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Office Depot's North America President Resigns  

Office Depot's North American leader leaves company
Kevin Peters, president of North American operations for Office Depot, has left the company for a CEO position at an industrial distribution company, the retailer announced Friday.

The office supplies retail giant announced that the separation was effective immediately and Neil Austrian, chairman and CEO, will oversee the company's North American business...More

Printer Ink Bombs? Toner Cartridges Banned on U.S. Flights  

If you visited your family for the holidays and found your Christmas stockings stuffed with discount printer ink and toner, think twice about taking your new gifts with you on your flight back home. Printer toner cartridges are now officially banned on all U.S. flights. While going through your carry-on luggage and confiscating your shampoo bottles, airport security and the TSA are now also on the lookout for printer ink bombs.
Terrorist Printer Toner Bombs Found on International Flights...Read More

Printer Ink is Found Inside 36,000 bottles of Eye Drops

Almost 36,000 bottles of prescription eye drops need to be sent back to their manufacturer, after they were found to contain printing ink.
Bausch and Lomb, the maker of the drops, has sent letters to doctors and chemists ordering the return of 1,780 batches, each containing 20 bottles of the solution, which is used as a local anaesthetic for eye procedures in hospitals.
A spokeswoman for the company said: “Bausch and Lomb is conducting a voluntary recall of a single lot of proxymetacaine 0.5 per cent Minims Eye Drops Solution.
“We chose to initiate this recall after confirming a report of the presence of foreign particles in a product from this single lot...Read More

High Costs of Printing At India's Xerox Stores hitting Students Hard

Photocopying to hit students real hard
Single copy to cost Rs 2 each; bulk orders will go up from 35p apiece to anything between 75p & Rs 1
Owners of photocopy shops, popularly known as Xerox Stores, have decided to double the cost of a photocopy – from Re 1 to Rs 2. However, bulk orders will go up from 35 paise to anything between 75 paise and Re 1....Read More

Planet Green Recycle Promotes $50 Giveaway ....  

Planet Green Recycle Announces Top 5 Green Resolutions and $50 Caseable Giveaway
Planet Green Recycle announces top 5 green resolutions for the New Year and a $50 giveaway to Caseable. Custom cases for your new electronics and how to recycle the old with Planet Green.
Chatsworth, Calif. January 2013 At the beginning of a New Year, everyone is looking for ways to make improvements. Sometimes small changes can make the most difference and are the most realistic to keep up with....Read More