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A.T. Cross Company, which includes the Cross and Schaeffer brands, is now under new ownership, having been purchased by private equity company Transon Capital Group LLC, Los Angeles. “This exciting development is the beginning of a new phase in our storied 170-year history,” Robert P. Baird Jr., CEO of A.T. Cross Company, said in a…
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The Republican tax plan, which passed today in the House of Representatives, includes one section that may cause worry for colleges and universities. According to Inside Higher Ed, the…
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After Zen Magnets received multiple stop-sales from the CPSC, despite initially winning an appeal granting magnetic ball toys safe for sale, the future of the company was…
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Due to storm damage from Hurricane Irma, Promo Marketing, Philadelphia, is relocating its Power Meeting event scheduled for May 21 to 24 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Deerfield Beach, Fla. “We are extremely disappointed that we will not have the opportunity to host another Power Meeting in Puerto Rico next year due to the…
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Many consumers have made participation in the farm-to-table (or farm-to-fork, depending on one’s nomenclatural or alliterative tastes) movement a central component of their identities, obligating themselves to frequent restaurants that limit the number of sources they seek to help provide patrons with delicious dishes. That allegiance offers an interesting look at the depth of responsibility…
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Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., announced the hiring of seasoned IT specialist Terese Cook as business systems support analyst. Cook comes to Hub after 17 years with international IP video company Piksel. “I mapped business processes to system functionality for a variety of end-users with Piksel,” Cook said. “Here at Hub, I’ll be improving the…
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Plenty of things can be called “stereotypically American”: fireworks, corndogs, country music, reality TV. We have a certain image in the eyes of the world, though not everything this image entails is as prevalent across the board—we are a diverse nation, after all. There is one stereotype, though, that stands to be true, and that…
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On May 29, 2010, Roy Halladay pitched a perfect game against the (then) Florida Marlins. It was the 20th perfect game in MLB history, as well as the second in Phillies franchise history (and…
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Certain words have a notable knack for producing smiles, with “vacation,” “sleep,” “free” and “raise” being among the finest friends to faces. Fewer examples, though, can engender such anticipation and subsequent satisfaction as “pizza,” which has attained global adulation that not many foods can counter. Serving and delivering more pies than any of its worldwide…
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Not all fan apparel products can be winners. The New York Knicks learned this lesson the hard way when the team launched its new Kristaps Porzingis hats for sale in the Madison Square Garden shop. A good tip for any team embroidering a player’s likeness on hats is to make sure the finished product actually…
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