April 3, 2013 - Construction industry stakeholders from across Canada have formed a new national organization to help “keep a steady flow of highly skilled workers available to the growing industry”: BuildForce Canada. ...
General insurance provider AXA UK has appointed Ian Brimecome as chairman of the board with immediate effect, who has been serving as a non-executive director of the company in the UK for six years. With more than 30 years of expertise of ...
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During the 2013 American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) Annual Executive Summit in Washington, D.C., outgoing AAFA Chairman Rick Darling, Vice-Chairman of LF USA & LF Europe, turned over the chairmanship of the AAFA Board of ...
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Steve Freeman CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Sustainable Furnishings Council plans a comprehensive review and revision of its standards as part of its initiatives for 2013. The revisions are among a number of changes at the ...
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A slimmed down version of the Raspberry Pi has been introduced with around half the power consumption and a lower price tag that tht original board. The new Model A version of the embedded computing platform has only 256MB of RAM included ...
ownCloud Inc., the company behind the world's most popular secure open source file sync and share software, announced today the forming of a board of directors, and named several leading industry executives to the board. Led by ...
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Powered by the AMD Embedded G-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) GizmoSphere has launched the Gizmo board for developing x86-based embedded systems for embedded systems inventors and hobbyists. The board is powered by the AMD ...
A low-cost board for x86-based embedded system development is available from GizmoSphere. It is based on an AMD Embedded G-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU). Gizmo is a 4 x 4in x86 development board that runs Android, Linux, ...
Paul Lamond is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who with a DVD board game. The game, which is on show at Toy Fair and launches this summer, contains over 100 clips taken from the sci-fi TV series and thousands of trivia ...
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Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso has announced the launch of Ecoboard Plus, a new linerboard from its Barcelona Mill in Spain, which adds to the company’s selection of boards that are made of recycled material. The new ...
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The NRF Foundation, the non-profit arm of the National Retail Federation, announced that Mindy Grossman, CEO, HSNi, was elected as the new chair of its Board of Directors for a two-year term. Ms. Grossman replaces Kip Tindell, chairman and ...
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Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC) has taken delivery of a MA Lighting grandMA2 light console which will become the venue's main, large show lighting console. "It was time we upgraded and the grandMA2 is an awesome console," ...
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The Wet Seal, Inc. a leading specialty retailer to young women announced that it has entered into an employment contract with John D. Goodman to serve as its new Chief Executive Officer through January 30, 2016. Mr. Goodman will assume his ...
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Business Standard reported that the Mr Miglani family, joint owner with ArcelorMittal of Uttam Galva Steels, has completed the acquisition of Lloyds Steel by reconstituting its board. The company is now in talks with private equity ...
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Board members of the three largest industry retailer associations - the National Home Furnishings Assn., the Western Home Furnishings Assn. and the Home Furnishings Independents Assn. - have agreed to merge the ...
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