US carmaker General Motors and its joint ventures have sold 231,183 vehicles in China, marking 21.3% rise in May 2012, over the same period in 2011. Shanghai GM has reported 7.1% rise in its domestic vehicle sales during the period to ...
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Freshlink Foods is planning to close its frozen sausage factory in Glasgow, Scotland, putting nearly 145 jobs at risk. The company has initiated a 90-day consultation period with its workforce about the future of the plant. According to ...
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Insurance broker Lockton San Francisco has selected Terry Brandt as the company’s executive vice president and director of the Lockton Alliance for Ministry Protection (LAMP) practice. The insurer said that Brandt will manage LAMP, ...
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A WPP company and denim brand Lee and Ogilvy & Mather Shanghai announced the launch of a new 360 Degree campaign, “Free Your Night Side,” which celebrates the freedom to express oneself at night when wearing Lee’s Night ...
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Mead Johnson Nutrition has broken ground on a $325m facility in Singapore, which will cater to the increasing demand for pediatric nutrition products in Asia. The new facility will feature manufacturing plant, a research and development ...
Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Orexo's partner, has filed a new drug application (NDA) seeking Japanese approval for KW-2246 as cancer pain medication. The sublingual formulation of fentanyl earlier gained approval in US, EU and Canada as cancer ...
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Lincoln Financial has registered a net income of $402m, or $1.41 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2012, from $153m, or $0.47 per diluted share during the same period last fiscal. Third quarter income from operations stood at ...
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Ring Container has appointed the Energy and Sustainability division of Premier Alliance Group to implement cost cutting measures through Southern California Edison’s (SCE) automated demand response (Auto-DR) program. Incentives of ...
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Thomson Reuters' Intellectual Property & Science division has launched a new mobile oncology decision support solution to support R&D focused pharmaceutical majors. The solution provides a series of oncology-based clinical dashboards that ...
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QBE has integrated Risk Management Services (RMS) teams, headed by Richard Thomas in an effort to leverage its relationship with clients and brokers. The RMS Practice will involve property, casualty, motor fleet and professional lines and ...
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Beauty packaging product sales in the US would see a decline in the face of the economic downturn, a study has claimed. The negative trend experienced largely in Europe has also shifted to the US region with weakening of the expected ...
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US-based commercial insurer CNA Financial Corporation (CNA) has appointed Michael Strakhov as the new vice president for its Ohio branch, located in Columbus, US. Strakhov, in his new role will be responsible for synchronizing branch ...
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Royal DSM,a life sciences and materials sciences firm based in the Netherlands,has entered into an agreement to acquire Fortitech,a US-based provider of food ingredient blends,for$634m in cash. Fortitech,a privately-held company based in ...
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UK-based flexographic printer and laminating company Parkside has announced plans to invest in a 100% secure waste management system provided by its partners Roydon Group. A shredding and compacting system has been installed and ...
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Medmarc Insurance (Medmarc) has signed an agreement to merge into ProAssurance for a $153.7m, all cash, sponsored demutualization that will provide Medmarc's eligible Members with cash payments of $146.2m and future policy credits of $7m. ...
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