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Huntsman Corp. said Saturday it has agreed to acquire the chemicals business of India's Laffans Petrochemicals Ltd.The business has annual sales of about $45 million. Huntsman expects the acquisition to be completed in the first half of 2011 but did not disclose financial terms.Huntsman, which...
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Jul 30 | News
Recliners designed to help fussy babies sleep top this week's list of recalls. Babies can be at risk of being trapped or suffocating if they're left in a recliner placed in a crib, rather than on the floor. Federal officials are investigating a report of a 4-month-old girl from Michigan who died in...
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Major companies tentatively scheduled to report quarterly earnings next week:MondayLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Humana Inc. releases financial results.TuesdayTHE WOODLANDS, Texas — Anadarko Petroleum Corp. releases financial results.DECATUR, Ill. — Archer Daniels Midland Co. releases financial results.NEW...
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Jul 30 | News
Procter & Gamble Co., the world's largest consumer products maker, reports fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday before the market opens.WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Whether the company's sales momentum continues from a combination of price cuts, cheaper versions of top brands, new premium products and...
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Jul 30 | News
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Detroit on Friday is meant to highlight progress at General Motors Co and Chrysler since their government-sponsored bankruptcies, and his administration's vision for a greener economy.
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Jul 30 | News
The recovery lost momentum in the second quarter as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment.Weaker spending by consumers, less growth coming from companies restocking shrunken stockpiles and a bigger drag from the...
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Jul 30 | News
Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced that Norton One Click
Support has been named the winner of the Technology Services Industry
Association (TSIA) STAR Awards for Best Practices for Best Embedded
Product Support. Symantec was also inducted to the STAR Awards Hall of
Fame for...
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Jul 30 | News
TeleNav (NASDAQ: TNAV), one of the largest global wireless
location-based services providers, today announced two additions to
its senior executive team, naming Dariusz Paczuski as vice president
of marketing and Tom Erdman as vice president of enterprise solutions.
Paczuski and Erdman...
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Jul 30 | News
The already fragile economic recovery may be getting weaker.Economists expect the government to report Friday that economic growth slowed in the April-to-June quarter as consumers bought less, builders pulled back further, and cash-hungry state and local governments cut spending.Wall Street...
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Jul 29 | News
Calgon Carbon Corp. said Thursday that a federal jury in Pennsylvania has ordered it to pay $12 million to coal technology company ADA-ES Inc.The judgment stems from a lawsuit over a contract awarded to Calgon Carbon in 2008 to supply products to the electric power industry.Calgon Carbon, which...
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