The UK government Friday gave its consent to Norway's Statoil to go ahead with the $7 billion Mariner oil field development which is set to be the UK's biggest new North Sea project in more than a decade. Statoil took the final ...
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which makes gallium nitride (GaN) RF components, and pan-European electronics distributor Acal BFi Ltd have signed a franchise agreement to increase the sale of Cree’s RF components in Italy, Spain, ...
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GC Rieber Shipping contracts a new build and enters into long-term time charter agreements Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 GC Rieber Shipping has entered into an agreement with Kleven Verft ("Kleven") to build a new 22 streamer 3D seismic vessel ...
Microsoft's highly anticipated Surface Pro with Windows 8 will be on sale Saturday starting at $899 and will test the company's viability in the tablet market after the failure of the Surface RT. The Surface Pro tablet has an Intel Core ...
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Dutch retail giant Ahold has sold its stake in ICA, the Sweden-based retailer, to co-owner Hakon Invest. The SEK1.2bn (US$1.6bn) cash deal, announced this morning (11 February), will see Hakon take Ahold's 60% stake in ICA. Hakon already ...
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IDE Technologies Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable energy company, for the development of an Osmotic Power Generation pilot plant in Norway. The project is first of its kind to generate ...
Gemalto on Sunday announced that it will be providing an end-to-end electronic passport solution for the Sultanate of Oman as part of a multi-year contract. Applications will be issued with secure travel documents, using the latest ...
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Thorn Lighting Ltd, a subsidiary of the Austrian company Zumtobel Group, is a global supplier of both outdoor and indoor luminaires and integrated controls. Thorn was founded when Sir Jules Thorn started The Electric Lamp Service Company ...
The International Fashion Showcase, launched in February 2012 by the British Fashion Council (BFC) and the British Council will again take place during London Fashion Week. 27 embassies will display the work of over 110 international ...
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Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq upstream petroleum witnessed three unprecedented interrelated developments post-2003: A grand opening to FDI;offering ...
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Norway - For the last four years, the award-winning W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden has been used in a very special festival in Norway, the Verket Musikkfestival. The two-day festival, held in the beautiful town of Mo i Rana, located just ...
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The deal is part of the Risk Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF) initiative run by the EIB and the European Commission to promote R&D in the European Union. The funds will be available from 2013 to 2014 as loans to finance the R&D in areas like ...
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Louis Poulsen is a Danish lighting manufacturer that was founded in 1874. Louis Poulsen Lighting is represented by subsidiaries, distribution offices and agents around the world. Their key sales regions are Scandinavia, Europe, Japan and ...
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Xylem Inc. has signed a $158 million (€120 million) financing agreement with the European Investment Bank to fund innovative and aspirational research and development (R&D) projects across Europe. The deal underscores the EIB’s ...
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Unilin’s Flooring division, which is owned by the US flooring group Mohawk Industries, intends to close two mills in Trelleborg and Perstorp, Sweden that are part of Pergo Europe. Treaters in Perstorp and a laminate flooring mill in ...
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