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...“There was a power outage at a department store yesterday,” began one of comedian Steven Wright’s gags. “Twenty people were trapped on the escalators.”...
...Joshua D Wright, executive director of the Global Antitrust Institute Getting local: In our inbox from Fitch, we got a clear demonstration of the challenges of investing in — and even rating — the highly...
...Defending UTC’s record, Mr Hayes pointed out that its Otis elevator division moved some production in 2012 back from Mexico to South Carolina....
...A merged company might be able to sell enhanced building control systems alongside UTC’s Otis elevators....
...In 1854 Elisha Otis, founder of the elevator company that bears his name, also used theatrics to demonstrate the effectiveness of his new lift....
...United Technologies already seeks to bundle together for building developers its broad range of controls and equipment — including Otis elevators....
...China accounts for 40 per cent of Otis’ new equipment sales....
...spin off or sell Sikorsky in March that the division’s performance and growth prospects were not of the standard he expected of a business in the group, which makes Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines and Otis...
...However, Mr Hayes insisted that it made sense to keep the bulk of UTC — which makes Otis elevators, Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines and other building and aerospace components — intact....
...United Technologies, the maker of Pratt & Whitney aero engines and Otis elevators, issued lower-than-expected projections for 2015 as its new chief executive admitted investor returns had “not been very...
...A day after announcing the Sikorsky deal, the company was forced to downgrade its forecasts for the year, largely thanks to over-optimism about sales of Otis lifts and other building equipment in China and...
...New equipment orders at Otis, the company’s lift maker, were up 4 per cent on last year’s first quarter, while equipment orders for UTC climate, controls and security rose 13 per cent....
...UTC manufactures a broad range of industrial goods based around two main groups – building systems, which includes Otis elevators, climate control and security systems – and aerospace, including Pratt &...
...Additional reporting by Robert Wright...
...Potential buyers for Pacific Scientific could include actuation companies such as Parker Hannifin (NYSE:PH), Honeywell (NYSE:HON), Eaton (NYSE:ETN), Moog (NYSE:MOG.A), Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and Woodward...
...The Commons has not so much as fined anyone since 1666 and they do not seem to have banged up an hon. member since 1880. (I am told Europe would have something to say if they tried it today.) But wait!...
...Nicholas Finney Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Sir Rocco Forte Jonathan Fry Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach Peter Hargreaves Michael Heller Richard Jeffrey William A Jones Lord Kalms Dr Terence Kealey Rt Hon...
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...plc, John Laing plc Lord Chris Haskins of Skidby Sir Peter Heap KCMG – Chairman, Labour Finance and Industry Group Lord Clive Hollick of Notting Hill – Director, United Business Media plc Dr Jonny Hon...
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...The pictures of Orville and Wilbur Wright flying the Kitty Hawk from Big Hill in 1902 are fascinating, as is a shot of their neatly arrayed kitchen....
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