India-based Parle Agro has unveiled its beverage brands Frooti and Appy in new 250ml Tetra Brik Aseptic Edge cartons that are made of paper. The cartons, called bottle packs, are designed to provide a perfect blend of the functionality of ...
Guardian Life Insurance, a mutual life insurer and a provider of employee benefits, has appointed Caitlin Pincus as senior vice president of Strategy & Guardian Labs and Dean Del Vecchio as senior vice president and chief information ...
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Brit Group Specialty, an Amsterdam-based global specialty insurance and reinsurance firm, is all set to expand its distribution network in Bermuda with the opening of new branch office. The new office, which is subject to regulatory ...
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Charles Taylor, a UK-based insurance service provider, has purchased KnowledgeCenter, a provider of business solutions to insurance industry, for an undisclosed amount. Formed in 2001, KnowledgeCenter provides business solutions to major ...
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Endurance Specialty Holdings, a Bermuda-based provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, is to expand its Asia Pacific reinsurance business with the addition of its Singapore-based Global Catastrophe Reinsurance (GCR) ...
Semiconductor laser developer BinOptics Corp, Ithaca, NY, USA, has incorporated its patented Etched Facet Technology (EFT) into a variety of silicon photonic applications. The company says creating indium phosphide-based lasers and other ...
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Lancashire Holdings’ proposed plan to acquire Cathedral Capital Limited, a privately owned Lloyd's insurer, in an all-cash deal worth £266m, has been approved by its shareholders. The transaction, originally signed on 7 ...
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Fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar, of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, has reported financial results for Q1 2014, which ended July 28, 2013, including "all-time record sales for a quarter",? according to executive ...
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US-based Avanir Pharmaceuticals (AVNR) has entered into a settlement agreement with the US unit of Indian drugmaker Wockhardt to resolve pending patent litigation in response to Wockhardt's abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) seeking ...
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TransRe, a global reinsurer wholly owned by Alleghany, has selected MetricStream to provide a consolidated approach for an integrated, flexible solution for its risk and compliance management needs. MetricStream's federated information ...
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US propylene contract prices for September have reached a full settlement at a rollover, market sources said Thursday. As first reported by Platts, propylene contracts began to settle Wednesday flat to August, with polymer grade at 70 ...
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has received an application from Bayer HealthCare for marketing authorization of its oral multi-kinase inhibitor, regorafenib, for the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GlST). ...
Trek Bicycle has extended its sponsorship of the African pro road cycling team, Team MTN-Qhubeka. In its first year as a UCI-registered Pro Continental team, Team MTN-Qhubeka scored a major win with?Gerald Ciolek?victory at Milan-San ...
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2006 Tour de France champion Oscar Pereiro will attend the Interbike Expo next week, meeting attendees at the Pinarello booth. Pereiro also will ride the Viva Bike Vegas Gran Fondo Pinarello on the Saturday following the show. Pinarello ...
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The US National Security Agency (NSA) has acquired the power to tap 3G and 4G smartphones - not only Apple iPhones and Android devices, but also supposedly secure BlackBerrys. The revelation is the latest in a series of leaks orchestrated ...
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