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| Striking employees of AGC Automobile Europe, an affiliate of Japan's Asahi Glass, barricaded directors of the firm inside its Belgian factory in protest at planned job cuts.
| Three men, one armed with a long rifle or shotgun, failed in their attempt to rob a Fort Lauderdale bank Wednesday morning, police said.The hooded men rushed into the Wachovia branch in the 1700 block of west Commercial Boulevard about 10 a.m. and…
| Football fans can now show their colors in a bold new way, thanks to an agreement announced today by Visteon Corporation and the National Football League(R) (NFL(R)), making Visteon the officially-licensed provider of NFL Team Custom Windshields.
| ASAHI GLASS CO. expects to book a record operating profit of 135 billion yen (US$1.3 billion) for the year ending Dec. 31.
| Analyst Andrew F Rosenfeld of Prudential Financial maintains his "neutral weight" rating on PPG Industries, while raising his estimates for the company.
| Pilkington plc has won an important award under the prestigious Engineering Heritage Hallmark Scheme (EHHS) for the invention of the Float Glass process.
| Steven Sabac became a small business owner early in life. As a high school student, he made extra money tinting car windows for friends and family.
| Although new car and truck sales rose more than 2 percent during the first 10 months of 2004, many of the companies that supply parts to the big automakers have little to celebrate -- their profits are shrinking as raw materials costs rise and…
| Richmond glass-blowing artist Steve Sizelove melted a gather of glass with a white Gilson opal encased in glass around a coat of black onyx glass to create a pendant.
| To admirers of modernist design, the house called Greenside was an iconic example of the stylish use of concrete and glass.
| The Massachusetts insurance commissioner yesterday ordered changes in the way high-risk drivers are distributed among the auto insurance market, a move she said would help attract new carriers to the state but a step consumer advocates decried as a…
| To admirers of modernist design, the house called Greenside was an iconic example of the stylish use of concrete and glass.
| BlastGard International, Inc. (OTCBB: BLGA), a creator of blast mitigating technology and products, announced that it is scheduled to be featured today on MSNBC's "After The Bell" Segment, which airs in most cable television markets…
| Safelite Group, Inc., a leading provider of property and casualty claims management solutions and auto glass repair and replacement products and services, announces several favorable rulings related to the company's counterclaims filed against…
| Sekisui S-LEC was pleased with the responses and inquiries it got from business contacts from the automotive industry as well as customers from the glass industry for the next generation of 3 layer products launched at the 2004 Glasstec.
| The court-appointed receiver in charge of the idled Glenshaw Glass Co. yesterday said she is in discussions with two active potential buyers, both of whom are analyzing the operation before deciding whether to make a commitment.
| Analyst Lalita Gupta of Morgan Stanley maintains her "underweight" rating on Nippon Sheet Glass Corporation. The target price is set to ¥330.In a research note published this morning, the analyst mentions that the company has recently…
| IT WAS invented in a top-secret wooden shed on Merseyside, and it changed the world.Now float glass has joined the Harrier jump jet, Rolls Royce's revolutionary jet engine and the Thames Barrier, as one of the wonders of 20th century British…
| As workers drained the remaining molten glass from the tanks at Glenshaw Glass Co. Tuesday, a glimmer of hope emerged for the plant's more than 300 employees as a new potential buyer surfaced, said the court-appointed receiver.
| In 1964, when the World's Fair came to Queens, America was gazing straight up - at the moon, at outer space, at ambitions bounded only by the Milky Way.