Water management company Layne Christensen Co has launched a water transfer business within its Layne Energy Services Division. Layne Energy Services was formed to address the water demands of the energy industry and provides solutions to ...
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UK-based London Mining, a global diversified miner targeting the steel sector, has announced its operational results for the first quarter of 2013, reporting a total sales volume of 589,000 wet mt of iron ore concentrate, compared to ...
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The average run rate at "teapot" refineries in China's Shandong province dropped to 36.5% in April from 42% in March, due to slow sales of oil products, according to data from Beijing-based energy information provider JYD Commodities Hub. ...
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When Microsoft reported its third-quarter financial results last week, company officials trumpeted several metrics about sales and adoption of Office 365, the cloud subscription suite for email and collaboration. Specifically, Microsoft ...
Microsoft's Business division, which manages the company's Office cash cow, recorded a 5% revenue bump in the first quarter over the same period in 2012, an increase driven by a surge in enterprises signing long-term licensing agreements. ...
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Sequential Brands Group, Inc. announced that it acquired the intellectual property management company that owns two consumer lifestyle brands, Ellen Tracy and Caribbean Joe. The purchase price of the transaction was comprised of $62.3 ...
The spot market for LPG cargoes loading out of the Middle East has softened amid weak demand from Asian buyers, according to market sources. This was reflected in the spot cargo price differentials, with Arcadia heard selling 44,000 mt of ...
Amoco Mitsui PTA Indonesia declared force majeure on purified terephthalic acid supplies from its 485,000 mt/year plant at Merak, with effect from Monday this week, after the operating rate at the plant unexpectedly dropped, sources close ...
Solar demand for 2012 reached just 29.0GW, an increase of only 5% on year compared to 27.7GW in 2011, according to Solarbuzz. This is the first time in a decade that on-year market growth in the solar industry has been less than 10%. ...
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High-tech venture capital in the UK and Ireland ended the year on a high note with £209m invested in 60 companies compared to £129m in 48 deals in Q4 2011, says Ascendant, the tech-focussed investment company. Over 2012 as a ...
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Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced its financial results for the half year ended on December 31 of the 2012-13 financial year. In the given period, Fortescue's net profit decreased by 40 percent year on year to ...
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Japan's JX Nippon Oil & Energy sold a total 44.04 million kiloliters, or 1.01 million b/d, of oil products in the domestic market over April-December 2012, up 5.3% year on year, JX Holdings, the parent company of the largest Japanese ...
Major China expandable polystyrene producers, Xingda Group and Loyal Group -- with a combined production capacity of nearly 3 million mt/year -- are operating their plants at reduced rates of 40%-50% this week, before the Lunar New Year ...
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SAP’s revenue from software and software-related services showed ample growth thanks in part to its HANA in-memory database and the strength in its portfolio of cloud applications, the company said Tuesday as it reported preliminary ...
SAP's revenue from software and software-related services showed ample growth thanks in part to its HANA in-memory database and to strength in its portfolio of cloud applications, the company said Tuesday as it reported preliminary numbers ...
Tags: software, soft, Computer Products