Posts Tagged With 'Business'

  • Jan
  • 22
  • 2012

Air Products sells home care business for $750M

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ALLENTOWN — Air Products & Chemicals Inc. is selling its Continental Europe home care business to The Linde Groupe of Germany for $749.9 million, the Lehigh Valley-based company announced Monday.

The business being sold provides oxygen therapy, sleep therapy, and infusions, and it operates in Germany, France, Spain, Portugal and Belgium.

The operations have a base of about 260,000 patients and reported revenue of approximately $266.9 million in 2011, the company said. They employed 850 people.

Munich-based Linde said it generated about $355.9 million from oxygen, sleep and infusion therapies in 2010.

Air Products Chairman, President and CEO John McGlade said the operations being sold are “no longer a natural fit with our core gases business.” He added that the company’s “growth strategy lies in the energy, environmental and emerging markets in which we continue to see significant opportunities.”

Air Products, based in Allentown, said it is also evaluating its options for its home care business in the U.K., Ireland, Argentina, and Brazil.

Its shares have risen 19 percent from a 52-week low of $72.26 on Oct. 4

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Tags: Business, Care Business, Home Care, Home Care Business

  • Oct
  • 10
  • 2011

Some things to consider before purchase a small business

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If you want to have a business, sometimes buy one is easier than starting one. An existing business is more advantageous than the construction of a relatively new company from the beginning. But buying a small business, even if it seems to be the easiest way to do, is not necessary easy to do. And there are certainly a lot of things you should know before you go ahead and purchase a franchise or an existing company.

When buying a small business, the first thing you should consider is the kind that you would like to have. Read all post…

Tags: Business

  • Jun
  • 13
  • 2011

Is the iPad 2 Right for Your Business?

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Slimmer, lighter and faster than its predecessor, Apple’s iPad 2 comes to market with a number of new improvements that might come in handy for small-business owners. The new tablet also falls short in several key areas. Entrepreneurs will need to weigh the pros and cons before determining if this second-generation iPad is the right fit for their business.

Among the positives, the iPad 2 comes with dual cameras for casual videoconferencing or high-definition video recording, is 33% thinner and 15% lighter, and packs roughly twice as much computing muscle via a speedier 1GHz dual-core A5 processor. It’s priced from $499 for 16GB WiFi units to $829 for 64GB WiFi/3G-enabled editions, comparable to first-generation iPad units. M Read all post…

Tags: Business

  • Apr
  • 10
  • 2011

‘Wrap It Up’ snack shop opens near business incubator on John Street

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EVANSVILLE — Karin Willett, a cooking enthusiast and frequent viewer of Food Network shows, has gone into business for herself, opening her version of “a neighborhood snack shop.”

Called Wrap It Up, the business quietly opened a week ago in the U.S. Incubator at 815 John St.

The location overlooks the Lloyd Expressway, near the U.S. 41 exit east of Downtown Evansville.

Willett is the sole owner and operator of the tiny eatery, which currently offers only carryout orders.

“I’m waiting to see how well it takes off. If it doe

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Tags: Business, Snack Shop