Because of European car market downturn, Volkswagen’s German Emden factory will further reduce Passat’s production. The factory will stop production in February 8, 15, 22, and March 1. The Christmas before once be lengthened to ...
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Crane Co. announced the appointment of Max H. Mitchell as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Mitchell, 49, has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since May 2011, during which time ...
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UK - Back in 2002, lighting designer Richard Williamson and Peter Kirkup (a student at the time, now VP of entertainment at LumenRadio) had the idea of setting up an online forum to discuss life and work backstage. On 29 January 2003 The ...
Asiacell’s share sale has been fully subscribed before its closing date, according to the IPO’s organizer. Shwan Ibrahim Taha, chairman of Rabee Securities, confirmed to Bloomberg News: “The offering is now comfortably ...
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Israel/USA - Continuing its strategy of delivering creative AV Signal Management solutions to customers around the world, Kramer Electronics reports that it has entered into a licence agreement with ComQi. Kramer Electronics is a leading ...
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Research in Motion today will launch its new BlackBerry 10 smartphone in what is its last chance to regain lost market share. RIM's share of the smartphone market was a healthy 19.5 per cent in late 2008 (Apples iPhone then had 10.7 per ...
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Swiss producer of high barrier tubes Neopac has developed new child-resistant closures for its Polyfoil tubes. The company, which offers a range of child-resistant systems for a variety of applications, said the child-resistant design of ...
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Canadian packaging solutions provider CCL Industries has announced that the company ended its previously announced deal to acquire John Watson & Company, a label converter in Scotland. The parties were subsequently unable to reach ...
Singapore-based drinks and property group Fraser & Neave (F&N) has announced that all of its board members, including chairman Lee Hsien Yang, will resign next week, which will allow its largest shareholder Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi to ...
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The Arlington Heights Historical Museum celebrates 25 years of the Martha Mills Dolls Collection with a new exhibit Calendar Dollies. The new exhibit features dolls representing holidays and red-letter calendar days throughout the year that ...
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The online retailer has revealed a steep decline in profits for the end of 2012, whilst reporting a increase in revenues across the three-month period. Amazon announced its net income for the final three months of 2012 as $97m ...
Orchard Toys is going after the pre-school market with a host of new puzzles aimed at kids over two years old. The firm launched no less than four new games and two jigsaw puzzles at Toy Fair last week. Simon Newbery, Orchard Toys ...
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Mike Logue is set to leave struggling chain Mothercare after his role was made redundant in a management restructure. The UK MD moved to Mothercare from Asda in late 2011, and is due to leave in the next couple of weeks, Retail Week ...
Airfix has released a new paid-for app game which it says will help lead more customers to buy the physical kits. The Airfix Tanks app - for Apple and Android mobile devices - comes in both full-game 69p and free 'Lite' varieties. ...
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Flying Toys is celebrating its 35th anniversary at this year's Spring Fair. The company will be introducing 21 new Silverlit products at the show, including two 'Motion Intelligent' helicopters, as well as the latest Parrot AR.Drone ...
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