The Port of Melbourne. The Victorian Government has successfully leased the Port of Melbourne for more than $9.7 billion. The Lonsdale Consortium, comprising of the Future Fund, QIC, GIP and OMERS signed a lease of the port’s ...
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Ever since the Beijing Olympics, tourism has grown to become a major economic, cultural and social plus for China as it celebrates its long and special history with the rest of the world. So, too, with the rise of a middle class, more ...
The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards has ordered Samsung and its battery suppliers to X-ray batteries in Note 7 handsets following a global recall of the phones. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the South Korean firm has ...
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The creator of the Oculus Rift has apologised for tarnishing his brand’s reputation after he was outed as having funded a pro-Donald Trump propaganda group. Yesterday, a Daily Beast report revealed that Palmer Luckey had been ...
On the heels of the federal government’s consultation on plain packaging for tobacco products, JTI-Macdonald has launched an awareness campaign to highlight to Canadians and the government the perils of such a move. The online and ...
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Despite an upturn in demand, PV module prices have plunged further in September, as suppliers scrambled for orders during trade fairs in India and the U.S. Indian buyers have demanded further cut into quotes, already at low level, driving ...
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The producers of LED Specifier Summit – Northwest, taking place Sept. 22, 2016 at Seattle's Washington State Conference Center, encourage area lighting professionals to take advantage of this new educational and sourcing event. The ...
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ZF today announced that it has increased the price per share in its public cash offer for Haldex Aktiebolag (publ) (“Haldex”) to SEK 110, valuing Haldex at SEK 4.85 billion. ZF has received agreements to sell from key ...
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Elsewhere, former insight manager Claire Milner has been appointed associate director for iGen Insight. iGen has detailed a raft of new team changes. The firm has welcomed a new insight assistant in William Brown. Brown joins as a ...
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PV market demand plunged rapidly as expected as it entered in the third quarter, driving significant price decline across the PV supply chain. Prices of solar cells and wafer have reached new low for consecutive weeks. Consequently, ...
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The profit of Royal FrieslandCampina decreased by 16.7 percent over the first half-year 2016 to 160 million euros compared to the same period in the previous financial year. Due to the significant increase in the member dairy ...
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Vetropack Group significantly enhanced its revenue in the first half of 2016. Vetropack Italia, a member of the Group since early August 2015, making a major contribution of over 10%. Net sales from goods and services amounted to CHF ...
Recently, Hohhot City Government, DONGFENG and Optimum signed industrial cooperation-frame agreement in Shiyan Hubei. The first batch of 10000 DONGFENG Optimum new energy light trucks will be manufactured in Hohhot. So far there have been ...
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America’s back, free trade agreements are helping (particularly with China), and Europe remains on Australian business horizons despite Brexit. This is according to the 2016 DHL Export Barometer. However, exporters are muddling ...
Nordson Corporation reported results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2016. For the quarter ending July 31, 2016, sales were $490 million, a 6 percent increase from the prior year’s third quarter. This change in sales includes a ...