Authors who participate in The Bookworm Literature Festival (BLF) consistently say that they are amazed how a small independent bookstore can put on such an epically proportioned event. Visitors (expats and countrymen alike) from across ...
How do you open a conference on change? That was the job that Food & Drink Business Live gave to Richard Sauerman, The Brand Guy, at its Industry of the Future Forum this week. Food & Drink Business is PKN’s stablemate, so we were ...
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The new BMW X4 (fuel consumption combined: 8.3–5.0* l/100 km [34.0–54.3 mpg imp]; CO2 emissions combined: 193–130* g/km) blends the hallmark features of the successful BMW X family with the sporting elegance of a classical ...
September bikes sales at IBDs weren't quite so bad asinitially reported. Leisure Trends has corrected and restated its RetailTrak IBD sales summary for the month. "Shortly after we published September data last week, we noticed anomalies ...
Technology distributor Tech Data has admitted accounting irregularities originating in a UK subsidiary over the past three years. After the close of trading on Nasdaq today, US-based distributor Tech Data announced that it will need to ...
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Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services said Friday that about 8.22 billion Indian rupees (US$155 million) in its fixed deposit accounts will be frozen for 150 days by India’s Directorate of Enforcement in connection with charges ...
Tags: liquidity, outsourcing, satyam, satyam computer devices
US infant formula group Mead Johnson has lowered its full-year sales outlook, citing a slowdown in Chinese demand. In its second-quarter earnings release today (26 July), Mead Johnson reduced its full-year sales guidance to a range to ...
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Automakers have answered new fuel economy requirements and increased consumer demand with some lofty mpg claims. But it seems some of these claims have been a little too high, at least on paper. We all know the disclaimer about fuel ...
US-based food manufacturer Ralcorp Holdings plans to consolidate its cereal,pasta,and snacks,sauces&spreads businesses into a single firm. Through the restructuring,the company expects to gain annual pre-tax cost savings of about$26m ...
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Diamond Foods plans to close its snack manufacturing plant in Indiana, US, a move which will lead to a loss of nearly 100 jobs. The company, which produces Emerald snack nuts and Kettle Chips, gained ownership of the Indiana facility when ...
A former boss of Kettle Chips maker, Diamond Foods has pledged to repay two years’ bonuses and resigned his position after a financial scandal engulfed the business earlier this year. Michael Mendes, former chief executive of ...
Tags: Bonus payments, Kettle Chips, Diamond Foods
Ford has been making some eye-opening claims about the fuel economy of the redesigned 2013 Fusion Hybrid sedan and new C-Max Hybrid wagon: "47 city/47 highway/47 combined mpg." After running both vehicles through our real-world tests, we ...
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Regional outsourcing venture Southwest One obscured the true extent of its financial losses with a highly unusual combination of understated costs and post-dated credits in its 2010 accounts,according to an analysis of the firm's accounts ...
Tags: Southwest One, accounting looses, regional outsourcing venture, IBM
Manganese Bronze, the maker of the iconic black London taxi cab, has reported a £3.9m hole in its accounts caused, it says, by a software fault in its accounting systems. As a result, it has put back the release of its unaudited ...
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