Opel Australia is offering driveaway pricing across its entire vehicle line-up and has introduced a new 24-hour test drive program to give prospective customers more time behind the wheel. The German brand’s pricing offer sees the ...
Spar International has entered into a partnership agreement with Abu Dhabi Co-operative Society (ADCOOPS) that aims to boost the retailer's presence in the Middle East. ADCOOPA has opened, under licence, a flagship store for each format - ...
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Three men have been jailed for manufacturing illegal and potentially fatal vodka using industrial alcohol that is normally used in antifreeze and cleaning fluids. This equipment was used to make the potentially fatal alcohol During ...
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VMware has bucked recent hiring trends in the tech sector by announcing 900 job losses, despite unveiling a three per cent rise in 2012 income to $746m (£475m), while revenue rose 22 per cent to $4.61bn (£2.94bn). The ...
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Nokia's net costs for adopting Windows Phone as its smartphone operating system platform are set to rocket as Microsoft's "platform support payments" to Nokia start to decline, while Lumia sales have failed to ramp up sufficiently to cover ...
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New documents have been filed in court showing how a number of big, Silicon Valley-based companies operated an informal "no poaching" agreement to prevent them from taking each other's staff. The agreement, which contravened ...
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The Australian Formula One Grand Prix is costing Victorian taxpayers more than $30 million a year for the privilege of staging the annual race, according to an exclusive Herald Sun story today. The newspaper claims it has seen documents ...
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Hornby has made a snowy addition to its eye-catching Star Wars Scalextric range with a new Battle of Hoth set. The Battle of Hoth is the iconic opening scene of The Empire Strikes Back, in which Luke Skywalker takes on The ...
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SAVI supplies a wide range of screening and solids/grit handling equipment with hundreds of installations worldwide. The company’s international product offering includes travelling bridge filters for grit, grease and sludge removal ...
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Microsoft has released a pre-launch version of its Office 2013 suite for £8.95, but only to those organisations that have a Software Assurance (SA) plan. While Microsoft has not yet announced the official release date for the ...
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Trust in the energy industry to deliver genuine competition, protect vulnerable consumers, offer clear choices and promote environmental improvements that could be utilised has fallen dramatically among MPs. A new Ipsos MORI poll found ...
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Jazwares is to open a UK office in London's West End. The Florida-based firm's portfolio includes toys for Sonic, Star Wars, Nicktoons and Plants vs Zombies, as well as a licence for One Direction electronics, including headphones. ...
General Mills is going after the children's yoghurt market in the US with the launch of a Yoplait-branded high protein yoghurt named Pro-Force Greek. The range comes in "snack size" packs of 'strawberry blast' and 'mixed berry burst' ...
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Worlds Apart has significantly boosted its sales team, hiring the former sales director of Golden Bear. Julie Taylor (pictured) will take on the role of head of grocery sales. She arrives at the firm following her 13-year career at ...
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SAP has released its preliminary Q4 figures, with the enterprise software corporation missing forecasts for operating profits, despite delivering record revenues. The German firm reported total revenue from October through to December ...
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