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Mutual of Omaha suing MeadWestvaco over trademark
Mutual of Omaha is suing a Richmond, Va.-based paper and packaging products giant in a dispute over a wildlife calendar.
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China discloses buying spree in US firms
China's giant sovereign wealth fund revealed it has accumulated stakes totalling $US9.6 billion in major US companies including Coca-Cola, Apple and Goodyear following a buying spree last year.
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12 hrs ago | International Business Times
Wall Street rises on Greece hopes, Caterpillar
Stocks rose at the open on Tuesday as investors welcomed talk that debt-burdened Greece could get help from the European Union, while broker comments lifted shares of industrial companies, including Dow component Caterpillar Inc .
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16 hrs ago | GlobeNewswire
Zoltek Reports First Quarter Results
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 8, 2010 -- Zoltek Companies, Inc. today reported financial results for the first quarter of its 2010 fiscal year.
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20 hrs ago | ABC News
NYSE Euronext Returns to Profit in 4th Quarter
NYSE Euronext, the trans-Atlantic stock exchange operator, said Tuesday it returned to profit in the fourth quarter as cost-cutting helped offset a drop in revenue from falling global share trading volumes.
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Merix shareholders approve sale to Viasystems
Plans call for keeping Merix's factory in Forest Grove open. Beaverton-based Merix Corp.
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Caterpillar to join backers of power plant project known as FutureGen
Backers of the planned experimental clean-coal power plant called FutureGen say the public-private venture envisioned for eastern Illinois has landed another corporate partner.
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Kaman And Lockheed Announce Unmaned Helicopter
Kaman Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. said they have developed an unmanned helicopter and proven to the U.S. Marine Corps that it works.
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Toyota stumbles but its 'kaizen' cult endures
The cascading crisis at Toyota Motor Corp. stemming from the massive recall of some of its vehicles is prompting other manufacturers that adopted its production system to ask whether the incident reveals a fundamental flaw in the "Toyota Way." The early consensus emerging from that re-examination is that the auto maker's manufacturing philosophy ...
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Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Investigates Possible Breach of Fiduciary Duty...
Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Investigates Possible Breach of Fiduciary Duty by the Board of Hardinge Inc.
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LORD Corporation Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Active Shock
LORD Corporation -- a leader in vibration and motion control products and solutions for defense, aerospace and commercial markets -- filed suit in 2009 against Active Shock in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina .
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CIT, emerging from bankruptcy, hires Thain as CEO
CIT Group Inc has hired former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain as its new chief executive, the commercial lender said late on Sunday, wagering that the well-traveled executive can guide its post-bankruptcy turnaround.
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Nevada Company Gets $20 Million in NASA Funding
Some $20 million in stimulus funds from NASA could put a northern Nevada at the forefront of the United States' commercial spacecraft industry.
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Firefighters headed to a fire at Greenfield Industries Inc., 470 Old Evans Road in Martinez, just after 3 p.m. today.
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Judge faults ex-Delphi executive
Former Delphi Corp. Chief Executive Officer J. T. Battenberg III was "reckless" in failing to ensure that financial forms he signed were accurate, a federal judge said Wednesday.
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Brazilian company makes offer for Hardinge
Industrias Romi S.A., a global manufacturer of machine tools based in Brazil, has submitted an all-cash offer to buy all outstanding shares of Horseheads machine tooler Hardinge Inc.
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American Axle swings to profit; sales miss targets
American Axle & Manufacturing shares fell 11% on Friday after the car parts maker said it swung to a fourth-quarter profit but posted sales that came up shy of Wall Street targets.
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Judge: Pratt can't move jobs out of US
A federal U.S. judge ordered jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney to halt its plans to move 1,000 jobs out of Connecticut and to Japan, Singapore and the state of Georgia.
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Teledyne Technologies to Present at Cowen's Aerospace/Defense Conference on February 10
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated today announced that Jason VanWees, vice president, corporate development and investor relations, will make a presentation at Cowen and Company's 31st Annual Aerospace/Defense Conference on Wednesday, February 10, at 11:55 a.m. at the InterContinental The Barclay New York in New York City.
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Badger Meter profit falls, misses expectations
RightNow Technologies Inc.'s quarterly profit nearly quadrupled as sales of its customer-management software leaped.
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