While the birth of Dalton, Georgia, as the capital of the carpet industry is primarily owed to a woman, today's carpet manufacturers are typically led by men. One Dalton company is bucking that trend. B Carpet has been granted official ...
Tags: Construction, Carpet
Hoping to save money on labor, China's Foxconn Technology Group could also be ushering in a new era of manufacturing as it sets its sites on putting 1 million robots to work. The world's largest contract electronics maker already has ...
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Devondale/Murray Goulburn (MG), an Australia-based farmer-owned dairy co-operative, is seeking milk supplies from the dairy farmers in the NSW-Sydney market region from 1 October 2013. The co-operative asked dairy farmers to submit their ...
Tags: Milk, Agriculture Food, Dairy Farmers
PPG Industries chairman and CEO Charles E. Bunch has been tabbed as the recipient of The ICIS Kavaler Award in recognition of outstanding achievement, according to a PPG release. The award, which is sponsored by the Chemists' Club, will ...
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Chinese state-owned Yanzhou Coal Mining's proposal to acquire the 22% of shares it does not own in Australian coal producer Yancoal Australia for A$905 million ($822 million) might violate strict foreign investment conditions set by the ...
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Prominent shareholder advisory group Institutional Shareholder Services has given a stamp of approval to Dell founder Michael Dell's bid to take the company private. "ISS recommends clients vote for this transaction, which offers a 25.5 ...
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IAG Cargo, the result of the merger of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has begun a major fleet modernisation program as British Airways welcomes two next-generation aircraft models to its fleet: the Boeing 787 and Airbus A380. ...
Wolverine Worldwide reported record revenue and strong earnings performance for its second fiscal quarter ended June 15, 2013. The quarter included a full 12 weeks contribution from the Company's October 2012 acquisition of the Sperry ...
On July 8, OSRAM Licht AG started trading with ticker symbol "OSR" on the Frankfurt and Munich stock exchange. Wolfgang Dehen, CEO of Osram, said that the listing marks the beginning of a new chapter in Osram's history of more than 100 ...
OSRAM Licht AG today started trading on the Frankfurt and Munich stock exchange under the ticker symbol “OSR”. “Today’s listing marks the beginning of a new chapter in the company’s more than 100-year history ...
Dell's special committee has advised company founder, and prospective new owner, Michael Dell, to raise his acquisition offer following an improved counter-offer by rival Carl Icahn and his associate investors. The independent committee, ...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on the development of the chemical and petrochemical industries. The attendees of the meeting included Deputy Prime Minister, Arkady Dvorkovich, Alexander Novak, the Minister of ...
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Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) has completed its rights ...
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Specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Quebec, Canada has entered into a full and final settlement agreement with Florinvest SA, Heresford Ltd, Metals Corp SCRL and S.R.I.W. SA, which are all former shareholders ...
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Nokia has bought Siemens' 50 per cent stake in Nokia-Siemens Networks (NSN) for €1.7bn, enabling it to re-take full control of its telecoms network business. "With its clear strategic focus and strong leadership team, Nokia Siemens ...
Tags: Nokia, Siemens, Telecoms Equipment