3M Co. and Vosschemie GmbH said Friday they have settled a patent infringement lawsuit that 3M filed last November. The case involves a patent 3M owns concerning its Paint Preparation Systems products. 3M manufactures and sells a disposable cup paint mixing system under its PPS brand.
ST. PAUL, Minn. & NEUSS, Germany----3M and VOSSCHEMIE GmbH, the German distributor of the GPS disposable paint cup system manufactured by U.S. based Louis M. Gerson Co., Inc., have come to an amicable settlement concerning a patent infringement action filed by 3M in November 2009.
ST. PAUL, Minn.----On Tuesday, August 3, Post-it Brand from 3M and not-for-profit organization Publicolor, will reveal the winning artwork selected from their national student design contest in a big way ? on the world?s largest artistic billboard made of multi-colored Post-it Super Sticky Notes in Grand Central Terminal?s Vanderbilt Hall.
ST. PAUL, Minn.----Last month marked the beginning of a new Panama national ID card produced by 3M Security Systems Division. 3M created a new centralized personalization facility in Panama, including all necessary equipment, and will provide the materials to produce half a million cards per year.
Stocks recover from an earlier downturn caused by a tepid GDP report, thanks to positive readings on Midwest factories and consumption. Gregg Greenberg has The Real Story. 2010 07 30 17:16
3M and VOSSCHEMIE GmbH, the German distributor of the GPS disposable paint cup system manufactured by U.S. based Louis M. Gerson Co., Inc., have come to an amicable settlement concerning a patent 2010 07 30 15:33
On Tuesday, August 3, Post-it Brandfrom 3M and not-for-profit organization Publicolor, will reveal the winning artwork selected from their national student design contest in a big way ? on the 2010 07 30 10:09
Last month marked the beginning of a new Panama national ID card produced by 3M Security Systems Division. 3M created a new centralized personalization facility in Panama, including all necessary 2010 07 28 11:00
Admittedly, while I wanted more honesty from Ben Bernanke, there is always a price to pay for the things we ask for. Although the Federal Reserve Chairman made what are obvious comments, the fact he had to take the shine off his previously glossy assessments of the economy was unnerving. In other words, we like it when Big Ben lies to us; we are human, after all. There seems to be a suggestion the economic rally baton can be handed off to household and business spending as fiscal policy and inventory restocking will not provide the...
Economically sensitive seems to be a good thing this earnings season as the following companies blew through earnings expectations and dwarfed last year's results:
CN Rail (CNI): EPS = C$1.13 versus $0.76 last year UPS: EPS = C$0.84 versus $0.44 last year CAT: EPS = C$1.09 versus $0.72 last year 3M (MMM): EPS = C$1.54 versus $1.20 last year
Below we have run our trading range screen on the 30 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. This screen allows investors to get a quick reading on how a large number of stocks have been trending lately as well as where they're currently trading relative to their normal ranges. As you'll see below, the members of the Dow are currently all over the place. Some stocks are oversold (Bank of America (Wall Street Cheat Sheet submits:
3M Co. (MMM) released its earnings results for second quarter of 2010 before the opening bell today, reporting earnings per share of $1.54, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.48. With a 28.3% increase in its earnings, the company’s sales improved in all its business and geographic regions.
The company continues to deliver sustainable increases in sales, earnings and free cash flow.
US stock index futures are strongly higher this morning after data out of Europe that saw banking shares up sharply there. The demand picture in Europe appeared much better than expected, likely because of a weaker euro, which helped to boost exports.
Oil firms team up on spill response system. Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) and Conoco Phillips (COP) announced they will form a joint venture to design, build and operate a rapid-response system to capture and contain catastrophic deepwater spills, in a bid to regain public confidence in the oil industry. The companies will evenly split an initial $1B investment in...
ST. PAUL, Minn. & NEUSS, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M and VOSSCHEMIE GmbH, the German distributor of the GPS disposable paint cup system manufactured by US based Louis M. Gerson Co., Inc., have ...
2010 may be a directionless year for the stock markets so far, but shares of conglomerates are outperforming and more upside is expected. The five largest conglomerates we follow are all higher ...
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Tuesday, August 3, Post-it Brand from 3M and not-for-profit organization Publicolor, will reveal the winning artwork selected from their national student ...
July 30--After testing a new mobile audio-video content delivery technology in the Indian market for more than six months, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs Research India, which ...
By Chip Brian Below are the top five companies in the Conglomerates sector as measured by relative performance. Lowest relative performance is a comparison between a share and its peers made to ...
By Chip Brian Below are the top five companies in the Conglomerates sector as measured by relative performance. Highest relative performance is a comparison between a share and its peers made to ...
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Last month marked the beginning of a new Panama national ID card produced by 3M Security Systems Division. 3M created a new centralized personalization facility ...
By Chip Brian Below are the top five companies in the Conglomerates sector as measured by relative performance. Highest relative performance is a comparison between a share and its peers made to ...
By Chip Brian Below are the top five companies in the Industrial Conglomerates industry as ranked by gross margin. Gross Margin tells you how many of your sales dollars are profit. If efficiency ...
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