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• DTN News: Raytheon Standard Missile-6 Completes Key Developmental Test

  BNET - 2009-09-02

  DTN News: Raytheon Standard Missile-6 Completes Key Developmental Test*Source: DTN News / RaytheonNSI News Source Info WHITE SANDS, N.M.,- August 30, 2009: Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-6 has completed tests which validate the extended-range anti-air warfare missile's airframe and autopilot performance. The U.S. Navy conducted the second test of...

  Tags: U.S. Navy, Standard Corp., Raytheon Co.

• Microsoft Releases Windows Embedded Standard 2011 CTP

  BNET - 2009-09-01

  Microsoft announced the release of the Windows Embedded Standard 2011 Community Technology Preview CTP, designed for original equipment manufacturers OEMs and developers wanting to port compartmentalized Windows 7 technologies onto specialized devices. Although originally intended for use with Windows Vista, Microsoft seems to have skipped over that operating system entirely...

  Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Community Technology Preview

• RBS talks on Asian assets in "full swing": sources

  BNET - 2009-08-25

  By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Saeed Azhar of Reuters LONDON/SYDNEY - Royal Bank of Scotland's talks to sell some of its Asian assets to Standard Chartered remain "in full swing", sources familiar with the matter said after a report they were on the rocks. Asia-focused Standard Chartered has said it is...

  Tags: matter, China, publication, Standard Corp.

• 2010 Lexus IS F adds more Standard Features

  BNET - 2009-08-19

  The Lexus IS F high-performance sedan is the first production model to wear the brand's "F" marque. First launched in 2008, the 2010 model features several technology options and new standard equipment. Limited slip differential, a new 19-inch wheel design and foldable rear headrests are standard on the high-performance sedan....

  Tags: vehicle, system, driver, XM Satellite Radio Inc., navigation system

• Sony Battles Amazon With Open E-Book Standard

  BNET - 2009-08-14

  Sony said Thursday that it would sell books in the EPub format by the end of the year and adopt Adobe's technology that restricts how often an e-book can be copied. The open format would replace the proprietary technology Sony has been using to tie books sold through its online...

  Tags: e-book, Amazon.com Inc., Sony Corp.

• Pricing for 2010 Nissan Frontier Pickup Truck Announced

  BNET - 2009-08-11

  Nissan has announced that pricing for the 2010 Frontier midsize pickup starts at $17,540 for the entry-level Frontier XE King Cab I-4 4x2 with manual transmission (please see our road test of the 2009 Nissan Frontier XE) and $22,290 for the Frontier SE Crew Cab V-6 4x2 with manual transmission....

  Tags: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Transmission

• BREAKFAST DEALS: Carry on Rio

  BNET - 2009-08-10

  Lunch isn't just for wimps. Check out LUNCH DEALS for more wheels and deals later today. And do you want to get Wheels & Deals on your mobile? Go to http://twitter.com/WheelsDeals China appears to be travelling up the Yangtze without a paddle as its tiff with Rio Tinto descends into...

  Tags: Rio Tinto, Village Roadshow Ltd.

• Freight Forwarder Buys Columbia, S.C., Warehouse Company.

  - 2002-11-03

  By C. Grant Jackson, The State, Columbia, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 3--With apologies to Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, "The Quiet Company" has been sold. Standard Corp. Integrated Logistics in Columbia, which started life in 1894 as The Standard Warehouse...

  Tags: Standard Corp., UTi Worldwide Inc.