According to the data released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), in July this year the prices of imported iron ore in France increased by 11.7 percent month on month, following the strong ...
Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 6.4 million tons in July, an increase of 7 percent compared to June, but a drop of 8.2 percent compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers' Association. Loadings also trailed the ...
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Statistics Canada reported Friday that manufacturing sales declined 0.5 percent to $48.2 billion in June, the fourth decrease in six months. Manufacturing sales have been on a slow decline since the spring of 2012. The decline in June ...
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Global specialty-packaging manufacturer ASG’s (AGI-Shorewood Group) Amaray plastics division has acquired all the production assets of Infiniti Media, an injection-molding supplier to the home entertainment industry in the US. ...
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North American manufacturer of bottles and jars Alpha Packaging has launched a new line of stock blow molded high density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles for the pharmaceutical and nutritional supplement industries. According to the company, ...
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Regulatory authority Iowa Insurance Division (IID) has approved Athene Holding’s acquisition of Aviva USA and its subsidiaries, including Iowa-domiciled Aviva Life and Annuity. Athene Holding CEO Jim Belardi said that the approval ...
Prudential Insurance Company of America (PICA) and Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) have agreed to acquire 100% of Uni.Asia Life Assurance’s (UAL) issued and paid-up ordinary share capital, to boost their insurance operation in Malaysia. ...
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Benefits, insurance and wealth management services provider National Financial Partners (NFP) has purchased the Wood Insurance Group (WIG), a professional liability insurance provider, for an undisclosed sum. Following completion of the ...
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Insurance solutions provider ISCS has added new document management functionality in its version 3.0.6 of SurePower Innovation Policy Administration Suite (SurePower) to streamline workflows for insurers. SurePower is an enterprise suite ...
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Blackhawk Network (Canada) has launched a new travel insurance product, called SmartAssure, to offer low-cost travel insurance coverage to Canadian consumers to meet needs such as emergency medical travel coverage while traveling abroad. ...
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Zurich Insurance Group has posted a net income after tax attributable to shareholders of $1.85bn for the first-half ended on 30 June 2013, a decline of 17% compared to $2.22bn for the same period last year. During the period, business ...
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Medtronic has submitted its first pre-market approval (PMA) module to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the IN.PACT Admiral drug-eluting balloon designed to treat atherosclerotic lesions in the superficial femoral artery ...
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St. Jude Medical, a US-based medical technology company, has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its new MediGuide Enabled Ablation Catheters designed to treat specific irregular heartbeats. Utah Valley ...
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has granted approval for Novartis' multi-component Meningococcal B (MenB) vaccine, Bexsero, for use against a dangerous form of bacterial meningitis, MenB disease. The approval will ...
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The US FDA has approved Silvergate Pharmaceuticals' Epaned (enalapril maleate Powder for Oral Solution) to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) in people aged one month and more. Silvergate Pharmaceuticals president and CEO Frank ...