The AWEX Regional Indicators finished 2.0% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle last week. The US exchange rate rose by 0.9% to break above the 104¢ for the first time since mid-January. This was the last ...
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German dairy firm Deutsches Milchkontor (DMK) has secured the regulatory approval to complete its acquisition of private-label ice cream manufacturer, Roseneis. The German federal competition authority - Bundeskartellamt has agreed the ...
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US-based Dole Food has completed the sale of its worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh businesses to Japanese firm ITOCHU for $1.68bn in cash. The sale included a major portion of Dole's operations and assets, including exclusive rights ...
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Microsoft will start selling the Surface Pro tablet in China next week, the company said yesterday. According to the company's Chinese e-store, the Surface Pro will go on sale April 2 at 9 p.m. local time. The Chinese debut will be the ...
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Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has received $1.3m in Australian government funding as part of the Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment program. The funds will be used to install PET bottle self-manufacture or 'blow-fill' technology. The ...
SLI Systems announced that Cache a nationwide special retailer of women's clothing and accessories, has seen an 88 percent increase in the conversion rate among site search users since implementing SLI's full-service Learning Search ...
TELECOM Corporation of New Zealand expects to incur one-off restructuring costs of between $NZ70 million ($58.6m) and $NZ80m this year in relation to the reduction of its local and Australian Gen-i operations, the company said in a ...
C-Tick EMC Australia is part of the Australian Communications Authority (ACA - Australia Community Association) to control, only part of the interference of control, control of the product in 1999 from 1 / 01 to start enforcement. ...
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Standards Australia International Limited is Australia's only accreditation body standards. The agency was established in 1922, was known as the Engineering Standards Association of Australia, in 1929 changed its name to the Australian ...
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Florida manufacturer of SSL roadway and area lighting recently launched a European joint venture, now opens a subsidiary serving Australia and New Zealand, and also made a recent deal to supply products in Mexico. Evolucia has announced ...
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Independence LED Lighting, LLC today announced it has hired Benjamin Stammen as Director of International Business Development as part of a new push to reach international markets for its energy-saving LED tubes. Stammen has more than ...
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New Zealand-based multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra plans to establish a milk processing facility in China by the end of 2016, in order to enter into the country's infant milk formula market. The proposed milk processing facility ...
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THE Australian dollar retreated from two-month highs in Asia today largely in line with broad support of the US dollar. Traders said speculation of further monetary policy easing in Japan dominated trading in Asia, weakening the yen and ...
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KEN Boal has taken the reins at Cisco Australia and New Zealand, replacing Richard Kitts, who has been moved upstairs to a broader Asia-Pacific role for the networking giant. Boal joined Cisco in 2004, handling the public sector, and his ...
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THE dollar has opened firmer, with gains on US and European sharemarkets helping lift the currency near $US1.05. At 7am AEDT, the Aussie was at $US1.0486, up from yesterday's local close of $US1.0465. The local unit reached a high of ...