THE chance to break new ground in a firm with 145,000 staff worldwide drew Englishman Chris Robinson to his role as Asia-Pacific chief information officer at KPMG. After taking up the CIO role at KPMG in Australia in May 2010, Robinson ...
Nissan Forklift Corporation, North America announced that it has joined forces with TCM America under a new name, UniCarriers Americas Corporation effective April 1, 2013, with head offices in Marengo, Ill.. UniCarriers Americas Corporation ...
Home furnishings giant Ikea said it will expand the warehouse section of its store here by nearly 59,000 square feet. The work, which begins this fall and is expected to be completed by fall of 2014, will bring the Boston market complex ...
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Rent-to-own merchant Aaron's says it plans to open 125 stores this year and hire 750 people. At its 2013 National Managers Meeting in Nashville, Atlanta-based Aaron's also reported that the company and its franchisees had added a combined ...
APPLE has issued an apology to Chinese consumers after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism. A statement Apple posted in Chinese on its website on Monday said the ...
Sage Products in Cary, IL began to notice a problem with shipping and delivery drivers entering its building without supervision, having full access to the warehouse floor. The truck drivers entering the building were not only a ...
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Daifuku Webb Holding Company is pleased to announce the promotion of Brian Stewart to Chairman, President and CEO. In this role, Stewart oversees all Daifuku Webb entities, including Jervis B. Webb Company, Daifuku America Corporation, ...
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Leading power and automation technology group ABB, has landed a major oil and gas contract valued at $15 million in the Timor Sea off Western Australia. ? ABB has been appointed the main electrical contractor (MEC) for a new ...
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Shamrock Specialty Packaging has announced the expansion of its production capacity at its Ciudad Juarez, Mexico manufacturing plant. The company's operations in Mexico are conducted under the support of the Tecma Group of Companies' ...
Pioneering bosses at Virgin are introducing a jet with a glass floor to give passengers an uninterrupted view of the Earth from 30,000ft. It will offer an amazing “walking on air” experience, with the world at your feet. The ...
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Sharp Corp. is considering selling a Polish factory where it has been assembling liquid crystal display televisions for the European market as part of turnaround efforts, Kyodo News reported Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter. ...
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Microsoft could rake in more than $1 billion in revenue in the first year after launching Office for Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms, an analyst said today. Gerry Purdy, principal of MobileTrax, did a back-of-the-envelope ...
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Flushing, N.Y.-based Tempco Glass Fabrication celebrated the grand opening of its factory on Friday, March 22, 2013. With about 75 guests in attendance, including several elected officials, the ribbon was cut to officially open the ...
If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area and order something from Target or Walgreens, Google might deliver your purchases right to your house for free. Google announced Thursday that anyone living in the Bay Area can sign up for ...
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Google will not sue any user, distributor or developer of open-source software on specified patents, unless first attacked, the company said Thursday. Google began the pledge with 10 patents relating to MapReduce, a computing model for ...
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