Oman Cement Co has posted a 36.7% increase in its net profit for full-year 2012 to OR17.5m, compared with OR12.8m in the previous year, Muscat Daily has reported. "The growth in net profit is mostly volume driven with some recovery in local ...
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With the Ford Falcon having posted its lowest-ever sales result in 2012, and falling out of the top 20 sales charts by one spot, the new year is a good time to pause, reflect, and ponder again if Australians really are missing out on a good ...
The planned introduction of more than 1,900 new generic top-level domain (gTLD) names by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) could have security implications, researchers have warned. The plan to allow web ...
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La Montre Hermes opens a gate to the fairy night sky with the new Hermès Arceau Attelage Céleste. The watch features the emblematic “Duc Attelé” studded with star-like paillons or spangles. The obtained ...
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Chinese buying more luxury goods at home: survey Chinese shoppers are increasingly buying luxury goods in mainland China, turning away from high-end stores abroad and in Hong Kong, according to a poll by market research firm Ipsos, ...
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Hermes wins a lawsuit against 34 websites that sold fake copies of its luxury goods. The judgment includes $100 million in damages. The websites, which didn't defend themselves in court, sold items that infringed upon at least nine Hermes ...
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The iconic Birkin bag and silk scarves made Hermès house a popular brand name for counterfeiters. Even two of the company' own employees were involved in a racket. After a year of surveillance the people responsible for peddling ...
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according to French markets watchdog AMF's sanctions committee. The luxury scarves war dates from October 2010 when LVMH revealed that it build a stake of 14 percent in the Hermes luxury house. LVMH used derivatives that allowed the luxury ...
The ongoing Van Cleef & Arpels’ “Timeless Beauty” exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai is presenting more than 100 years of Van Cleef & Arpels’ history. More than 370 selected pieces recreate the ...
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Interbrand Releases 13th Annual Best Global Brands Report Despite the current economic landscape, all of the luxury brands in the 13th annual Best Global Brands report released by Interbrand increased their brand value. As the meaning ...
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Another roller coaster year for the ISX is drawing to a close. By the middle of May, the Rabee Securities RSISX index had fallen 24% from its early October 2011 peak. Since then, the market has staged a dramatic rebound. As of December 8, ...
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Luxury French house Hermès and Japanese architect Shigeru Ban have collaborated once again. For the 2012 milan design week the duo unveiled "Module H" aluminum panels that sculpt internal spaces, may serve as room divider or screened ...
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Toshiba Imaging provided the point-of-view (POV) camera for Nik Wallenda's successful, record-breaking tightrope walk over Niagara Falls on June 15, 2012. The tiny IK-HR1S high-def imager captured the sensational footage from the tightrope ...
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Fiona Kotur Marin is a New York fashionista, close friend of designer Tory Burch and mother of four boys. In every sense a New Yorker – born, raised and educated in Manhattan – Marin, however, started her thriving handbag ...
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A new production facility of Wilo was opened in Beijing on 11 October,the 40th anniversary of the assumption of diplomatic relations between China and Germany. The Dortmund-based group of companies is one of the leading manufacturers of ...
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