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...US home security system titan ADT has forged a new partnership with State Farm it hopes will help....
...I think a lot of people were anticipating a V-shaped recovery . . . People are now waking up the realisation that volatility is going to be normal going forward.”...
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...Alarm systems? “People tend to move less frequently, which means that they don’t tend to cancel their accounts,” said ADT chief financial officer Jeffrey Likosar....
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...Going forward, the federal government has ordered that only Euro-V standard fuels can be imported. Elsewhere, banks have announced policies to end financing for coal-powered plants....
...Xerox wants to give HP’s board its walking papers We’re all guilty of overusing the David v Goliath trope but in the case of Xerox and HP, it really does apply....
...Is Lockheed Martin a ‘bad’ company because it makes weapons that kill, or a ‘good’ company because it makes missile defence systems?...
...Shares in security companies ADT and Alarm.com fell when Amazon’s Ring deal was announced....
...Not months.” - Zion President, Dustin Guinn #israel $zn — Zion Oil & Gas, Inc....
...Its planners are dreaming big: the new Amaravati will have an eco-friendly transport system that includes water taxis, electric vehicles and even a possible hyperloop, if the sealed-tube train system championed...
...ADT, which makes systems from burglar alarms to CCTV cameras for homes and small businesses, has an enterprise value of $10bn....
...More than 60 per cent of its users live in the top 10 advertising markets, its filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission said....
...The US private equity manager and its co-investors agreed to pay $10bn to acquire ADT, a Florida-based home security systems provider....
...Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls has been seeking to remodel itself as a far more focused group than in the past, specialising in energy storage and building systems such as air conditioning....
...And there is at least superficial logic: the buildings that buy and maintain heating and cooling systems also buy and maintain fire and security systems....
...A merged company might be able to sell enhanced building control systems alongside UTC’s Otis elevators....
...Both companies have steadily shed lower-margin businesses to focus on building systems. Tyco split into three in 2012, spinning off the ADT security company and Pentair, a valve maker....
...US court told PwC cut corners in Colonial audit Control+C, Control+V....
...The other parts became Pentair, which makes heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, and ADT, a specialist in building security....
...Aerojet’s push comes as United Launch Alliance, the company that until recently had a monopoly on US national security space launches, prepares to choose an engine for its new rocket systems....
...AndroidN: The latest Android operating system includes new graphics capabilities aimed at games developers and security updates....
..., said security researchers at British defence contractor BAE Systems....
...Apple has gradually added security features to the iPhone’s operating system since 2010’s iOS 4, which have made it harder for investigators to pull data from the smartphone without the Silicon Valley company...
...He cited a lawsuit in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas in which a patent that covered security systems, where a smartwatch could be used to turn on or off a car alarm, was in dispute....
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