With the economy tanking and people concerned about the environment, recycled goods are hot. While eBay and Craigslist corner the used-stuff market in cyberspace, Winmark Corp. of Minneapolis turns kids' castoff cribs, hockey skates, prom dresses, and half-size violins into half a billion dollars in cash at more than 850...
This paper examines the construction equipment resale market to assess whether equipment produced by the world's largest manufacturer of construction machinery, Caterpillar, experienced lower product quality in facilities that underwent contract disputes during the 1990's. Analysis of auction data reveals that resale market participants significantly discounted machines produced in these...
One of the key recommendations from the Myer inquiry into contemporary visual arts and craft, in its September 2002 report, was that a resale right for visual artists should be introduced in Australia. A resale right entitles an artist (or the artist's heirs) to receive a percentage of the resale...
From the executive summary: ‘Manufacturers and retailers principally derive revenue from the sale of goods in the ordinary course of business. Goods are those items produced and/or purchased for resale, and property held for resale, for example by a property developer’. The paper examines the dynamics of revenue recognition involved...
BRAZZAVILLE AFP — HIV/AIDS tests and anti-malaria medication will be available free to children, Congo Health Minister Emilienne Raoul announced Tuesday. The services would from now on be free for children up to 15 years old and to pregnant women, said Health Minister Emilienne Raoul at the Brazzaville...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MPW) (the "Company") announced today that it has filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 11, 2008 that registers the resale of shares of the Company's common stock issuable upon exchange...
TicketNetwork.com, the leading source for theticket industry's most comprehensive inventory and host to Ticket Summit2008, the world's largest gathering of ticketing professionals, todayannounced that its Point-of-SaleTM 8.0 software will be introducedfirst-hand to attendees of the upcoming conference. Ticket Summit 2008 willbe held July 23-25 at The Venetian Resort Hotel &...
Owner of Leisure Living Resales ordered to pay substantial damages and attorneys' fees for continued use of Leisure World's trademark and logo design owned by RRLH, Inc. SEAL BEACH, Calif., July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- A Federal District Court has held the owner of Leisure Living Resales, Hendrick...
DesignerSportsApparel, Inc. DSA (OTCBB: DSPA) today announced that it had recently privately placed 460,000 sharesof its common stock at a price of $0.25 per share, raising total proceedsof $115,000; there were no underwriting discounts or commissions paid. Theshares are restricted and will not be registered for resale. "The completion of...
TAK Technology has achieved SMB Specializationand Select Certification from Cisco®, extending the value-added solutionsTAK Technology offers in helping small businesses to effectively andefficiently manage their technology investments. The SMB Specializationand Select Certification recognizes Cisco resale channel partners,including TAK Technology, whose primary focus is on the small andmedium-sized business SMB...
WENR Corp. (PINKSHEETS: WNRC) announcedtoday a Letter of Intent LOI to acquire Bayshore Industries Bayshore, apremier importer of goods from around the world. Bayshore is an importer and is currently owned and operated by Cathy Hwang.Bayshore has two business units: the first is a direct importer formultiple clients; and second,...
PARIS AFP — Gourmets will have to dig deeper into their pockets if they want to be served snails after an insufficient 2008 harvest, the French canning and preservation industry federation said Friday. The main reason for the drop is a shortfall from countries in central and southeastern...
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Bonds.com Group, Inc. (the "Company") (OTC BB: BDCG) through its subsidiary Bonds.com, Inc., provider of an innovative comprehensive online trading platform providing execution, liquidity and competitive pricing to the fragmented fixed income marketplace, announced today that on July 3, 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission declared...
RESTON, Va. -- ICO Global Communications Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: ICOG) today announced that it has filed a "shelf" Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC. ICO filed the Registration Statement to comply with the terms and conditions of ICO's private placement of Class A common stock completed last...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd. announced today that it has filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC. When declared effective by the SEC, the registration statement will permit the company and certain of its subsidiaries,...
WINSTON SALEM, N.C. -- Hatteras Financial Corp. (NYSE:HTS) ("Hatteras" or "the Company") today announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission has declared effective its Registration Statement on Form S-11 (the "Registration Statement") relating to the resale of 15,103,937 shares of its common stock. All of these shares of...
Military Resale Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MYRL)announced today that the Company is in final negotiations to acquire twomajor food distribution contracts for the Northeast United States. Thesenew product lines will initially be distributed by companies with existingrelationships with MYRL and its subsidiaries. MYRL also announced that itis close to securing a...
SKOKIE, Ill. -- Topco Associates LLC announced today the appointment of two new officers. Audrey Jakel was named Vice President of Human Resources. Steve Schmitchel was promoted to Vice President of TopSource, Topco's not-for-resale program. In her new position, Jakel has overall responsibility for Topco's employment practices, policies,...
Petrolympic Ltd. (the "Company")(TSX VENTURE: PCQ) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") of 2,500,000 units of the Corporation (the "Units") at a price of $1.00 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $2,500,000. Each Unit consists of one common...
WALLINGFORD, Conn. -- Mutualink, Inc. launched its Value Added Reseller VAR program and Mutualink is inviting qualified parties to participate in its resale program and receive substantial wholesale margins on Mutualink equipment and network services. Mutualink's multimedia interoperability solution provides secure, real time interoperable radio, telephone, dispatch voice,...
