Japanese carmaker Nissan has recorded 4.845 million units in global sales in the fiscal year 2011, up 15.8% from last year's 4.185 million units, as demand for its vehicles outperformed the total auto industry which increased 4.2%. Nissan ...
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Essar Steel Algoma, an integrated primary steel producer in Canada posted loss of US$88.40 million for the third quarter of this year, caused by high input costs and dropped selling prices. In the third quarter, the firm's selling ...
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Tower Group has accomplished its $75m investment in Canopius Group and subsequently acquired 10.7% of the ordinary share capital in the firm. Canopius, a privately owned Lloyd's of London insurance holding company offers insurance and ...
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Dallas-based P&C insurer, the Republic Group has hired Timothy Wiedmeyer to act as the companies' vice president of claims. Prior to this, Wiedmeyer worked with West Bend Mutual Insurance, a regional property and casualty insurer ...
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South African food company Tiger Brands has agreed to acquire 63.4% stake in Dangote Flour Mills, a leading manufacturer of pasta and flour in Nigeria, from Dangote Industries. Tiger Brands announced in May 2012 that it was holding ...
Insurance services provider BMS Group has appointed Glenn Kerr to lead its wholesale and facultative business in the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Sydney, Kerr will join the BMS wholesale team, led by BMS Wholesale CEO Nick Cook, on ...
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Fluid storage, carrying and delivery technology provider TI Automotive has opened a new fuel tank systems production facility located at Chennai, India. The new facility, which is built on an area of 73,000ft2, will produce fuel tank ...
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German carmaker BMW has reported 13.2% rise in its vehicle sales during October 2012 to 157,618 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles compared to 139,284 units delivered during the corresponding month in 2011. During the initial ten months ...
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US-based ConAgra Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Ralcorp, a leading manufacturer of private label food in the US, in a deal valued at approximately $6.8bn including debt. As a part of the agreement, Ralcorp shareholders ...
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It is reported that Chinese steel pipe maker Baoji Petroleum Steel Pipe Co., a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) said that its Ziyang pipe plant received steel pipe orders of approximately 286,700 tons in the first ...
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Patriot National Insurance has named Bob Peters as its chief operating officer to manage the operational support of Guarantee Insurance. Peters will report to Charles Schuver, president of Guarantee Insurance and will be based at Patriot ...
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Meritor Wabco has equipped its anti-lock braking system(ABS)on two of Navistar's class 8 trucks that are now standard equipment on the International ProStar and the LoneStar. Both Navistar trucks will join more than seven million Meritor ...
Sonoco-Alcore, the wholly owned subsidiary of global packaging company, Sonoco, will invest to make its system and product range energy efficient which is expected to be accomplished by September 2011. To acheive its goals, the company is ...
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Reportedly, French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg on Monday said that ArcelorMittal was not keeping promises to French government over the plant issue in Florange industry. Suffered from the profit losses over years, ...
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US food company Rich Products plans to invest $18m to expand and revamp its customer innovation center at its headquarters in Buffalo, New York. The expanded customer innovation center will facilitate customer interaction from across the ...
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