German automotive manufacturer Daimler has acquired 12% stake in the passenger car unit of its Chinese partner Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC) for $875m. The acquisition will help the company in expanding presence in the world's biggest ...
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Netherlands-based packaging company Clondalkin Group has promoted David Lennon as new CEO for its pharmaceutical and healthcare division's global operations. Lennon will take the responsibility of firm's global business development plans ...
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Swansea University has welcomed the decision by Neath Port Talbot Council to grant detailed planning permission for its proposed pound 250m Science and Innovation Campus. The University is currently in the final stages of an EU ...
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Tandem Diabetes Care has expanded its development and commercialization agreement to include Dexcom's continuous glucose monitor (CGM), designed to detect trends and tracking patterns in persons (age 18 and older) with diabetes. The ...
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Norway's Statoil and its partners are going ahead with the development of the major Aasta Hansteen natural gas field project in the Norwegian Sea, as well as the planned Polarled pipeline linking it to shore, at a combined cost of NOK57 ...
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IDG News Service - A photo kiosk that can track user behavior using a Microsoft Kinect-like sensor and mine social data could help marketers gain valuable information about audiences at sporting events. Mobile services company Mobiquity, ...
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Some 20 startups have inked commercial deals with SAP that will see them run production applications with the HANA in-memory database on Amazon Web Services, SAP announced Thursday during the Tech Ed and Sapphire conferences in Madrid. In ...
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Board members of Ashaka Cement Plc., the Nigerian unit of Lafarge SA, have endorsed a new development programme that will increase the company s production capacity from 900,000 to 3 million tons in the near future as it plans to inject ...
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Totara Learning Solutions continues to extend its reach into the European marketplace with the appointment of SRC as a partner. With a strong presence in Slovenia & neighbouring countries and over 25 years' experience providing business ...
Electronics firm Philips has called on skills specialist The Open Group to reorganise its IT workforce. The move enables Philips to identify the skills already available within its company and to create a clear career development path ...
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Several big vendors including Red Hat, Oracle, Cloudera and Citrix have made announcements this week that show software support is on its way for 64-bit ARM hardware The companies all announced development plans for 64-bit ARM hardware. ...
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The Middle East Dredging Company (MEDCO) has selected Weir Minerals to supply pumps to be used in the dredging of the New Doha Sea Port in Qatar. Construction of the port, which will be one of the deepest in the world and will cover an ...
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According to City broker Investec, Afferro Mining remains well funded to pursue its exploration activities in Cameroon. In a note following the release of the explorer's Q3 financials analyst Mr Hunter Hillcoat said that the period was in ...
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MNA reported that the Iranian Offshore Oil Company has managed to boost output at oilfields to a great extent. Mr Mahmoud Zirakchianzadeh MD of IOOC said that output at the Siri and the Salman regions have been increased by 25% and 50% ...
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Gulf LPG Transport Company, a Qatari liquefied petroleum gas shipping company owned jointly by Milaha and Nakilat has secured financing amounting to USD 200 million from Qatar National Bank in a deal brokered by Nakilat, Qatar's premier gas ...