Last year China leapfrogged past Germany to become the world’s largest market for solar equipment, according to industry figures. True, a September report showed the former is also set to push global carbon emissions to a record high ...
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Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on November 24, 2014 Stryker executives are once again examining a possible buy of London-based Smith & Nephew and its $4.4 billion-a-year medical device business, according to a ...
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Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on November 20, 2014 A federal jury in Miami has concluded that Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) must pay a total of $26.7 million to four women who claimed the company’s Pinnacle ...
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Canadian buyout firm Onex is said to be leading the bidding for Switzerland-based juice-box maker SIG Combibloc Group. Onex is competing against Swiss private-equity firm Partners Group Holding in the final round. It is being speculated ...
General Motors has requested US Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber to reject the $10bn lawsuit by car owners for the lost value of millions of cars recalled this year due to faulty ignition-switch. A 2008 Chevrolet HHR owner Jesse Salazar III ...
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Researchers, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore claim that it takes a four mile run to burn off a bottle of fizzy drink and a 5.6-mile hike to shake off a double cheeseburger. They feel that putting that ...
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Honda is seeking help from third party to audit whether the company underreported about fatal injury claims to the US Government related to faulty air bag. The issue has been raised by Center for Auto Safety, which claims that the company ...
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BMW is partnering on MAI Carbon Cluster Management GmbH, a research effort backed by Germany's federal government, research and businesses institutions, which is working on a technology to reduce carbon-fiber production costs by 90%. The ...
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Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is planning to step down at the end of 2018 after completing five-year turnaround plan for the new Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, reported The Detroit News. The merger has been in works for a long time, and back ...
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Wine production in France is anticipated to grow by 10% this year as the grape harvests in the Bordeaux region have improved over the past two decades. Bloomberg quoted France Agriculture Ministry as saying: "Harvests were able to start ...
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China had exported 52.4 million tons of steel as of the end of August, up 36% from a year earlier as low domestic demand has left producers with a massive surplus, Bloomberg reported, citing data the news agency had complied. The price of ...
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group is planning sell about 260 Burger King Worldwide outlets to Texas-based fast-food franchisee Houston Food. All the 260 outlets are owned by Blackstone Group's Heartland Food and are located in the ...
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Initial reaction to the Apple Watch (not, disappointingly, the iWatch) falls into two camps: those who have only seen photos, who think it looks ugly and big, and those who have actually worn it, who realise it's surprisingly light, and not ...
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South Korean car maker Kia is planning to build an automobile assembly plant at an investment of $1bn in Mexico. The plant will reportedly produce 300,000 vehicles a year, and the car maker plans to open the plant in 2016, Bloomberg ...
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PRINCE RUPERT, BC — Container ships from China, bound for the U.S., are diverting through Canadian ports to avoid delays from a looming strike at U.S. West Coast ports. According to Bloomberg, Prince Rupert and Vancouver ports have ...
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