The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC), Brattleboro, Vt., will hold a symposium titled "Collecting Textiles: Make It Work for Your Community" on April 2 at the Nathan Hale Inn & Conference Center at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, ...
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Sony Chairman and former CEO Howard Stringer, who has been at the company since 1997, will be leaving the company in June. Stringer led Sony for seven years, facing harsh criticism as losses mounted before he was replaced last year. ...
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Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday called for transparency in healthcare pricing and addressing chronic disease epidemics such as obesity in order to drive down the cost of care for all. He also called for embracing IT and letting ...
Eric Schenk Alex Shuford III Eric Schenk will retire as president and CEO of Century Furniture on April 1 and Alex Shuford III, currently the vice president of sales and marketing, will take over as president, the company announced ...
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Robert Tucker, author of “Innovation is Everybody’s Business,” addressed members of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) yesterday about fostering innovation at their businesses. But he didn’t ...
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Ventrix said that its VentriGel biomaterial scaffold has shown potential to prevent heart failure following heart attack in a pre-clinical study. VentriGel is injected in a minimally-invasive procedure using a catheter to repair damaged ...
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As Microsoft pushed Outlook.com out of preview mode today, analysts said the company's "Scroogled" attack ads, which fired shots at Google's Gmail two weeks ago, were effective. "We all like to think that we don't like attack ads, but the ...
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Hans-Peter Keitel (*1947), former President of the Federation of German Industries e. V. (BDI), has been elected to the Shareholders Committee and the Supervisory Board of Voith GmbH at the Voith Shareholders ...
Warren S. Perkins, former president of AATCC and respected textile industry chemist and professor, has been elected by the Association’s Board of Directors to serve as AATCC Treasurer. John Y. “Jack” Daniels, executive ...
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Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs threatened Palm with a patent lawsuit if it did not enter into an agreement in which the companies pledged not to hire employees from each other, unsealed court documents show. Jobs threatened Palm with ...
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Despite being confronted by high interest rates, local apparel accessories and packaging producers are efficiently supporting Bangladesh’s exports and economy as a whole, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Md. Faruk Khan has said. ...
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IDG News Service - Former President Bill Clinton made a surprise appearance at the International CES on Wednesday, where he talked a little about technology and a lot about hot-button political issues like the environment and gun control. ...
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Houston,Texas-based Ranger Steel Services LP,the largest independent steel plate distributor in the United States,announced Friday that Sales Vice President Jeff McPherson has been appointed President,and Operations Vice President Jochen ...
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The lighting on the Eiffel tower is now swiched off at 1.00 am Paris's standing as the City of Light may come under threat later this year if a decision to switch off the French capital's lights gets the go-ahead. The French ...
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TATA Steel was conferred with the ASSOCHAM CSR Excellence Award 2012-13 by ASSOCHAM at the fifth edition of the ASSOCHAM CSR Summit held in New Delhi. TATA Steel was announced as a winner in the Large Corporates Category and the award is ...
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