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Aug. 31
PPFA CPF Exam
North Hollywood, Calif.
Sept. 7
PPFA CPF Exam
Atlanta, Ga.
Sept. 8
PPFA Chapter Event
Cascade Chapter Meeting featuring “Merchandising Your Store” presented by Suzanne West
PPFA Chapter Event
Tri State Chapter Meeting
LeWinter Moulding, Pittsburgh, Pa
Digital Custom Workshop

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AnswerOil is a tool that helps consumers make product choices based on the individual features that matter most to them. Jessops, the largest photographic retailer in the United Kingdom, recently announced it is employing an AnswerOil camera selector tool for online and kiosk customers. The most recenrt DIMAcast features an interview with Joshua Tabin, CEO […]

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Fujifilm Corp., Tokyo, Japan, reported earnings for the first quarter ended June 30. Revenue for the quarter was ¥653.667 billion (US$5.91 billion), a 5 percent decrease from the ¥688.293 billion reported in the first quarter ended June 30, 2007. Net income for the period was ¥31.924 billion (US$288 million), down 22.1 percent from the ¥40.968 […]

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Olympus Corp., Tokyo, Japan, reported ¥254.331 billion (US$2.311 billion) in net sales for the first quarter ended June 30, a 3.8 percent decrease from the ¥264.418 billion reported in 2007. Net income for the quarter was ¥6.521 billion (US$59.268 million), a 43.6 percent decrease compared to the ¥17.544 billion reported in 2007.

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The Independent Photo Imagers (IPI), Henderson, Nev., held its 26th Members Meeting and Trade Show Aug. 10-13 at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, Nev. The event brought out more than 450 IPI Member and IPI Supplying Partner participants and more than 90 IPI Supplying Partners and IPI Member to Member Business Program booths.
 

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·      This week ’s DIMAcast features an interview with Brad Burgess, staff manager for messaging products, for Alltel Wireless. The company offers a service called Alltel Pic Transfer, which automatically saves every picture customers snap on their camera phones to their home computers and Web albums. Although theVerizon Wireless unit of  Verizon Communications recently announced in […]

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·      The Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T), Washington, D.C., appointed three new members to its board of directors: Raja Bala, Graham Finlayson, and Masahiro Hosoya. Bala is currently a principal color scientist involved with research and development in color science and device color management at Xerox Corp. Finlayson, is a professor in […]

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Canon U.S.A. Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., filed site plans in July with the Town of Huntington for a new headquarters facility that will serve as the corporate headquarters for Canon Americas, overseeing more than 10,000 employees in 23 affiliate companies across North, Central, and South Americas. The new Canon Americas headquarters will be built on […]

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General Electric Co.  (GE), Fairfield, Conn., announced plans to spin off its consumer and industrial division, home to its iconic light-bulb and appliance units, reports The Wall Street Journal. The announcement came 2 months after GE said it planned to sell the appliance unit — and Chairman Jeffrey Immelt listed potential buyers. People involved with […]

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Syntax-Brillian Corp., Tempe, Ariz., a leading manufacturer and marketer of LCD HDTVs, Vivitar digital cameras, and consumer electronics products, received approval from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware for its first day motions. These motions were submitted July 8 as part of the company’s voluntary filing under Chapter 11 of the […]

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