Burgeoning markets in developing countries are favouring simpler hardware providers like Nokia over more high-end producers like Apple. While Apple's dominance in western markets is set to be tested today (14 March) by the launch of ...
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Ireland-based food ingredients and flavors group Kerry has completed the acquisition of South Africa-based sweet ingredient solutions supplier Orley Foods for an undisclosed sum. Kerry noted that this acquisition is in line with its plan ...
Sony Mobile will provide an experimental version of the Firefox OS on one of its smartphones so that advanced developers can try it out and start working on applications. Earlier this week, Sony said it is evaluating the Firefox OS ...
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Indonesia's Indofood Agri Resources said Wednesday that global demand for natural rubber slowed in 2012 as a result of an adverse global economy and a slowdown in tire replacement sales. Due to the weaker demand, it said RSS 3 SICOM ...
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Kerry Group booked a double-digit increase in sales and earnings for fiscal 2012, with growth driven by its ingredients and flavours arm. In a regulatory filing released this morning (26 February), the Irish food and ingredients group ...
ZTE's first phone based on Mozilla's Firefox OS will go on sale in the middle of the year in Spain, Venezuela and Colombia, where its maker hopes to boost smartphone penetration. Firefox OS is being pitched as a better alternative for ...
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Mozilla previewed the first commercial build of its Firefox operating system and announced several operator and smartphone rollout plans on Sunday at Mobile World Congress. The OS is being pitched as a better alternative for low-end ...
A selection of quotes from this year's Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference. "While this might not be where we want to be longer term, we believe it is a step in the right direction. We are innovating" - Andy Jones, VP of ...
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They are probably the biggest cellphone makers most people have never heard of. Despite ranking third and fourth in the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter, mention Huawei and ZTE to many Americans or Europeans and you're likely ...
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Better management of input costs and higher sales in emerging markets have helped global snacks giant Mondelez International report higher underlying profits in 2012. The Cadbury owner booked a 4% increase in operating income to US$3.64bn ...
Tags: Cost Control, Developing Markets, Mondelez
Samsung Electronics has launched REX, a new series of "smart feature phones" that it will sell in emerging markets. Countries such as Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and China will drive much of the volume growth in the global phone ...
Samsung has launched a new series of “smart feature phones” called REX, which the firm will sell in emerging markets. Countries such as Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and China will drive much of the volume growth in the ...
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Fiat is considering launching an entry-level brand for developing markets as it looks for opportunities to grow its manufacturing operations and increase profitability. Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne admitted the success of Renault’s ...
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Global mobile phone shipments grew a modest 2% annually to reach 1.6 billion units in 2012, according to a report from Strategy Analytics’ Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service. “Ongoing macroeconomic challenges in ...
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Fourth Quarter: -Fourth quarter 2012 earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations, excluding significant items, were $.11 versus prior year earnings of $.26. Reported fourth quarter 2012 EPS from continuing operations was $.02 ...