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Porvair does multiple acts to expand its portfolio
Porvair purchases Thomas Cain and forges deal with Thermo Electron. Filtration and environmental technology group Porvair Plc have announced last Thursday the acquisition of Thomas Cain Inc.
Season 15 of "Law & Order: SVU" debuts on TV and Twitter fans love it
Fans of "Law & Order: SVU" loved the premier episode of Season 15 and raved about it in Twitter.
China's banking regulator set to expand loans facilities to include retail purchases
The China Banking Regulatory Commission had sought opinions to allow companies to set up financing firms that offer loans for retail purchases under certain parameters.
Fixing Metro-North Railroad may take three weeks
Commuters who take the Metro-North Railroad train may need to wait for three weeks until the cable failure that disrupted operations yesterday would be fixed.
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The Hartford Financial Services Group announced that it would continue to provide home and auto insurance products to AARP members.
According to information technology news site CNet, Apple Inc's iPhone and iPad customers experienced symptoms of motion sickness because of operating system iOS 7's parallax and zoom features.
In a released statement, Blackberry Ltd said that it would be cancelling its quarterly earnings call and webcast scheduled for Friday this week.
The USPS had proposed to raise the price of its first-class stamp to USD 0.49. The US Postal Service (USPS) has proposed to increase the cost of a first-class stamp by USD 0.
Automattic, Inc, parent company of open source blogging and content management system service WordPress, announced in a blog post that it had acquired content sharing technology startup Cloudup with no financial details disclosed.
Sources revealed to Bloomberg that British private equity firm 3i Group Plc was seeking to add members who specialize in buyouts for its UK and Germany private equity teams.
TVV Capital's acquisition of Pitonyak Machinery Corp serves to complement an earlier acquisition for the buyout firm.
The executive council had earmarked funds for construction of hospitals and roads in Abu Dhabi. The executive council of Abu Dhabi last Wednesday approved funds worth AED15.
Sofitel would be opening hotels in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Sofitel, the luxury hotel brand, is owned by French company Accor, was said to be in active discussion to sign new hotels located in Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
RidePal gathered USD 3.2 million for its Series A round. San Francisco-based shuttle service provider RidePal announced that it was able to score USD 3.