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1 Alternatively the table values can be found experimentally and , as an aid to this potentially laborious process , Lafreniere ( 1979 ) has developed a microprocessor.based interactive system , which calculates the complete look-up table from a limited number of velocity profile parameters , such as maximum stepping rate , acceleration/deceleration rate .
2 P-E International Plc has reported a £48,000 net loss for the year to December 31 , struck after £524,000 extraordinary costs associated with the sale of its Applied Skills for Management Ltd subsidiary , on turnover up 3.4% to £71.1m .
3 A STUDENT has won a £500 human resources prize from Courtaulds for his work on recruitment techniques and reviewing performance .
4 The Cheltenham & Gloucester has produced a £50m fixed rate loan priced at 13.25 until the end of 1991 .
5 CIA International has negotiated a $1m pan-European advertising deal with National Magazines ' Cosmopolitan .
6 Measurex Corp , computer-integrated test and measurement systems specialist living in Cupertino , California reports that it has signed a $20m fixed-rate loan with The Bank of New York .
7 Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has signed a $20m multi-year OEM agreement with 3Com Corp , San Jose , California under which it will resell 3Com 's network adaptors , chassis-based and stackable hubs , terminal servers , bridges and routers .
8 IBM Corp has filed a $7.3m federal lawsuit against Nutri-System Inc , saying the debt-ridden diet company failed to make payments on 500 personal computers it had leased — but it sounds as if the Armonkeys will have to sing for their money : the suit accuses the Blue Bell , Pennsylvania , company of making no payments since December and of refusing to allow IBM to repossess the machines , but some of Nutri-System 's major franchisees have filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the company under Chapter 7 of the bankruptcy laws — Chapter 7 means curtains — and last week , banks seized all its cash and bank accounts , forcing the company to close its 283 company-owned weight-loss centres across the US ; while Nutri-System has failed to pay only $965,380 due under its lease with IBM , a default entitles IBM to recover the full lease sum of $7.3m .
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