Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT), an insurance and employee benefits related advice provider, has acquired ForVision Risk Services, strengthening its services offering in the Taiwanese market, primarily in the marine, hi-technology, and ...
The recent commercial history of market research organisation Nielsen is a good example of how expectations and capabilities have changed radically in the world of analytics. Retailers employing Nielsen to provide services such as retail ...
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Benjamin Moore & Co., a unit of Berkshire Hathaway, announced the appointment of Michael Searles as Chief Executive Officer. Searles brings forty years of retail leadership experience to Benjamin Moore. In his career, he has served as a ...
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While Microsoft's recent acquisition of Nokia's smartphone division is potentially good news for Microsoft, the company needs to work on its branding issues if it's to start seeing greater success in the mobile hardware industry, a Gartner ...
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Intel’s dominance of the chip market is starting to wane as PC shipments slump and smartphone and tablet adoption grows, but the manufacturer will try to prove it can make fast and power-efficient processors for mobile devices at its ...
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Online UK bike retailer Wiggle announced that Stefan Barden will succeed Humphrey Cobbold as chief executive of the company. Barden, who was most recently CEO of food distribution company Brakes Bros, is a former CEO of Northern Foods and ...
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Osram and Sharp have cross-licensed LED and laser-diode patents, while Zumtobel appoints a new CEO and its Tridonic business completes the sale of its magnetic ballast plant in Australia. Osram GmbK based in Munich, Germany, and Sharp ...
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Sims Metal Management expects tight ferrous scrap flows and US scrap processing overcapacity, two major headwinds impacting margins, to improve in its current fiscal year that ends June 30, 2014. The global scrap firm notes an improvement ...
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Vestar Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in the Roland Foods family of companies including Bruno Scheidt, American Roland Food, Pro Warehouse, and Costamar. Terms of the deal were not ...
Jolla, the mobile operating system start-up established by ex-Nokia employees, says that it has sold out the first batch of its forthcoming debut smartphone. Based on the Sailfish operating system, a refined version of Nokia's Linux-based ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is to retire within 12 months, according to a statement just released by the company - "upon the completion of a process to choose his successor". In the meantime, "Ballmer will continue as CEO and will lead ...
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Property and casualty insurance provider American International Group (AIG) has named Kevin Hogan as new CEO of AIG Global Consumer Insurance, effective October 2013. Hogan, who earlier served the company for 24 years, will report to ...
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In March of this year, Wools of New Zealand became a fully grower owned company for the first time in its history. More than 700 New Zealand sheep farmers have invested in and are committed to the growth and sustainability of Wools of New ...
Ivor Evans has been named Meritor's chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president, effective immediately, the company announced today. Evans, a member of Meritor's Board of Directors since 2005, has already been serving as ...
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Global risk advisor, insurance and reinsurance broker Willis Group has named Michael Harden as the new CEO of Willis Re Bermuda, effective from 1 January 2014. Currently serving as chairman of Willis Re Australia, Harden has experience in ...
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