International Business News - Signs http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Facing a free-speech uproar, the University of Texas backed down Thursday from punishing two students who refused to remove political signs from their dormitory window. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/texas-students-punished-for-dorm-room-obama-signs.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:42:52 EDT Utah will soon say goodbye to welcome signs that for a decade have promoted the state as the home of the 2002 Winter Olympics. Workers will begin replacing the signs found at entrances to the state Wednesday with new ones that feature a variety of more colorful, geographically specific images. The new look is intended to market Utah as a year-round tourist destination and remind passers-by that some of the most stunning scenery in the West belongs to Utah and not its neighbors, as image surveys have shown many people believe. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/utah-bids-farewell-to-olympic-welcome-signs.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:28:10 EDT The agency that oversees New York City's bridges and tunnels is replacing and upgrading the banner-like electronic signs it uses to advise and direct motorists. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/ny-bridges-tunnels-agency-spends-4m-on-new-signs.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:59:05 EDT General Electric's GE Healthcare unit said Thursday it signed a deal to acquire medical products maker Vital Signs Inc. in a deal worth about $860 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/ge-unit-to-buy-vital-signs-for-860-million.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:28:55 EDT While out-of-town for business, it always helps to ask the locals for directions. Especially if that business involves putting up street signs. Crews from the North Carolina firm Signage Industries installed two signs near downtown Columbia, South Carolina that mistakenly pointed motorists away from the two colleges and an auditorium they promoted. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080629/out-of-state-crews-post-sc-signs-in-wrong-places.htm Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:28:58 EDT While out-of-town for business, it always helps to ask the locals for directions. Especially if that business involves putting up street signs. Crews from the North Carolina firm Signage Industries installed two signs near downtown Columbia, South Carolina that mistakenly pointed motorists away from the two colleges and an auditorium they promoted. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080628/out-of-state-crews-post-sc-signs-in-wrong-places.htm Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:53:36 EDT Medical device maker Vital Signs Inc. on Wednesday named Alex Chanin its chief operating officer. Chanin was previously executive vice president and chief information officer. He will keep the CIO post. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/vital-signs-promotes-chanin-to-operating-chief.htm Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:14:11 EDT First, the water level in a pond inexplicably plunged. Then, thousands of toads appeared on streets in a nearby province. Finally, just hours before China's worst earthquake in three decades, animals at a local zoo began acting strangely. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/chinese-wonder-if-animals-can-predict-earthquakes.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 04:29:10 EDT Shares of Vital Signs Inc., which makes breathing management products, fell Monday after Piper Jaffray downgraded the stock to "Neutral" from "Buy", citing its valuation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/vital-signs-shares-dip-on-piper-jaffray-downgrade.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 14:12:15 EDT Oak Lawn has removed comical remarks in octagonal shapes it placed under stop signs in an effort to get motorists to obey the law. Mayor Dave Heilmann says the Illinois Department of Transporation determined the signs violated the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. He says had Oak Lawn not removed the signs, the city could have lost federally funded projects. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/town-ends-comical-stop-signs-like-stop-in-the-name-of-love.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 07:55:45 EDT