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Toppan Printing Co, Ltd of Japan has announced that it has extended a joint development agreement with IBM for leading-edge photomask process, covering the 14 nanometer technology node for logic devices. The development work will take place at IBM’s photomask facility in Essex Junction, VT, and Toppan’s Asaka photomask facility in Niiza, Saitama, Japan, from January 2011 through 2012.
From meager beginnings, to national prominence to global awareness the two kids who met in Junior High School and took the American dream of developing their own successful business had thought they’d seen it all.
This report is the fifth ‘Pulse of Vermont: Quality of Life Survey’ conducted since 1990. Each has used the same methodology of conducting 20 to 30 minute phone-based interviews with a statewide random sample of adult Vermonters.
As the new administration takes office, Governor Shumlin and his team of economic advisers are dealing with upwards of a $150 million budget deficit. Twice a year, a panel known as the Emergency Board, comprised of the governor and key lawmakers, is notified about the state’s tax revenue projections.
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has confirmed that Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates will continue funding for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F136 competitive engine, by releasing $56 million in funds provided by Congress in a short-term budget bill in December, which runs to March 4.
Governor Peter Shumlin and key lawmakers today unveiled a comprehensive plan, involving both the executive branch and the Vermont Legislature, to ensure that access to government documents remains open and available to the public.
With her 20th anniversary as the Executive Director of the United Way of Chittenden County (UWCC) just six months away, Gretchen Morse today announced that she plans to retire by the end of June 2011. In a letter to the Board of Directors of United Way, she said, ‘It is with a strong sense of humility and gratitude that I announce my retirement from the United Way of Chittenden County.
Attorney General William H. Sorrell announced today that Vermont will receive approximately $136,000 as part of a settlement with pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) of allegations that the company manufactured and sold defective drugs.
Attorney General William H Sorrell announced today that Vermont will receive approximately $74,000 as part of a national settlement totaling $600 million based on whistleblower complaints that pharmaceutical manufacturer Allergan, Inc., and Allergan USA, Inc. illegally marketed the drug Botox for uses not approved by the FDA.
The Vermont Blue Ribbon Tax Commission issued its final report this afternoon. The commission, formed in 2009, offered several profound and subtle changes to Vermont's tax code. Most noticeably, the sales tax on clothes would be restored.
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded $3,100,000 in grants to Vermont Housing and Conservation Board to conduct a wide range of activities intended to protect children and families from potentially dangerous lead-based paint and other home health and safety hazards in Vermont.
The Commission that conducts the review process for the recognition of Native American tribes in Vermont has made its first two recommendations after receiving three applications in November of 2010 for State Recognition.