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GE Sells Its Appliance Business To Electrolux, Narrows Focus On Industry
2014-09-09 23:19:04| Appliances - Topix.net
While I did not predict GE would sell off its appliance division, the move is in line with the strategy I identified then. General Electric is selling its appliance business to Electrolux for $3.3 billion.
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Report on UPS Plane Crash to Focus on Pilot Errors
2014-09-09 08:58:04| Trucking - Topix.net
Federal investigators on Tuesday are expected to officially conclude that pilot mistakes and deviations from company safety rules caused the crash of a United Parcel Service Inc. cargo plane in Alabama last year, according to people familiar with the probe. But the National Transportation Safety Board's final report, these people said, likely will stop short of citing crew fatigue as a contributing factor in the accident that killed both pilots.
GE Exits Kitchen, Narrows Its Focus
2014-09-09 02:27:04| Appliances - Topix.net
General Electric Co., which commercialized the electric toaster and self-cleaning oven, said it would sell its appliance business to Sweden-based Electrolux AB for $3.3 billion.
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Cost a focus as GSK takes lead in new wave of biotech lung drugs
2014-09-08 18:10:50| Biotech - Topix.net
Cost-effectiveness is seen as a challenge for a new group of biotech lung drugs that have produced promising results in clinical tests, of which the first is likely to be launched next year by GlaxoSmithKline. Rival firms are racing to develop similar injectable drugs for patients with severe asthma, who do not respond adequately to traditional inhalers, in pursuit of a new market that analysts believe may be worth around $7.5 billion in annual sales.
Brawner: Minimum wage: focus on work, not fairness
2014-09-07 04:52:55| IT Services - Topix.net
Arkansans in November will vote on whether or not to raise the minimum wage incrementally from its current $6.25 an hour to $8.50 by the beginning of 2017. There is no organized opposition, the State Commerce of Commerce doesn't have an opinion, and polls have shown it is likely to pass.
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