Global steel giant ArcelorMittal is starting mothballing of its two blast furnaces at its Florange site in Lorraine, France on Wednesday, April 24, according to media reports. The company expects to complete the shutdown of the hot stoves ...
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Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Fushun Special Steel Co., a subsidiary of Dongbei Special Steel Group, issued its financial results for the first quarter of this year as well as its revised figures for 2012. Accordingly, in the ...
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Smartphone shipments grew steadily worldwide in Q1/2013, by 9.4% quarter-on-quarter to 216.4 million units in total, according to global research firm TrendForce. Since the beginning of 2012, smartphone shipment figures have risen each ...
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Apple announced its fiscal 2013 second quarter results yesterday, which saw a net profit of $9.5bn (£6.2bn), a fall from the $11.6bn (£7.5bn) net profit in the same quarter last year. But while profits have fallen for the ...
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Seguros El Norte has selected IBM’s PureSystems to improve its IT infrastructure and accelerate the deployment of new customer facing applications. The company will deploy the PureSystems service to its existing servers, intended to ...
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McDonald's, a US-based chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, has introduced new Egg White Delight McMuffin, a new addition to its breakfast offerings. The new Egg White Delight McMuffin breakfast sandwich is made on the grill with ...
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US-based food firm Tofutti Brands is set to introduce dairy free mozzarella cheese topping into the pizza marketplace, for lactose intolerant consumers. Tofutti Brand mozzarella contains no diary, hydrogenated fats or oils and is also ...
US-based Michael Angelo’s Gourmet Foods has introduced a new line of Italian flatbread - Pepperoni & Salami Flatbread, Mediterranean Flatbread, Sausage & Mushroom Flatbread and Margherita Flatbread. The Pepperoni & Salami Flatbread ...
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Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Cars has developed a new on-board charger for its upgraded C30 electric vehicle (EV) in collaboration with Siemens, which is claimed to be capable of fully charging the car in about 1.5 hours. ...
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French car maker PSA Peugeot-Citroen has unveiled the new DS Wild Rubis Concept hybrid crossover vehicle at the ongoing 2013 Auto Shanghai being held in China. The vehicle is powered by a 1.6L THP gasoline engine that generates an output ...
Chinese pure electric vehicles (EV) manufacturer Kandi Technologies' subsidary Zhejiang Kandi Vehicles has signed a EV supply contract with Hong Kong based Tianjin Sinopoly New Energy Investment (Tianjin Sinopoly). Under the RMB75.62m ...
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Japanese carmaker Mazda has reported 3.8% rise in sales for the fiscal year 2012 that ended in March 2013 to 879,129 units, compared to the previous year, contributed by strong sales of its passenger and commercial vehicles. The company ...
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has officially landed in the UAE, following an exclusive press evening last night at the Burj Khalifa, and will be available to consumers from April 27. Samsung's Head of Telecommunications Group, Hayssam Yassine, ...
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Hostess Brands, a new company and employer under new ownership, plans to resume operations at its bakery facility in Columbus, Georgia, US. The company will initially create 200 jobs and plans to create a total of more than 300 jobs ...
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Amazon has completed a deal worth $26m (£17m) to acquire Cambridge-based start-up Evi, developer of the voice-activated virtual intelligence applications of the same name. The deal has been rumoured for some time and according to ...
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