An increase in construction activity and government funded infrastructure projects in Oman is set to boost the country s cement market. Demand for cement is predicted to grow at an annual rate of 6% over the next four years, according to a ...
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Juniper Networks has announced a new integrated operating plan (IOP) to refocus the company on high growth segments in the networking industry. The plan attempts to streamline R&D and go-to-market programs, drive efficiencies in all ...
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Volkswagen of America (VWoA), a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, has reported sales of 30,727 units in November 2013, compared to the sales of 36,727 units in the same period last year. The luxury carmaker has also reported year-to-date sales ...
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The LED industry has been stuck in a oversupply situation for the past few years but 2014 will finally see the first light to equilibrium. The supply shortage situation is expected to reemerge in 2014 brought on by rising LED lighting ...
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The industry is focusing its attention on LED lighting market growth performance in 2014. The demand for LED lighting will surpass that of LED backlight during the beginning of 2014, according to a recent report by J.P. Morgan. The ...
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The LED market for 2014 will see continued growth for the general lighting market and supply shortage of LED chips due to increasing demands from the LED lighting market, according to a recent report from UBS. In the report, the financial ...
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Italian insurer Generali Group has inked an agreement with Cattolica to divest 100% of the capital of Fata Assicurazioni Danni, in a transaction valued at nearly €179m. Generali noted that the transaction will enable it to further ...
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Ericsson used Thursday’s Mobile Money Global event to highlight the rapid change in regional consumer behaviours around the use of mobile money. Rajiv Bhatia, Head of EMEA Mobile Commerce Sales, Ericsson, discussed how the shift ...
Conventional third party controls are no longer sufficient to cover the ever-expanding attack surface presented by web and mobile applications developed by service vendors and/or commercial software providers. The current third party ...
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Shriram General Insurance (SGI), the non-life insurance subsidiary of Shriram Capital, and its South African partner Sanlam, are mulling over acquiring non-life insurance operations in Asia, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and ...
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French diversified financial service conglomerate SCOR Group has acquired the US life reinsurance business of Italy-based insurer Generali Group, for total gross proceeds of $910m in a combination of cash and collateral. The acquisition, ...
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US-based multi-line insurer group Farmers Insurance, has appointed John Mueting as the new head of its broker dealer business Farmers Financial Solutions (FFS), which delivers an array of financial service products to consumers. Mueting ...
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Taiwan LED wafer manufacturer Epistar announced more good news for its market layout in LED lighting. According to a report by global financial service firm Morgan and Stanley, Epistar's infiltration into CREE's supply chain, controlling ...
Growing demands in the LED market were fueled by decreased product prices, government bans on incandescent light bulbs, and shift away from traditional lighting to more energy efficient LEDs. Financial service company Credit Suisse believes ...
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A number of elected officials made the most of the August recess, using some of their time away from Washington, D.C. to visit constituents at glass industry companies in both Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively. U.S. Senator Rob Portman ...
Tags: glass industry, Construction, Decoration