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NEWS ABOUT: tools

tools stories: 4 news summaries

Stanley Adds $4.5B Tool to
Its Belt: Black & Decker

Hand-tools giant merges with power-tools leader

Nov 2, 09 6:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Two of America’s iconic tool companies are merging, with Stanley buying up Black & Decker in a deal worth $4.5 billion in stock. Stanley Black & Decker, as it will be known, combined complementary facets of the business: B &D is No. 1 in power tools and,... More »

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mergers and acquisitions • tools • Black & Decker • Stanley Works • hand tools • power tools

(Newser) - There are certain things men cannot do without, that if lost “we would briefly mourn and immediately replace.” Esquire offers up 31 male necessities.
  • Cast-iron skillet: "it will last longer than you."
  • Waiter's corkscrew: corkscrews should not "require instruction manuals."
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men • list • male • clothing • Esquire • tools • cash • things • necessities

Dolphins' Hunting Tools Mostly Used by Females

Dolphin moms pass skills on to daughters; males do their own thing

Dec 26, 08 12:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Beside humans, few other animals use tools to get their everyday chores done. Even fewer of them are marine mammals, so researchers in Australia were surprised to catch bottlenose dolphins employing conical sponges to dig in the seafloor. Mostly female dolphins use the snout-protectors, and only if their mothers showed... More »

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Australia • nature vs. nurture • dolphins • marine mammals • marine biology • tools

 They Weren't
 Such 'Neanderthals'

Early man brighter than suspected, researchers find

Aug 26, 08 2:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neanderthals were just as smart as their stone-age rivals, the latest research into the roots of mankind concludes. Scientific teams who learned how to make and use Neanderthal tools found their technology just as efficient as that used by Homo sapiens, reports the Independent. The study runs counter to... More »

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extinction • homo sapiens • Neanderthals • Southern Methodist University • Exeter University • tools • Stone Age • Texas State University

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