eyeglasses News Archive

16-Jan-2008

 

  • IBM gives away dozens of environmentally friendly patents (The Journal News)
    Armonk-based IBM is spearheading a new initiative to release dozens of U.S. patents for environmentally responsible technology into the public domain. Some of the technologies include patents for biodegradable packaging material and a method to more safely produce TV screens, camera optics and eyeglasses.


  • Burberry Drops After Saying It May Miss Analysts' Estimates (Bloomberg.com)
    Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Burberry Group Plc, the maker of $3,100 metal-studded Knight handbags, fell the most since 2002 in London trading after the British luxury brand said it may miss analysts' estimates.


  • Area Sports Briefs (The Daily Star)
    A 5-on-5 community basketball league is set to start at the end of January and run through March. The games will be fast break and be played Saturday and Sunday each week.


  • Pair face trial in jailhouse fracas (Oroville Mercury-Register)
    Already facing a prison term for wounding a Butte County sheriff's deputy with his own gun, Edward Peter Ferreira, 26, was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on a new jail assault charge.


  • Out of the woods (Seattle Times)
    Seattle's new policy on illegal encampments is a way to clean out garbage-strewn and unsanitary squatter camps, while also offering shelter beds and social services to the homeless. It is a big step forward.


  • Hesperia district says yes-yes to airport security no-nos (The Press-Enterprise)
    Brandi Bawn lost her orange-handled scissors. They lie amid a jumble of pliers, corkscrews, cheese cutters, more scissors and Swiss Army knives -- lots of Swiss Army knives.


  • Burberry Third-Quarter Sales Gain 23% on Luxury Bags (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
    Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Burberry Group Plc, the maker of $3,100 metal-studded Knight handbags, said third-quarter sales climbed 23 percent on demand for luxury accessories.


  • 13abc mid-day headlines (WTVG-TV Toledo)
    Maumee death, Whiteford Rd. accident, robbery and shooting


  • Burberry Drops Most Ever; Label May Miss Estimates (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
    Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Burberry Group Plc, the maker of $3,100 metal-studded Knight handbags, fell 12 percent in London trading, the most ever, after the company said it may miss profit estimates.


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