BHP Billiton has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Texas-based oil and gas company Petrohawk Energy to expand its interests in the booming shale gas market.
austriamicrosystems, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance analogue ICs, has acquired the Texan manufacturer Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions (TAOS).
General Motors is to invest $129 million in powertrain plants in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan as part of a $2 billion investment program in 17 facilities in eight states over the
Caterpillar is in the clear to acquire mining equipment manufacturer Bucyrus International, after approval Friday from the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
Pittsburgh-based TMS International Corp, through its subsidiary Tube City IMS Corporation, has won its first contract in the Middle East and has also announced a further expansi
Detroit-based energy company DTE Energy is to install a photovoltaic system on the roof of a high school in Michigan as part of its $100 million SolarCurrents program.<
NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign takes to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor and northeast Maryland on Tuesday, July 5, from 5:30 am to 1:30 p
As the US celebrates 235 years of independence today, there is some cause, if not to celebrate, at least to be a little less anxious about the state of the economy.
A consortium of six global technology heavyweights has emerged as the winning bidder for the remaining patents belonging to the once-great Nortel Networks Corporation.
Mars Chocolate North America has announced plans to build a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Topeka, Kansas.
President Obama highlighted the role of advanced manufacturing to the US economy yesterday with a visit to Alcoa’s aerospace component plant in Davenport, Iowa.
US sportswear and equipment supplier NIKE has reported revenues of $20.9 billion for the fiscal year ending 31 May 2011, a ten percent rise over the previous year.
HMV Canada has been sold to British retail restructuring specialist Hilco UK for £2.05 million as part of HMV Group’s plans to reduce debt and secure its main business in the UK
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