Magasins de jouets sans frontières? Do you remember the TV game show It’s A Knockout or the Peter Gabriel song Jeux Sans Frontières? Now it’s toy shops’ turn to expand beyond traditional frontiers. ...
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eMaint Enterprises, a world leader in cloud-based maintenance management systems, is set to participate in the 20th Annual SMRP Conference from October 15-18, 2012, in Orlando Florida. Carl Shultz, Business Development Executive at eMaint, ...
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The planned introduction of more than 1,900 new generic top-level domain (gTLD) names by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) could have security implications, researchers have warned. The plan to allow web ...
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The Borough of Tarentum, a small town of approximately 4,500 nestled along the Allegheny River in Western Pennsylvania, is converting 100 percent of its street lighting to GE's new Evolve™ LED Scalable Cobrahead fixtures with dimmable ...
Fruit and veg giant Total Produce is to enter North America with the acquisition of a stake in Canadian firm The Oppenheimer Group. Total Produce will buy 65% of Grandview Ventures, which trades as Oppenheimer in two stages. The ...
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The Kaba Group has adapted a new segment and management structure and has a new name: Kaba Access and Data Systems Americas. The new group combines the sales, marketing, product management and support functions of Kaba Access Control, ...
NYMEX January crude futures settled 98 cents higher at $86.77/barrel Wednesday, as the entire oil complex received a boost from the US Federal Reserve's move to continue its quantitative easing program to stimulate the economy. January ...
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US snack firm Snyder's-Lance is reported to be in negotiations to offload its own-label snacks business Vista. Citing two unnamed sources, Bloomberg said ConAgra Foods, TreeHouse Foods and Ralcorp Holdings are interested in the unit, ...
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The Canadian Paint and Coatings Association approved its board of directors for 2012-2013 at its recent Conference and Annual General Meeting in Vancouver. "The Board continues to move forward with a strong and fully engaged Board of ...
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Gulf News reported that Abu Dhabi National Energy Company has signed an agreement to acquire 53.2% interest in the Atrush block in the Kurdistan region of Iraq from General Exploration Partners Inc, an affiliate of Aspect Holdings, LLC for ...
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Dutch retailer Ahold has booked a decline in operating profit as investments in pricing hit margins. The company booked an 11% increase in sales, which rose to EUR1.6bn (US$9.67bn) as its strategy to lower prices resulted in higher ...
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Carl Zeiss,Philips and Samsung Ventures to be among guests at the Bordeaux convention. Giorgio Anania Invest in Photonics,the business partnering convention held in Bordeaux,France,has announced the names of three key speakers for ...
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Ahold USA has divided its marketing and merchandising roles into two, appointing Erik Keptner to the newly-created post of EVP, marketing. The move is designed to provide "better support" to Ahold USA's local retail divisions, focusing on ...
Hologic, a developer of diagnostic, medical imaging and surgical products, has purchased Gen-Probe for a total net purchase price of $3.8bn. Under the acquisition, Gen-Probe will now be integrated into Hologic as a subsidiary. Following ...
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US-based third party claims and litigation management firm Carl Warren & Company, has selected GlobalOptions as the special investigations unit (SIU) provider for its customers. As part of the agreement, GlobalOptions will be responsible ...
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