnings. Second Quarter Highlights Consolidated second quarter revenue of $386.6 million increased $52.5 million, or 16 percent compared to last ...
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Driven by the major acquisition of a wastewater pumps business and organic growth, order intake increased significantly by nominal 11% to CHF 2 025 million in the first half of 2012. Adjusted for currency effects as well as acquisitions and ...
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Laser giant ends June quarter with a record backlog,and will formally release its kilowatt fiber laser by the end of September. Microelectronics order boom Coherent,one of the world's leading laser vendors,says that it now has a record ...
While earnings from marquee-name tech companies such as Apple and Facebook disappointed this week, sales of mobile devices and enterprise software showed signs of growth. The deluge of earnings reports offered mixed news about sales but ...
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The wireless IC market will grow 10%to$72.6bn in 2012,says IHS,compared to the 3%growth expected for the overall semi industry,however 'The continual adoption by IDMs of an asset-light manufacturing model is now working against their ...
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The power discrete and module market will grow by almost$9bn to$26.2bn in 2016,forecasts the 15th edition of an annual report from IMS Research,which this year includes more comparisons of wide-bandgap(silicon carbide and gallium ...
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Infinera reports Q2 revenue down 10.7%on last quarter For second-quarter 2012,Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale,CA,USA,a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic ...
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UK confectioner Thorntons has maintained a cautious outlook, despite seeing some improvement in sales trends during the fourth quarter. The company, which sells chocolates through supermarkets as well as its own and franchised stores, ...
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PC Advisor-Cloud computing is currently one of the most talked about topics for many business,for a large percentage of whom it is the perfect solution.For a startup,low costs and simple entry are appealing features--while large corporates ...
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Arianespace is probably best-known as the launch services operator for the European Space Agency, and thus closely associated with Ariane rocket operations from Europe's spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana. The firm, founded in 1980 and ...
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The majority of hospitals are seeking electronic patient records outside the National Programme for IT,with three in five already selecting alternative systems,according to research from Computer Weekly. In a survey of 178 health ...
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Laser vendors weigh uncertain prospects 04 Jul 2012 Longbow Research finds lowered expectations in Germany,but not for everyone. Coherent sees microelectronics growth ahead Macroeconomic concerns continue to vex laser vendors in ...
Despite the economic turmoil and return to recession,IT contractor rates in London have increased 3.4%over the past year. This reflects how organisations–which see IT as a way of improving business–are running projects that ...
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