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2 hrs ago | MocoNews.net

Kodak Sues Samsung, LG Over Digital Camera Technology Used In Phones

Eastman Kodak has filed a pair of lawsuits against LG and Samsung alleging that the companies infringed on patents involving digital cameras in some of their devices.

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Related Topix: Cameras, Digital Cameras, Eastman Kodak, Photography, Electronics

6 hrs ago | The Daily Times

TOXICS, EXPLOSIVES: 3 Delaware plants called high-risk

WILMINGTON - A national group puts three Delaware plants among hundreds in the country that must consider new materials or changes in production to cut the risk of a public disaster.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia Metro, Wilmington Metro, Rubber-Plastics, Dupont E I Nemours , Chemicals

10 hrs ago | Earth Times

Sypris Solutions, Inc. Reschedules November 25th Investor Conference Call for December 18th

Sypris Solutions, Inc. today announced that the company's previously scheduled conference call on Tuesday, November 25, at 9:00 a.m. , to discuss the results of the company's comprehensive strategic review and ...

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Related Topix: Electronics

14 hrs ago | The Mobile Register Online

Teledyne Continental Motors lays off 60 workers from Brookley Field plant

Teledyne Continental Motors cut 60 jobs Thursday and Friday, as the market for airplane engines and parts continues to deteriorate.

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Related Topix: Aerospace-Defense, Teledyne Technologies, Mobile, AL

19 hrs ago | Hays Daily News

Ford County casino remains on track Dodge Cit ...

With the state's four-casino agenda suddenly shaken by the withdrawals of two developers, officials of Ford County and Butler National Service Corp.

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Related Topix: Ford County, KS, Aerospace-Defense, Dodge City, KS

23 hrs ago | Los Angeles Business

DoD official not pleased with Northrop attack ad against Boeing

In a full-page ad in the Washington Post , Northrop cites a senior U.S. Department of Defense official saying one could conclude that Boeing, in bidding to build modified tankers at a price $3 billion higher ...

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Related Topix: Aerospace-Defense, Northrop Grumman, Department of Defense, US News

Fri Nov 21, 2008

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Punk musician Barker sues over SC plane crash

Punk musician Travis Barker has sued over the South Carolina plane crash that injured him and killed two friends.

The former Blink-182 drummer sued Friday. The lawsuit names the plane's owners, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., and a maintenance company. He is seeking more than $25,000 in damages.

Barker's suit claims the companies improperly operated and maintained the plane. The Sept. 19 crash killed two pilots, Barker assistant Chris Baker and Barker bodyguard Charles Monroe Still Jr.

Still's mother, Thelma Martin Still, is also suing the companies.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, South Carolina, Punk, Blink 182, Rubber-Plastics, Industrial Machines, Goodyear Tire and Rubber, Entertainment

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: Spotlight: Terex Corp.

The Infrastructure Play - Interview with CEO Ronald DeFeo

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Related Topix: Terex Corporation, Industrial Machines, Video, Business News

WPXI

Pittsburgh-Area Transit Agency Finds 165 Bad Buses

The Pittsburgh area's transit agency is working with a manufacturer to correct frame problems on 160 of its buses that cause the buses to lean to one side.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, Allegheny County, PA, Automakers

WXYZ

Consumer Prices May Dip More

Chemical makers, long corralled by fierce price competition, found a vehicle to pass on some costs over the summer as costs for the crude used in their products struck record highs.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Dow Chemical, Chemicals, Saginaw Metro, Midland, MI

Tribune-Star

Bemis to lay off 100 on Dec. 1

Bemis Co. in Terre Haute expects to lay off about 100 employees next month, a company official confirmed.

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Related Topix: Bemis Company, Terre Haute Metro, Terre Haute, IN

Motorcyclist RSS Feed

Bridgestone Firestone Announces Title Sponsorship of the 2009 WERA National Endurance Series

Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC has once again signed an agreement with the Western Eastern Road Racing Association , renewing as the title sponsor of the 2009 National Endurance Series.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Industrial Machines, Nashville Metro

Thu Nov 20, 2008

WTOL-TV Toledo

Goodyear stock drops year's low point

Shares of Goodyear Tire and Rubber have dropped to a new 52-week low. The tire maker's stock is following the downward spiral of the nation's Big Three automakers.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Industrial Machines, Goodyear Tire and Rubber, Cleveland Metro, Akron Metro, Akron, OH

Earth Times

Lockheed Martin Receives $156 Million Contract to Extend Canadian CP-140 Aurora Aircraft Service Life

Under this contract, 10 Canadian CP-140 Aurora aircraft will receive Life Extension Kits consisting of all-new outer wings, center wing lower surface assemblies, horizontal stabilizers, wing and horizontal ...

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Related Topix: Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin, US Military, US Air Force, US Navy

Kansas City Star

Norwegian government wants Joint Strike Fighter

The Norwegian government says it has picked the U.S. developed F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to replace its aging U.S.-made F-16 aircraft in a roughly 60 billion kroner deal.The U.S. led-consortium had been ...

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Related Topix: Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin

TwinCities

Rock-Tenn gets OK from St. Paul to explore rural biogas power plant

The St. Paul city council voted unanimously Wednesday to accept community recommendations to allow the Rock-Tenn paper plant to explore building a rural biogas facility to power its operation.

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Related Topix: St. Paul, MN, Paper, Industrial Machines, Rock Tenn

Bradenton Herald

Lockheed agrees to temporarily relocate Tallevast families

Lockheed Martin Corp. will temporarily relocate any family or individual in Tallevast who wants to leave town while two buildings that sit on a contamination spill are dismantled, company spokesman Tom Greer ...

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Related Topix: Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin, Tallevast, FL

Wed Nov 19, 2008

ArgusLeader.com

Raven cuts 42 jobs from its Sioux Falls films division

Raven Industries said today it has eliminated 42 jobs from its Engineered Films Division in Sioux Falls.

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Related Topix: Sioux Falls Metro, Sioux Falls, SD, Rubber-Plastics, Industrial Machines

Chicago Tribune

Pentagon's acquisition chief defends 'prudent' funding move on Lockheed fighter jet program

's F-22 fighter jet program until the next administration can assess its aircraft needs.

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Related Topix: Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, US House of Representatives, Neil Abercrombie, Democrat, US Military, US Air Force

GreenvilleOnline.com

Solutia cuts more than 300 Greenwood jobs

Solutia Inc. has laid off more than 300 workers at its Greenwood plant -- a third of the work force -- because of declining demand for the nylon fibers the plant makes, the company said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Solutia, Chemicals

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