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• Geographical Indications in New EU-Canada Trade Agreement Violate International Trade Commitments

  21-09-2017 23:53 via prnewswire.com
  
  WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The European Union-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) was provisionally implemented today. Of deep concern to the U.S. dairy industry is the automatic protection the EU gained for five generic cheese names:...
  
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• Drone Defense Group Presents at Drone Berlin - How to Protect From Unwanted, Uncontrolled, and Malicious Drones

  21-09-2017 23:45 via prnewswire.com
  
  DENVER, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Over two million consumer and commercial drones will be sold around the world this year presenting an enormous opportunity, but also safety, privacy and security challenges for nearly every type of organization — from prisons and airports to...
  
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• MAA Announces Estimated Impact of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma

  21-09-2017 23:29 via prnewswire.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- MAA (NYSE: MAA) today announced that the Company sustained only minor damage to its Houston, Texas area portfolio as a result of Hurricane Harvey.   Likewise, only minor damage was sustained to the Company's portfolio of Florida propertie...
  
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• General Dynamics Awarded $5 Billion for Design of U.S. Navy's Next Ballistic-Missile Submarine

  21-09-2017 23:28 via prnewswire.com
  
  GROTON, Conn., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $5.1 billion Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) contract to complete the design of the lead Columbia-class submarine, the nation's next-generation sea-based strategic...
  
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• 100-Day Review Spotlights Positive Gains at Church's Chicken® Leadership Conference

  21-09-2017 23:22 via prnewswire.com
  
  DALLAS, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- In the six months since Hector Munoz was named Executive Vice President and Global Chief Marketing Officer for Church's Chicken® - one of the world's largest fried chicken restaurant brands – the brand has been undergoing an end-to-end revamp of its...
  
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• Bounce Sets Fall Premieres for Mon. Oct. 2: Family Time Season Five Debuts @ 9:00 p.m., World Premiere of New Comedy Grown Folks @ 9:30 p.m., All-New Episode of Ed Gordon @ 10:00 p.m.

  21-09-2017 23:19 via prnewswire.com
  
  ATLANTA, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Bounce, the nation's fastest-growing television network designed for African-American audiences, today announced the biggest primetime line-up in its history to date. Mon. Oct. 2 will feature the world premiere of the new comedy series, Grown Folks,...
  
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• The Original Film Poster Paintings from the Collection of Famed Hollywood Art Director Bill Gold Now on Sale

  21-09-2017 23:15 via prnewswire.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- San Francisco Art Exchange LLC (SFAE) has the privilege to present an incredible opportunity to collectors to own these original artworks which were used to create the film posters for a number of timeless Hollywood films released between the...
  
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• Aaron's Announces Additional Efforts for Hurricane Relief, Provides Business Update on Irma

  21-09-2017 23:15 via prnewswire.com
  
  ATLANTA, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE: AAN), a leading omnichannel provider of lease-purchase solutions, today announced plans to continue to assist the ongoing recovery efforts related to Hurricanes Irma and Harvey."Our thoughts and prayers remain with the...
  
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• 15 tools to measure and monitor your social media efforts

  21-09-2017 23:00
  The ability to monitor conversation around your organization has become
  imperative in today’s marketing landscape.
  A Sprout Social study revealed that 86 percent of social media users either follow or want to
  follow brand accounts—but will unfollow those accounts if you are too
  promotional, don’t respond to them or try to be funny when it doesn’t fit
  your brand voice.
  Also, not all consumers who are singing your praises—or bashing you—are
  standing outsid
  
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• Key Energy Services Announces the Sale of its Well Intervention Business in Russia

  21-09-2017 22:35 via prnewswire.com
  
  HOUSTON, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Key Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: KEG) has closed on the sale of its well intervention business in Russia ("Russian Business") to an undisclosed buyer for an undisclosed amount.Key's President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Drummond,...
  
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• ARK Coin Partners With Ledger Hardware Wallets, Unveils New Projects

  21-09-2017 22:34 via prnewswire.com
  
  PARIS, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ARK Crew, the team behind ARK Block chain Ecosystem, has hit another major milestone to become the first Delegated-Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) token to be integrated into a cryptocurrency hardware wallet. This addition of the ARK token to Ledger hardware...
  
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• R. David Resch Elected President Of Minnesota Dental Association

  21-09-2017 22:33 via prnewswire.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Minnesota Dental Association recently held its annual House of Delegates meeting at Madden's Resort in Brainerd where R. David Resch, D.D.S. was elected as Association President.A graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College with...
  
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• Online Job Applications With Personality Tests Found Inappropriate For Young Adults

  21-09-2017 22:33 via prnewswire.com
  
  NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, JobsFirstNYC, a youth workforce intermediary, has released a new report, Online but Disconnected: Young Adults' Experiences with Online Job Applications. The report documents the impact of pre-employment personality assessments on young...
  
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• VolitionRx Limited Awarded $1.5 Million in Non-Dilutive Funding

  21-09-2017 22:30 via prnewswire.com
  
  ISNES, Belgium, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- VolitionRx Limited (NYSE AMERICAN: VNRX) ("Volition") today announced that it has been awarded a loan and a non-repayable grant totaling $1.5 million from SOFINEX and the Walloon Region, Belgium. This is in addition to the $947,000 in loans...
  
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• TI to return more cash to shareholders with 24% dividend increase and authorization for additional $6.0 billion in share repurchases

  21-09-2017 22:30 via prnewswire.com
  
  DALLAS, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today said it will raise its quarterly cash dividend by 24 percent, from $0.50 per share to $0.62, or $2.48 annualized. The higher dividend will be payable November 13, 2017, to stockholders of record...
  
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• OneTrust Crosses 200 Employees, Commits to 500 More as Global Expansion Accelerates

  21-09-2017 22:30 via prnewswire.com
  
  ATLANTA, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- OneTrust, a global leader in enterprise privacy management software, today announces accelerated global growth plans as it surpasses 1,500 platform users, many of which represent Fortune 500 and Global 2,000 enterprises. In under two years,...
  
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• Nektar Therapeutics Appoints Biotechnology Executive Jeff Ajer as New Board Member

  21-09-2017 22:30 via prnewswire.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) today announced that Jeff Ajer, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of BioMarin, has been appointed as an independent director to Nektar's Board of Directors. Mr. Ajer has more than 25 years...
  
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• MDU Resources names Jason Vollmer to CFO position, Stephanie Barth to CAO

  21-09-2017 22:30 via prnewswire.com
  
  BISMARCK, N.D., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- MDU Resources Group, Inc. (NYSE: MDU) today announced that Jason L. Vollmer has been promoted effective Sept. 30 to vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, replacing Doran N. Schwartz as CFO. Schwartz has resigned to accept a...
  
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• McDonald's Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend By 7%

  21-09-2017 22:30 via prnewswire.com
  
  OAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, McDonald's Board of Directors approved the Company's 41st consecutive annual dividend increase, raising the quarterly dividend 7% from $0.94 to $1.01 per share of common stock, payable on December 15, 2017 to shareholders of record at...
  
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• ISMIE Builds its Footprint in Michigan

  21-09-2017 22:30 via prnewswire.com
  
  CHICAGO, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company and ISMIE Indemnity announced plans today for expanded service and product offerings in the state of Michigan. With a recent updated rate filing, the companies will offer medical liability coverage for individual...
  
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• FMC Corporation Receives Antitrust Clearances Needed to Close Proposed Acquisition of DuPont Crop Protection Assets

  21-09-2017 22:30 via prnewswire.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) today announced that it has received approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the proposed acquisition of a significant portion of DuPont's Crop Protection business.  The CCI is the final jurisdicti...
  
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• Jay Miele named Allnorth Americas Vice President of Operations

  21-09-2017 22:29 via prnewswire.com
  
  VANCOUVER, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - Allnorth Americas, a leading engineering and technical services company, announced today that Jay Miele has been named Vice President of Operations. A 30-year veteran of the Pulp & Paper sector, Jay will lead the operational expansion of...
  
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• Honeywell Donates $400,000 Of Personal Protective Equipment To Aid In Mexico's Earthquake Rescue And Relief Efforts

  21-09-2017 22:27 via prnewswire.com
  
  MORRIS PLAINS, N.J., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that it has donated $400,000 in personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Mexico Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (SEDENA) to support rescue and relief efforts following this week's...
  
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• Aflac Incorporated to Webcast 2017 Financial Analysts Briefing

  21-09-2017 22:25 via prnewswire.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ga., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) announced today that it will webcast its annual Financial Analysts Briefing on September 28, 2017 from 8:00 a.m. until 12:10 p.m. (EDT). Aflac's management will discuss its operations in Japan and the United...
  
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• SouthNorte Arrives in San Diego

  21-09-2017 22:21 via prnewswire.com
  
  SAN DIEGO, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- A new kind of brewery is hitting the scene with the goal of transporting craft beer fans to the crossroads of cultures. This is a place where industrial meets old-fashioned and barrio meets beach. SouthNorte Beer Co., an American craft brewery...
  
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• iStar Successfully Completes Transformative $2B Capital Markets Strategy and is Upgraded by All Three Rating Agencies

  21-09-2017 22:21 via prnewswire.com
  
  NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- iStar (NYSE: STAR) announced that it has successfully completed a transformative set of capital markets transactions that have enhanced its capital structure and improved its earnings profile. The comprehensive set of transactions address all...
  
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• EOG Resources Schedules Webcast of Third Quarter 2017 Results Conference Call for November 3, 2017

  21-09-2017 22:17 via prnewswire.com
  
  HOUSTON, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- EOG Resources, Inc.  (NYSE: EOG) (EOG) will host a conference call to discuss third quarter 2017 results on Friday, November 3, 2017, at 9 a.m. Central time (10 a.m. Eastern time).  Please visit the Investors/Overview page on the EOG websit...
  
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• Univar Acquires Tagma Brasil

  21-09-2017 22:15 via prnewswire.com
  
  DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. and SÃO PAULO, Brazil, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Univar Inc. ("Univar") announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Univar Brasil Ltda. has acquired the stock of Tagma Brasil Ltda. ("Tagma")."Brazil has agriculture and agro-food exports of more than...
  
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• What to Know About Travel Insurance if Hurricane Maria Halts Your Caribbean Travel Plans

  21-09-2017 20:41 via prnewswire.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hurricane Irma ripped through the Caribbean as a Category 5 storm, leaving many areas uninhabitable. With Hurricane Maria now hitting the same region, travel insurance comparison site, Squaremouth, explains travel insurance coverage for...
  
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• Frozen Shoulder Syndrome Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2017

  21-09-2017 20:41 via prnewswire.com
  
  LONDON, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SummaryGlobalData's clinical trial report, "Frozen Shoulder Syndrome Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2017" provides an overview of Frozen Shoulder Syndrome clinical trials scenario. This report provides top line data relating to the clinical...
  
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• Drug Eluting Stents (DES) - Medical Devices Pipeline Assessment, 2017

  21-09-2017 20:41 via prnewswire.com
  
  NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Drug Eluting Stents (DES) - Medical Devices Pipeline Assessment, 2017SummaryRead the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p04519620GlobalData's Medical Devices sector report, "Drug Eluting Stents (DES) - Medical Devices Pipeline...
  
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• HCI…boots on the ground supporting Hurricane Harvey Relief!

  21-09-2017 20:39 via prnewswire.com
  
  FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- EPA Region 6 activates HCI | integrated solutions (HCI) to provide Logistics and Support Services in support of the Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts. HCI established an Incident Command Post at Corpus Christi and Port Arthur, Texas to coordinate...
  
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• Food Allergy Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2017

  21-09-2017 20:39 via prnewswire.com
  
  LONDON, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SummaryGlobalData's clinical trial report, "Food Allergy Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2017" provides an overview of Food Allergy clinical trials scenario. This report provides top line data relating to the clinical trials on Food Allergy....
  
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• Global Gourmet Salt Market 2017-2021

  21-09-2017 20:38 via prnewswire.com
  
  LONDON, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- About Gourmet SaltGourmet salts are unrefined salts generally obtained from naturally evaporating water bodies. These salts are commonly found in Pakistan, Hawaii, Cyprus, Australia, Peru, France, Denmark, Bolivia, Thailand, India, and other...
  
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• MediaMAX™ Tool-less CAT6 Data Jack

  21-09-2017 20:36 via prnewswire.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Suttle, a Communications Systems, Inc. company (NASDAQ-GM: JCS), introduces the MediaMAX™ Tool-less CAT6 Data Jack for the construction industry.  Our new data jack is part of the suite of MediaMAX products providing network connectivity for conn...
  
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• Anaplan nomme Sue Bostrom, une vétérane des technologies, pour ajouter de la profondeur et de l'expérience à son conseil d'administration

  21-09-2017 20:35 via prnewswire.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO, le 21 septembre 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Anaplan, un important fournisseur de plateformes qui est le moteur d'une nouvelle ère pour la planification connectée, a annoncé aujourd'hui la nomination de Sue Bostrom à son conseil d'administration. Bostrom apporte une vaste...
  
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• SpotMe to Open New Office in New York City

  21-09-2017 20:34 via prnewswire.com
  
  NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SpotMe, the leading technology and service provider of enterprise engagement platforms, is expanding its outreach and opening a new office in Downtown Manhattan, NY.  Located on 140 Broadway, this will be the first SpotMe presence on the East Coast...
  
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• Uphold Goes Live With Bitcoin Cash

  21-09-2017 20:31 via prnewswire.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON and BRAGA, Portugal, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Uphold became among the first companies to enable access to Bitcoin Cash (BCH) for consumers. Following the fork that occurred on August 1, Uphold members holding BTC were issued 1:1 equivalent BCH on...
  
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• Fibrin Stabilizing Factor Deficiency (Factor XIII Deficiency) Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2017

  21-09-2017 20:31 via prnewswire.com
  
  LONDON, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Download the full report: https://www.reportbuyer.com/product/3389009SummaryGlobalData's clinical trial report, "Fibrin Stabilizing Factor Deficiency (Factor XIII Deficiency) Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2017" provides an overview of Fibrin...
  
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• Ultimate 80's Rock Legends set to electrify the stage for back-to-back days at the Second Annual RockFest 80's

  21-09-2017 20:30 via prnewswire.com
  
  PEMBROKE PINES, Fla., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Get ready to "Surrender" to the relentless rock royalty line up set to ignite South Florida this fall for the Second Annual RockFest 80's. The epic two-day event is coming to C.B. Smith Park, Saturday November 4, 2017 (Doors open noon...
  
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• Germany Wound Care Management Devices Market 2017-2022 - Focus on Moist Wound Dressings, Active Wound Care & Therapy Devices

  21-09-2017 20:30 via prnewswire.com
  
  DUBLIN, September 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Germany Wound Care Management Devices Market - Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2017 - 2022" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. Germany's wound care management devices market is currently estimated to be worth...
  
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• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery - Medical Devices Pipeline Assessment, 2017

  21-09-2017 20:30 via prnewswire.com
  
  LONDON, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery - Medical Devices Pipeline Assessment, 2017SummaryDownload the full report: https://www.reportbuyer.com/product/3833671GlobalData's Medical Devices sector report, "Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery - Medical...
  
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• CBS Corporation To Begin Use Of Nielsen Out-of-Home Measurement

  21-09-2017 20:30 via prnewswire.com
  
  NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) announced today that CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) has subscribed to Nielsen's National Out-of-Home Reporting Service. The agreement is effective immediately and provides CBS with out-of-home viewing data, including...
  
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• Royal Dutch Shell: Further Director\PDMR Share Holding

  21-09-2017 20:28 via prnewswire.com
  LONDON, September 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc (the "Company") (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) has been notified that following the payment of the interim dividend on September 18, 2017 in respect of the second quarter of 2017, the following Persons Discharging Managerial...
  
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• Ángela Weyne to Serve as Independent Director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

  21-09-2017 20:28 via prnewswire.com
  
  NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("FHLBNY") is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has selected Ángela Weyne, former Commissioner of Insurance for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to serve as an Independent Director for a term...
  
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• Computed Tomography (CT) Systems - Medical Devices Pipeline Assessment, 2017

  21-09-2017 20:28 via prnewswire.com
  
  LONDON, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Computed Tomography (CT) Systems - Medical Devices Pipeline Assessment, 2017SummaryDownload the full report: https://www.reportbuyer.com/product/5102467GlobalData's Medical Devices sector report, "Computed Tomography (CT) Systems - Medical Devices...
  
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• Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2017

  21-09-2017 20:26 via prnewswire.com
  
  LONDON, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2017SummaryDownload the full report: https://www.reportbuyer.com/product/2361923GlobalData's clinical trial report, "Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Global...
  
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• Netflix channels ‘Stranger Things’ kids in a legal warning

  21-09-2017 20:00
  You can’t always summon the Demogorgon.
  Still, PR pros can learn a thing or two from Netflix’s lawyers.
  Attorneys for the streaming service provided a lesson in authentic
  communications through an unlikely vessel—a cease-and-desist letter to
  Emporium Arcade Bar, which had launched an unauthorized “Stranger
  Things”-themed pop-up bar.
  The note abandoned legal jargon for the voice of the ’80s tweens from the popular
  show:My walkie talkie is busted so I had
  
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• Taiwan Computed Tomography (CT) Systems Market Outlook to 2022

  21-09-2017 18:17 via prnewswire.com
  
  LONDON, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SummaryGlobalData's new report, "Taiwan Computed Tomography (CT) Systems Market Outlook to 2022", provides key market data on the Taiwan Computed Tomography (CT) Systems market. The report provides value, in millions of US dollars, volume (in units)...
  
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