NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile carrier, will use location data from its 61.5 million subscriber devices to build a platform that monitors traffic conditions across the country. DoCoMo said it will leverage its access to massive ...
Tags: Docomo, Mobile Data
High-profile stockbroker Charlie Aitken has weighed into the debate around the Australian dollar, saying that a wave of hedge funds could be set to short the currency and the biggest winners would be industrial stocks, not resources. As ...
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Hardwood flooring has the ability to transform what was once a plain old room into a warm and inviting one. With the improvement of shipping methods, exotic hardwoods have gained quite a following. Not to be left behind are domestic ...
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Constructing an outdoor fireplace near the house's patio meliorates the look and adds beauty to the house. It is useful in the winter months to provide warmth to its surroundings. You can simply sit near the fireplace in the evening and ...
Tags: Fireplace, Construction, Decoration
More and more banks in Germany are facing declining returns and weak growth. Against the backdrop of the euro crisis, the eleven largest German banks saw their year-on-year earnings before tax drop by one third during the first half of 2012 ...
Tags: Banks, Interlinking Corporate, Private Banking Business
(Left to right): Orbis Partners partner James Grenfell, Abacus finance director Steve Banks, Abacus managing director Steve Lamb and Orbis Partners director Toby Arrowsmith Abacus Lighting has been sold to a group of industrialists and ...
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CBIZ, a Cleveland-based business consultancy, has purchased Minneapolis-based insurance brokerage agency Associated Insurance Agents (AIA), in a bid to boost its insurance capabilities. Financial terms of the transaction were not ...
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If you've ever had trouble affording your medications and wanted to call your doctor on it, here's some encouraging news: Doctors aren't pleased about the prices either. Denouncing "profiteering" by pharmaceutical companies, more than 100 ...
The Australian dollar traded slightly lower during holiday-thinned Asian trade as a dearth of local developments left traders waiting for key events offshore. Topping the watch list are European Central Bank and US Federal Reserve ...
Tags: Australian dollar, bond issuance
Material handling equipments are useful in almost all types of businesses. These provide smooth movement and placement of industrial goods. For effective and efficient handing of industrial goods various types of equipments are used. These ...
The CEO of Standard & Poor's (S&P) in Mexico, Victor Manuel Herrera, hoped that the differences of politicians are resolved "very shortly" to maintain the dynamic of the current federal administration. He said he was "disappointed" that ...
Tags: Mineral, Standard&Poor's
High unemployment and the continued slowdown in economic growth in the Southern European crisis countries in particular is still hampering economic development in the European Union (EU). While the countries moving towards recovery are ...
Tags: GFK Consumer Climate, unemployment
The Rieter Group held its own in 2012 against difficult market conditions worldwide. Order intake for the year as a whole declined by 12% to 839.7 million CHF, although Rieter received more orders in the second half-year than in the first. ...
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Whether extravagant or frugal, traditional or fashion-forward, the story behind a bride’s dress has much to tell us about her life as well as our common culture. A symbol of love and commitment, the wedding dress personifies girlhood ...
Tags: Textile, Wedding Dresses, Apparel
In another time the $5.07 billion price tag for NSW ports sold last Friday might have been the sort of deal to get a roll on for the market's deal junkies. After all, it's not often the market estimates for the price -- $2.5bn to $3bn -- ...
Tags: NSW, market estimates