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Jury says Texas maker of highway guardrails should pay $175 million in damages over design
2014-11-02 13:17:16| Railroads - Topix.net
A jury has decided that a Texas company should pay $175 million in a case involving the safety of thousands of guardrails on highways around the country. A whistleblower charged that the company changed the design of caps at each end of the guardrails a decade ago that made them more dangerous, then failed to properly test the units or tell government transportation officials about the change for years.
Supply Chains Darlings - 6 Supply Chains the Industry Has Obsessed Over - #1, Alibaba
2014-10-28 02:24:46| Logistics - Topix.net
'Darling Supply Chains' - the companies that tend to dominate the headlines of the supply chain world every-so-often for their innovative thinking, and re-imagination of the industry. Here's part 6 in our series.
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The era of climate fatalism is over
2014-10-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The race to stabilise the Earths climate was always going to be long, slow one. So slow and so difficult that there will always be a temptation to think that it is all too complicated, that immediate problems are more pressing or that China, the United States and multinational corporations will never agree to the radical changes needed. Perhaps we should just give up and resign ourselves to trying to adapt as best we can to climate change once it starts to get serious. That is the sort of fatalism...
Bonney to retire as CEO of Cubist, current COO to take over
2014-10-20 19:58:51| Biotech - Topix.net
Cubist CEO Mike Bonney, who oversaw the most successful U.S. launch ever of an intravenous antibiotic, Cubicin, as well as the acquisition of two firms last year, is stepping down after 11 years.
Trendy clothes shop Urban Outfitters blasted by shoppers over...
2014-10-19 15:11:43| Apparel - Topix.net
Edgy fashion outlet Urban Outfitters has been blasted by shoppers after putting up a sign with a swear word in its front window. Passersby claim to be "up in arms" about the foul-mouthed display and have branded the American-based company "irresponsible".
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